Open AccessStructural Interventions for HIV Prevention in the United States
Author(s) -
Adaora A. Adimora,
Judith D. Auerbach
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.162
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/qai.0b013e3181fbcb38
Subject(s) - psychological intervention , poverty , public health , vulnerability (computing) , medicine , social determinants of health , environmental health , ethnic group , condom , gerontology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , political science , family medicine , psychiatry , nursing , syphilis , computer security , computer science , law
Structural interventions change the environment in which people act to influence their health behaviors. Most structural interventions research for HIV infection has focused on developing countries, with the United States receiving substantially less attention. This article identifies some social determinants of HIV vulnerability in the United States and structural interventions to address them.