Epidemiology of HIV Infection in Communities of Color in the United States
Despite significant advancements in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) care and treatment, racial/ethnic disparities in HIV incidence persist with blacks, persons of mixed-race, and Latinos being disproportionately affected. The intersection of social det
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HIV in US Communities of Color
Bisola O. Ojikutu • Valerie E. Stone Editors
HIV in US Communities of Color Second Edition
Editors Bisola O. Ojikutu Division of Global Health Equity Division of Infectious Diseases Department of Medicine Brigham and Women’s Hospital Harvard Medical School Boston, MA USA
Valerie E. Stone Division of General Internal Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases Department of Medicine Brigham and Women’s Hospital Harvard Medical School Boston, MA USA
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Preface
Although significant progress has been made in the prevention and treatment of HIV, racial and ethnic inequity remains a persistent and pervasive feature of the epidemic in the USA. Published in 2009, HIV/AIDS in U.S. Communities of Color, an in-depth guide to the HIV epidemic among Black and Latino individuals living in the USA, edited by Valerie E. Stone, Bisola O. Ojikutu, M. Keith Rawlings, and Kimberly Y. Smith, provided the first comprehensive guide to the epidemiology, clinical characteristics, and treatment of HIV/AIDS in people of color in the USA. The current text, HIV in US Communities of Color: Second Edition builds upon the previous work by comprehensively updating important epidemiologic and clinical content. In addition, this edition integrates expert review of critical aspects of the structural and social environment that may compromise our ability to decrease HIV risk and improve outcomes, such mass incarceration, neighborhood-level disadvantage, discrimination, and mistrust. Further, we review the
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