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Originally Posted by TotallyWicked
i did not see it nor did I record it on my DVR. A friend of mine sent me a link about the AIDS epidemic in Black America
http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/condi...ml#cnnSTCVideo
was this discussed in the documentary? I volunteer with a Latino HIV/AIDS center, which caters to the large African American community on the West Side of Chicago (we serve all but this is the closest population to our center). I was also wondering if they were discussing not just HOW or WHY this epidemic was grown in the Black community, but also what is being done... |
No, the presentation was not made in the 2 major episodes. The one you have is separate from the others. The only info discussed in the documentary was the horrific statistic and how bad it is for us...
The did not discuss how or why the epidemic was growing in the Black community nor what can be done.
From my cursory examination by several HIV/AIDS researchers, public health specialists and folks at the clinics is that a strong early education prevention measures for safer sex with condoms need to be employed as well as testing promotion and the mental health support must be included--that is just for the uninfected.
With the infected, besides HAART, they need full support/therapy groups with community social support without judgment. The issue is that infected individuals in the Black community suffer from gross judgment and stigmas out of nowhere. An individual who already has low self-esteem who gets HIV suffers further, pretty much isolated and alone. And personally, that is poor healthcare. No one should be judged because they are sick. One would not say that to someone who had a heart attack because they are morbidly obese?
ETA: Thanks for the link. It was pretty good CNN did that kind of thing.
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