HIV Prevention Strategies Targeted Toward Blacks Should Be Restructured, Opinion Piece States
HIV prevention is a "primary and cost-effective way to save lives," Fleming Hampton writes. According to Fleming Hampton, it costs $20,000 annually to treat one HIV-positive person, compared with $10 to administer an HIV test.
Fleming Hampton writes, "Traditional approaches to HIV prevention targeting African-Americans must be restructured to take into account the challenging and complex environments in which many African-Americans live, work, play and worship. These approaches must address high-risk behaviors that can be modified, such as poverty, joblessness, depression, anxiety, stigma, violence, crack/cocaine use and the revolving door of incarceration" (Fleming Hampton, Tennessean, 1/4).
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