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

by Bowser, Benjamin P.; Quimby, Ernest; Singer, Merrill; Goosby, Eric; Kushnick, Louis; Trotter II, Robert T.; Curtis, Ric; Conde, Alix; Irizarry, Maria; Wolf, Christina; LaKosky, Paul; Ward, Elijah; Ouellet, Lawrence J.; Perkins, William Eric; Metzger, Davi

• ISBN13: 9780739129494
• ISBN10: 073912949X
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-07-08
• Publisher: LEXINGTON BOOKS

Summary

When Communities Assess Their AIDS Epidemics is a detailed ethnographic description of the AIDS epidemic in eleven cities in the United States and in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Employing a rapid ethnographic assessment methodology, cities from the Atlantic to the Pacific have implemented Project RARE (Rapid Assessment, REsponse, and Evaluation) efforts. These RARE projects examine the moving edge of the AIDS epidemic through descriptions of high-risk sites and identification of the segments of the populations that are at the greatest risk. Utilizing a series of focus groups and street interviews, local field research teams gain an insider's perspective on HIV risk within social contexts. Benjamin P. Bowser, Ernest Quimby, and Merrill Singer have compiled these critical studies that analyze current conditions, challenges, and recommendations encountered by RARE. When Communities Assess Their AIDS Epidemics is a powerful and engaging text that will appeal to those interested in public health and anthropology. Book jacket.

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

Preface	p. vii
Introduction	p. xi
Exploring the Boundaries of the AIDS Epidemic in the U.S.	p. 1
Rapid Assessment: A Method in Community-Based Research	p. 9
Responding to the AIDS Crisis in Newark, New Jersey	p. 29
AIDS Health Emergency in Chicago	p. 47
Confined Youth Trying to Make It Real, Despite the Odds: RARE in Baltimore	p. 65
AIDS in Philadelphia: Emerging from the Shadow of Crack	p. 89
AIDS in the Shadow of Power: Washington, D.C.	p. 103
Rapid Assessment in Oakland: HIV, Race, Class, and Bureaucracy	p. 129
The AIDS Epidemic in Palm Beach County, Florida	p. 151
The Risks of Paradise: Project RARE and the Fight Against AIDS in the U.S. Virgin Islands	p. 163
The RARE Experience in Miami	p. 177
Twilight's Last Gleaning: Rapid Assessment of Late Night HIV Risk in Hartford, CT	p. 193
RARE Research in Preventing HIV Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Pima County, Arizona	p. 209
Conclusion: Assessing Primary, Secondary, and Future Benefits of Project RARE	p. 231
Index	p. 249
About the Contributors	p. 253
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