{"product_id":"9780387783208","title":"African Americans and HIV\/AIDS: Understanding and Addressing the Epidemic","description":"\u003ch1\u003eAfrican Americans and HIV\/AIDS: Understanding and Addressing the Epidemic\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eMcCree, PhD, MPH, RPh, Donna Hubbard; Jones, MSW, Kenneth Terrill; O'Leary, PhD, Ann\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eAmong U. S. racial and ethnic minority populations, African American communities are the most disproportionately impacted and affected by HIV\/AIDS (CDC, 2009; CDC, 2008). The chapters in this volume seek to explore factors that contribute to this disparity as well as methods for intervening and positively impacting the e- demic in the U. S. The book is divided into two sections. The first section includes chapters that explore specific contextual and structural factors related to HIV\/AIDS transmission and prevention in African Americans. The second section is composed of chapters that address the latest in intervention strategies, including best-evidence and promising-evidence based behavioral interventions, program evaluation, cost effectiveness analyses and HIV testing and counseling. As background for the book, the Introduction provides a summary of the context and importance of other infectious disease rates, (i. e. , sexually transmitted diseases [STDs] and tubercu- sis), to HIV\/AIDS prevention and treatment in African Americans and a brief introductory discussion on the major contextual factors related to the acquisition and transmission of STDs\/HIV. Contextual Chapters Johnson \u0026amp; Dean author the first chapter in this section, which discusses the history and epidemiology of HIV\/AIDS among African Americans. Specifically, this ch- ter provides a definition for and description of the US surveillance systems used to track HIV\/AIDS and presents data on HIV or AIDS cases diagnosed between 2002 and 2006 and reported to CDC as of June 30, 2007.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2010-09-30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9780387783208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-0-387-78321-5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 240cm x160cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 324\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer New York","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47395788521612,"sku":"9780387783208","price":98.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780387783208.jpg?v=1775772509","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780387783208","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}