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9780739107522

When Communities Assess their AIDS Epidemics Results of Rapid Assessment of HIV/AIDS in Eleven U.S. Cities

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  • ISBN13:

    9780739107522

  • ISBN10:

    0739107526

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2007-04-16
  • Publisher: LEXINGTON BOOKS

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Summary

When Communities Assess their AIDS Epidemics is a detailed ethnographic description of the AIDS epidemic in ten U.S. cities and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Author Biography

Benjamin P. Bowser is professor of sociology and social services at California State University at Hayward Ernest Quimby is graduate associate professor of sociology at Howard University Merrill Singer is director of the Center for Community Health Research at the Hispanic Health Council

Table of Contents

Prefacep. vii
Introductionp. xi
Exploring the Boundaries of the AIDS Epidemic in the U.S.p. 1
Rapid Assessment: A Method in Community-Based Researchp. 9
Responding to the AIDS Crisis in Newark, New Jerseyp. 29
AIDS Health Emergency in Chicagop. 47
Confined Youth Trying to Make It Real, Despite the Odds: RARE in Baltimorep. 65
AIDS in Philadelphia: Emerging from the Shadow of Crackp. 89
AIDS in the Shadow of Power: Washington, D.C.p. 103
Rapid Assessment in Oakland: HIV, Race, Class, and Bureaucracyp. 129
The AIDS Epidemic in Palm Beach County, Floridap. 151
The Risks of Paradise: Project RARE and the Fight Against AIDS in the U.S. Virgin Islandsp. 163
The RARE Experience in Miamip. 177
Twilight's Last Gleaning: Rapid Assessment of Late Night HIV Risk in Hartford, CTp. 193
RARE Research in Preventing HIV Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Pima County, Arizonap. 209
Conclusion: Assessing Primary, Secondary, and Future Benefits of Project RAREp. 231
Indexp. 249
About the Contributorsp. 253
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