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The
leading killer of African American
men and women in the state of Georgia
, in the age range of 20-44, is AIDS.
The percentage of AIDS cases has been
on an annual incline. For seven years
there has been a disproportionate number
of cases been reported in the Black
community compared to
the White community. |
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Blacks only make up 13% of the population
in this country, they comprise roughly
34% of the nearly 800,000 reported
AIDS cases. Between June 2000 and July
2001 black men and women made up 47%
of the cases reported and black women
represented 64% of the AIDS cases that
were reported for women. From adolescences
to infantry, blacks represent more
than half, 56% of the 13,000 AIDS cases
in that age group. |
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Georgia
has the eighth highest number of
AIDS cases in the US, with Atlanta
ranking 10 th among metropolitan
cities. In 1995, 23% of Georgia 's
population was made up of African
Americans and approximately 63% of
all new AIDS cases were from African-American
patients. Statistics like these are
what aided in the facilitation of
the AIDS component of the Center
for Health Disparities. |
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HIV/AIDS core is to: |
- Expand and enhance the
research capacity at MSM in the area
of HIV/AIDS through the development
of a multidisciplinary team.
- Strengthen the current capacity that
exists at MSM to pursue studies of
factors that underlie disparities with
respect to identification of disease
risk, diagnosis, and treatment in HIV-infected
individuals.
- Provide an environment that will attract
outstanding new faculty and provide
resources for providing training in clinical
and basic sciences areas relevant to
health disparities in HIV/AIDS.
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The
HIV/AIDS core has already implemented
many programs to meet the specific
objectives. A HIV Risk Reduction,
Knowledge, and Behavior, Health Provider
Training through projects such as:
HIV Risk Behavior |
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African American Women in an Inner
City Community Development and Implementation
of a Culturally Sensitive Risk Reduction
Prevention Model, The Imani Project,
People Advocating Disease Prevention,
and the National Minority AIDS Education
and Training Center . |
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