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Latinas and AIDS

Challenges to HIV Prevention Efforts

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Women at Risk

Part of the book series: AIDS Prevention and Mental Health ((APMH))

Abstract

AIDS is one of the most urgent and challenging health problems facing Hispanics living in the United States and its territories. Since 1989, Hispanics (approximately 9% of the population) have represented 15–16% of all male AIDS cases, 20–21% of all female cases, and almost 25% of all pediatric cases of AIDS. In the 3-year period from 1989 through 1992, 3626 Hispanic women were newly diagnosed with AIDS, representing a 171% increase from the cumulative cases among Hispanic women reported through December 31, 1989. The corresponding increase for non-Hispanic white women during the same time period was 139%. The AIDS case rate among Hispanics is 21/2 times higher than that among non-Hispanic whites (Diaz, Buehler, Castro, & Ward, 1993). Clearly, AIDS and HIV are disproportionately affecting Hispanic men and women.

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    M. Isabel Fernandez

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    Ann O’Leary Ph.D.

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    Loretta Sweet Jemmott R.N., Ph.D

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Fernandez, M.I. (1995). Latinas and AIDS. In: O’Leary, A., Jemmott, L.S. (eds) Women at Risk. AIDS Prevention and Mental Health. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1057-8_7

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