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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...