HIV/AIDS and the African-American community: a state of emergency.
HIV and AIDS disproportionately affect African Americans more than any other racial or ethnic group in the United States. Representing only 13% of the U.S. population, African-American adults and adolescents comprise more than half of all HIV/AIDS cases reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The present incidence and prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the black community in the United States is of crisis proportions. The situation as it stands today is tantamount to a state of emergency for African Americans.
Laurencin
Cato T
CT
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA. laurencin@virginia.edu
Christensen
Donna M
DM
Taylor
Erica D
ED
D044383:Black People; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D001741:Black or African American