Question Answered step-by-step I NEED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS DISCUSSION The global health concern… I NEED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS DISCUSSION The global health concern in my community is high HIV/AIDS infection transmission. African Americans continue to experience the greatest burden of HIV compared to other races and ethnicities in the United States. In 2017, Blacks/African Americans accounted for 13% of the U.S. population but 43% (16,694) of the 38,739 new HIV diagnoses in the United States and dependent areas. Black/African American gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men are more affected by HIV than any other group in the United States. That same year, in 2017, Black/African American gay and bisexual men accounted for 26% (10,070) of the 38,739 new HIV diagnoses nationwide (www.cdc.gov (Links to an external site.), 2019)What contributes to this epidemic is men living on the down-low. Down-low is an African American slang (Links to an external site.) termthat typically refers to a subculture of Black men who usually identify as heterosexual, but who have sex with men (Links to an external site.); some avoid sharing this information even if they have female sexual partner(s), they are married to a woman, or they are single (Green, 2006)Even though CDC now recommend routine testing for all patients aged 13-64 years, nationally only about 53 percent of the population above 18 years report having been tested in 2009. Public awareness of HIV is also going down. For example, the share of those reporting seeing advertisement and hearing about the domestic HIV epidemic today has declined to about half that of 5 years ago. This would suggest that there is need for more awareness campaigns to increase the number of people being tested which studies show can result in reduced new infections and is cost-effective (Ngugi, Harrington, Porcher, Wamai, 2019).There have been significant advances in HIV prevention and treatment but missed testing opportunities in healthcare settings are preventing some gay and bisexual men from knowing their HIV status and benefitting from these advances. More HIV testing is needed to prevent new HIV infections and improve the health outcomes of gay and bisexual men with HIV (www.cdc.gov). Health Science Science Nursing NR 443 Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)

Question Answered step-by-step I NEED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS DISCUSSION The global health concern… I NEED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS DISCUSSION The global health concern in my community is high HIV/AIDS infection transmission. African Americans continue to experience the greatest burden of HIV compared to other races and ethnicities in the United States. In 2017, Blacks/African Americans accounted for 13% of the U.S. population but 43% (16,694) of the 38,739 new HIV diagnoses in the United States and dependent areas. Black/African American gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men are more affected by HIV than any other group in the United States. That same year, in 2017, Black/African American gay and bisexual men accounted for 26% (10,070) of the 38,739 new HIV diagnoses nationwide (www.cdc.gov (Links to an external site.), 2019)What contributes to this epidemic is men living on the down-low. Down-low is an African American slang (Links to an external site.) termthat typically refers to a subculture of Black men who usually identify as heterosexual, but who have sex with men (Links to an external site.); some avoid sharing this information even if they have female sexual partner(s), they are married to a woman, or they are single (Green, 2006)Even though CDC now recommend routine testing for all patients aged 13-64 years, nationally only about 53 percent of the population above 18 years report having been tested in 2009. Public awareness of HIV is also going down. For example, the share of those reporting seeing advertisement and hearing about the domestic HIV epidemic today has declined to about half that of 5 years ago. This would suggest that there is need for more awareness campaigns to increase the number of people being tested which studies show can result in reduced new infections and is cost-effective (Ngugi, Harrington, Porcher, Wamai, 2019).There have been significant advances in HIV prevention and treatment but missed testing opportunities in healthcare settings are preventing some gay and bisexual men from knowing their HIV status and benefitting from these advances. More HIV testing is needed to prevent new HIV infections and improve the health outcomes of gay and bisexual men with HIV (www.cdc.gov). Health Science Science Nursing NR 443 Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)