"You're the First One I've Told": New Faces of HIV in the South

By Trang Quyen Nguyen and Kathryn Whetten-Goldstein

Book Overview

In the second wave of the HIV epidemic, those with the disease are more likely to be female, young, heterosexual, a racial minority, and rural-living than in the past. An understanding of the vastly different lives of this second wave of HIV-infected persons is vital to the development of user-friendly health care systems. "You're the First One I've Told" offers a view into the lives of men and women infected with HIV. The experiences of twenty-five people living with this disease in rural eastern North Carolina serve as the foundation of this book, which also draws upon unique HIV/AIDS survey data collected by the authors and statistics from the Southeastern United States. This combination of qualitative and quantitative information provides readers with a vivid description of how people live with HIV/AIDS in the midst of their often traumatic lives, and why they manage their illness in ways that seem to contradict mainstream medical and social wisdom. The people interviewed represent a variety of races, genders, professions, family lives, and medical and social service access and utilization.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813531152
• ISBN13: 9780813531151
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 291 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.0"