Minority Youth And Hiv

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Overlooked, Misunderstood and At-Risk: Exploring the Lives and HIV Risk of Ethnic Minority Male-to-Female Transgender Youth

The researchers set out to study "the real life challenges and HIV-risk behaviors of male-to-female (MTF) transgender youth from communities of color." Working with a convenience sample of 51 ethnic-minority MTF transgender youth ages 16-25, they... Read more »

Youth Market: A Chicago Prevention Campaign Works to Reach a High-Risk Minority Group

Gay, bisexual, and transgender Latinos ages 18 to 24 are the targets of "Generation L," an HIV prevention campaign run by the Vida/SIDA project of Chicago's Puerto Rican Cultural Center. "Our mode of outreach has to be very fun and engaging,"... Read more »

New Jersey: Privacy for Minors Gains on HIV/AIDS Tests

The New Jersey Assembly's Health and Human Services Committee on Thursday approved a bill to allow youths to get tested for HIV without letting their parents know. State law already allows minors to undergo testing and treatment for STDs and... Read more »

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Is it a minor or a major hiv+?

Hi Doc,http://www.thebody.com/Forums/AIDS/SafeSex/Archive/Other/Q216501.htmlIt turns out that the WB test is positive, Here are the results of both of may parents :Father1st Test OD 17.41 CO 0.25 REACTIVE2nd Test OD 3.633 CO 0.254 REACTIVE3rd Test...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello.The results listed in your post indicate your father has a repeatedly reactive (positive) ELISA/EIA test and a positive Western Blot (WB).Your mother's test results show only a repeatedly reactive (positive) ELISA/EIA test. There is no... Read more »

HIV2/major or minor concern

With the relatively low incidence rate of this disease what conditions exist that should make someone feel the need for testing? I read where this disease is considered to be less virulent than HIV1. What does less virulent really mean? Thank you....

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

Stanford University, School of Medicine

Many of the current antibody tests already test for both HIV-1 and 2. Exposure risk to West Africans might suggest further scrutiny. Less virulent means that the disease takes many years to decades to manifest itself, compared to months to a few... Read more »

HIV infection among youth

Hi,I was wondering if you could help me with this question. I know that there are 40000 new HIV infections in the United States every year. Of these, do you know how many occur among people ages 13 to 24 (or some other youth category)?I need the...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi Ursula,Roughly half of the estimated 40,000 new HIV infections that occur in the U.S. annually are in young adults aged 13 to 24. For recent HIV/AIDS statistics for the U.S., check the CDC's Web site.You're welcome!Dr. Bob... Read more »

minor illnesses?

What types of HIV-related illnesses does an HIV-infected individual start to develop once the immune system begins to weaken? I don't mean the cancers and big stuff. I mean the minor illnesses b/c i'm curious as to what I should be...

Response from John A. Bartlett, M.D.

Duke University Medical Center

Some of the early symptoms of immune compromise can include thursh, vaginal yeast infections, skin rashes, tuberculosis and diarrhea. However, you should strongly consider getting your CD4 count checked rather than allowing silent immunologic... Read more »

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HIV/AIDS and Youth

Posted by aledbetter

With over 50% of new HIV infections occurring in the age group of 15 to 24, young people need to be informed about HIV/AIDS in order to protect themselves, as well as their futures. Our site http://whatudo.org is an information destination for youth... Read more »

An HIV/AIDS awareness program for the youth!

Posted by Anonymous

Welcome to the HummingBirdPress,a program designed for the youth!Information contained within this educational package is very valuable for teaching,advising,and educating todays children about the dangers of the HIV/AIDS virus.To leave a voice mail... Read more »

new documentary on HIV and African American youths

Posted by bartleby, 1 Reply

Hey all,

Have you heard about this new documentary by Claudia Pryor entitled "Why Us? Left Behind and Dying"? Even though African Americans between the ages of 11 and 25 account for 65% of new infections, HIV is still not discussed enough (or at all... Read more »

Why Minorities?

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Why is it that only the minorities of the world seem to be the scapegoat for hiv/aids? In the US, it was originally Gay Men, IV Drug Users, Haitians, in Africa, Black Africans, in Europe, Gay Men....and so on.

Why not the wealthy white people, and... Read more »

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