Film : HIV Crisis on the Texas-Mexico Border
Discuss the situation in Brownsville and discuss some of unique issues for the Latinx community in combating the HIV epidemic
More than one million people are living with HIV in the USA. One in seven are unaware of their status. Rio grande river is the area which is affected more. According to cdc,diagnosis of HIV by race declared where latino is the race which rates the highest proportion. Latinos account for 18% of the 612,078 AIDS cases reported through June, 1997.(5) Latinos account for 23% of pediatric cases, 17% of adult male cases, and 20% of adult female cases. Of all racial/ethnic groups, Latino women, along with Asian/Pacific Islander women, have the highest proportion (46%) of exposure to AIDS through heterosexual transmission
Some of the issues for the latinx community in combating the HIV epidemic are :-
- Having multiple partners
- lack of condom use
- anal sex
- homosexual behavior in Latino men
- Injecrion drug use
- needle use behavior
- blood transfusion
Film : HIV Crisis on the Texas-Mexico Border Discuss the situation in Brownsville and discuss some...
Film : HIV Crisis on the Texas-Mexico Border Discuss the situation in Brownsville and discuss some of unique issues for the Latinx community in combating the HIV epidemic
Film : HIV Crisis on the Texas-Mexico Border Discuss the situation in Brownsville and discuss some of unique issues for the Latinx community in combating the HIV epidemic
What are some of the current immigration issues at the US-Mexico border,and the divide in us government regarding immigration?
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Assignment 8: Crisis Essay Goal Write a 500-word essay that critically analyzes the macroeconomic impact of the Great Recession in a country of your choice. In a previous module, you analyzed the United States. Even though the great recession originated in the US, it had world-wide repercussions for years to come, for this reason often also called the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). Like that previous module, you should discuss the antecedents in the country/case of your choice and the policies...
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