Optimizing care for African-American HIV-positive patients.
AIDS Patient Care STDS
; 17(10): 527-38, 2003 Oct.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-14588093
ABSTRACT
The African-American community has been disproportionately affected HIV/AIDS, as noted by higher reported rates of HIV infection, higher proportion of AIDS cases, and more deaths caused by complications of AIDS than whites and other ethnic groups. In addition, epidemiologic trends suggest that African Americans with HIV infection are more often diagnosed later in the course of HIV disease than whites. Numerous reasons account for this disparity, including the lack of perception of risk and knowledge about HIV transmission as well as a delays in HIV testing and diagnosis in the African-American community. Understanding the important considerations in the management of HIV infection in the African-American patient may create awareness among health care professionals and broaden the knowledge of HIV-infected patients within the African-American community.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Negro ou Afro-Americano
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Infecções por HIV
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Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde
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Terapia Antirretroviral de Alta Atividade
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
País como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2003
Tipo de documento:
Article