Understanding the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in the United States

1. Front Matter

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2. Understanding the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in the United States—The Role of Syndemics in Shaping the Public’s Health

   • Eric R. Wright, Neal Carnes, Matthew Colón-Diaz

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3. A Historical Overview of the Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS in the United States

   • Jamal Jones, Laura Salazar

   Pages 19-41

4. Gay Men and Men Who Have Sex with Men: Intersectionality and Syndemics

   • Neal Carnes

   Pages 43-69

5. The Role of Syndemic in Explaining Health Disparities Among Bisexual Men: A Blueprint for a Theoretically Informed Perspective

   • M. Reuel Friedman, Brian M. Dodge

   Pages 71-98

6. It’s not just About Condoms and Sex: Using Syndemic Theory to Examine Social Risks of HIV Among Transgender Women

   • Dana D. Hines, Maura Ryan

   Pages 99-130

7. The Social, Structural, and Clinical Context of HIV Prevention and Care for Black/African American and Hispanic Women/Latinas in the United States

   • Tiffiany M. Aholou, Ashley Murray, Madeline Y. Sutton

   Pages 131-175

8. Sex Work

   • Paul Draus, Juliette Roddy

   Pages 177-194

9. A Syndemic Approach to Understanding HIV/AIDS Among People Who Inject Drugs in the U.S.

   • Enrique R. Pouget, Alexander S. Bennett

   Pages 195-216

10. Understanding the Syndemic Connections Between HIV and Incarceration Among African American Men, Especially African American Men Who Have Sex with Men

    • Erin McCarthy, Janet J. Myers, Keith Reeves, Barry Zack

    Pages 217-240

11. People with Serious Mental Illness

    • Karen McKinnon, Katherine S. Elkington, Francine Cournos, Veronica Pinho, Mark D. C. Guimaraes, Milton L. Wainberg

    Pages 241-276

12. HIV Housing Helps End Homelessness and HIV/AIDS in the United States

    • Julie Hilvers, Christine C. George, Arturo V. Bendixen

    Pages 277-295

13. Conclusion

    • Neal Carnes, Eric R. Wright

    Pages 297-302

14. Erratum to: HIV Housing Helps End Homelessness and HIV/AIDS in the United States

    • Julie Hilvers, Christine C. George, Arturo V. Bendixen

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This book examines the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States using the concept of syndemics to contextualize the risk of both well-known, and a few lesser-known, subpopulations that experience disproportionately high rates of HIV and/or AIDS within the United States. Since discovery, HIV/AIDS has exposed a number of social, psychological, and biological aspects of disease transmission. The concept of “syndemics,” or “synergistically interacting epidemics” has emerged as a powerful framework for understanding both the epidemiological patterns and the myriad of problems associated with HIV/AIDS around the world and within the United States. The book considers the disparities in HIV/AIDS in relation to social aspects, risk behavior and critical illness comorbidities. It updates and enhances our understanding of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States and contributes to the expanding literature on the role of syndemics in shaping the public’s health.​

• HIV/AIDS Epidemic in the United States
• HIV/AIDS and Social Aspects of Disease Transmission
• Health Disparities in HIV/AIDS
• High Rates of HIV and/or AIDS within the United States.
• Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
• Pneumocystis Pneumonia among Drug-Using Gay Men
• Health Disparities among Bisexual Men
• Social Risks of HIV among Transgender Women
• HIV Prevention and Care for Black/ African American
• HIV Prevention and Care for Latinas in the United States
• HIV and Incarceration among African American Men
• Severe Mental Illness
• HIV Housing and Homelessness
• Syndemic Theory in HIV/AIDS
• infectious diseases

• Department of Sociology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA

  Eric R. Wright, Neal Carnes

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