title: Responding to AIDS: rural community strategies.
abstract: Small towns and rural communities often react with fear and misunderstanding toward persons with AIDS. The author discusses factors that influence how rural communities respond to AIDS and proposes strategies for providing education and care and for influencing policy.
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D010934:Planning Techniques; D012423:Rural Health; D012947:Social Work; D014481:United States