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HIV in the inner cities: Epidemiologic trends and their influence on policy-making decisions

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AIDS in the inner cities represents a multilevel problem with extensive social and medical aspects. Concurrent epidemics of drug use and sexually transmitted diseases fuel the HIV epidemic in the inner city. The response to the epidemic has met with limited success to date, due in part to poor communications and mistrust between existing institutions in the inner cities. Policies and programs that address the cofactors as well as the existing rivalries are likely to have a better impact and solution to the questions raised.

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  1. Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, State University of New York, Health Science Center at Brooklyn, 450 Clarkson Avenue, Box 43, 11203, Brooklyn, NY

    Arnaud Bastien MD (Lecturer and Research Associate)

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Bastien, A. HIV in the inner cities: Epidemiologic trends and their influence on policy-making decisions. J Community Health 20, 177–181 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02260338

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