Minority Hiv Rates, Inequality, and the Politics of Aids Funding
Since the 1990s, the HIV/AIDS epidemic has increasingly impacted minority groups in the United States, particularly African Americans. Why is this happening? Comparative studies of developing nations have convincingly established a relationship between concentrated poverty, ethnic boundaries, and la...
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ndltd-unt.edu-info-ark-67531-metadc1772312019-03-22T05:10:17Z Minority Hiv Rates, Inequality, and the Politics of Aids Funding Miles, Thomas HIV minorities AIDS inequality AIDS fundig Since the 1990s, the HIV/AIDS epidemic has increasingly impacted minority groups in the United States, particularly African Americans. Why is this happening? Comparative studies of developing nations have convincingly established a relationship between concentrated poverty, ethnic boundaries, and lack of effective governmental response as contributing to high levels of infection in those countries. To date, however, no study has sought to apply these insights to the American context. This dissertation endeavors to show that, first, marginalization of U.S. sub-groups most at risk of infection is largely a product of poor health outcomes associated with concentrated urban poverty and economic stratification. Second, this sub-group marginalization is exacerbated by the politics of retrenchment which increasingly privatizes risks onto individuals, states, and non-governmental providers. The net result of these changes is a U.S. health care system too fractured to recognize and respond to changes in HIV/AIDS demographics. University of North Texas Martinez-Ebers, Valerie Branton, Regina Carey, Tony Oppong, Joseph R. 2012-08 Thesis or Dissertation Text https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc177231/ ark: ark:/67531/metadc177231 English Public Miles, Thomas Copyright Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved. |
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Since the 1990s, the HIV/AIDS epidemic has increasingly impacted minority groups in the United States, particularly African Americans. Why is this happening? Comparative studies of developing nations have convincingly established a relationship between concentrated poverty, ethnic boundaries, and lack of effective governmental response as contributing to high levels of infection in those countries. To date, however, no study has sought to apply these insights to the American context. This dissertation endeavors to show that, first, marginalization of U.S. sub-groups most at risk of infection is largely a product of poor health outcomes associated with concentrated urban poverty and economic stratification. Second, this sub-group marginalization is exacerbated by the politics of retrenchment which increasingly privatizes risks onto individuals, states, and non-governmental providers. The net result of these changes is a U.S. health care system too fractured to recognize and respond to changes in HIV/AIDS demographics. |
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Minority Hiv Rates, Inequality, and the Politics of Aids Funding |
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