HIV in ENC (Eastern North Carolina) | Group

Group: HIV in ENC (Eastern North Carolina)

Organized by Jayte06 on 7/23/2008
Location: Greenville, NC 27834
People living in rural areas of the United States are at increasing risk for contracting HIV/AIDS. During 2001 the southern U.S. had the greatest number of people estimated to be living with AIDS. Although the South has about one third of the U.S. population, it accounted for40%of U.S. AIDS cases and46% of new AIDS cases (Kaiser Family Foundation, 2002). The southern U.S. also is accounted for about two in three people with AIDS living outside of big cities in 2000. Women accounted for about 27% of AIDS cases living outside big cities in the South, the highest proportion of any region of the U.S. and in addition, about 61% of people living with AIDS outside big cities iin the South were African American. Heterosexually transmitted HIV infection is greater among African Americans than whites, especially in the rural, southeastern U.S. African American adolescents living in rural areas, particularly females, may be at greater risk for HIV infection than their counterparts liv

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	I am working closely with the Brody School of Medicine and their outreach program... yea... I love being involved with something I know is making a difference... hopefully i'll be able to work out there full time... i think there is a chance it could happen in the near future... by Jayte06 on may 12, 2009

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Jayte06 started a new discussion called "HIV Vaccine" 194 days ago

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HIV Vaccine	0	2	Jayte06	194 days ago by Jayte06
PICASO Update	0	4	Jayte06	466 days ago by Jayte06
Protection... More information	0	0	Jayte06	476 days ago by Jayte06
Prevention..... more information	0	3	Jayte06	476 days ago by Jayte06
The Basics... Is this enough to get people started?	0	2	Jayte06	476 days ago by Jayte06

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Elizabeth, a Beaufort County woman, is living life with HIV. This is part two of Audrey Washington...

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by Jayte06 on july 24, 2008

Living with HIV - WITN

Audrey Washington discusses the growing problem of HIV in rural areas and speaks with Elizabeth, a Beaufort...

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HIV Misconceptions

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