Putting Risk in Perspective: Black Teenage Lives in the Era of AIDS

by Renee T. White

Book Overview

Today young adults are contracting HIV more rapidly than virtually any period during the past two decades. Young women, particularly those who are black and Latina, are bearing the brunt of this 'new wave' of infection. Putting Risk in Perspective explores the many factors associated with HIV infection among young black women. HIV infection often occurs as a result of high risk behavior. Understanding what causes a young woman to take sexual and reproductive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 084768587X
• ISBN13: 9780847685875
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.9"