{"product_id":"9781489996725","title":"African Americans and HIV\/AIDS: Understanding and Addressing the Epidemic","description":"Among 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.","brand":"Springer New York","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47046124404976,"sku":"9781489996725","price":145.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781489996725_p0.jpg?v=1763655499","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781489996725","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}