In this thesis, I will explore how Lorde wrote about difference from two perspectives: differences within an individual, and differences within or between communities of people. I will examine Lorde’s understanding of how ...
Black Americans comprise 12% of the population in the United States, yet 49% of Americans infected with HIV are Black. Many of these individuals struggle with disclosing their HIV-status to partners, family, friends, and ...
The HIV pandemic is increasingly infecting and affecting the Black community in America. Such a pervasive problem requires creative and multi-faceted approaches to stifle and stop its spread. Historically the Black Church ...
Black Americans have long been practicing geographies of self-reliance as a method for procuring food and establishing community in Washington, D.C. Because public policy and public health initiatives fall short, food ...
It has become an increasingly prevalent strategy for U.S. firms to locate production offshore in order to minimize production costs and maximize profits. Although this may benefit the firm, it is unclear how offshoring ...
Objectives. To determine the extent of HIV prevention education and HIV testing delivered to adolescents (ages 13-21); to determine clinician-identified barriers to their delivery of HIV care to adolescents; and to determine ...
My thesis hypothesizes that high rates of type 2 diabetes among people of Mexican origin may be related to sugary beverage consumption in this group. To test my hypothesis, I have conducted a detailed review of the literature ...
This work examines hepatitis C among injection drug users in the United States. Injection drug users are particularly vulnerable to hepatitis C infection because of the efficiency of viral transmission through blood-to-blood ...
Agricultural failures, uneven development, a decade-long civil war, and reforms associated with neoliberal economics have converged to promote the spread of HIV among rural Nepalese people. In this paper I will concern ...