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Education is recognized as a social determinant of health. [1] [2] Education has also been identified as a social vaccine against contracting HIV. [3] Research suggests a negative linear relationship between educational attainment (years of education) and HIV infection rate, especially the educational attainment of women and girls. [4] [5] [6]
"The findings show that the difference in HIV diagnosis rates between African-American women and white women (the group with the lowest rates) decreased by almost 25 percent from 2010 to 2014.
African American women are 19 times more likely to contract HIV than other women. [89] By 2008, there was increased awareness that young African-American women in particular were at high risk for HIV infection. [90] In 2010, African Americans made up 10% of the population but about half of the HIV/AIDS cases nationwide. [91]
A 2006 report from the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated that about half of the 1 million U.S. citizens living with HIV/AIDS were African–American. [49] A 2010 study published on the American Journal of Public Health reported that 64% of women infected with HIV/AIDS in the United States were African–American. [50]
Story at a glance New data from AIDSvu, a HIV mapping project from Emory University, shows that Black and Hispanic Americans only make up 14 and 17 percent, respectively, of PrEP users. Meanwhile ...
Native American women are found to be 2.4 times as likely to contract HIV/AIDS, compared to white women. [37] 2010 Women began representing 1 out of every 4 cases of HIV/AIDS in the U.S. [1] 2011 HIV/AIDS became the leading cause of death for African American women aged 25 to 34. [36]
Two Black Ohioans, diagnosed with HIV decades apart, are speaking up to shatter the stigma of the disease in the Black community. HIV is still increasing among Black Americans: These 2 Ohioans are ...
African-Americans are at the highest risk of contracting HIV in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention (CDC), African-American accounted for 44% of all new HIV infections in the United States between 2010 and 2016, although African-Americans make up roughly 12% of the American population. [3]