Understanding the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in the United States, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016
The Role of Syndemics in the Production of Health Disparities
Social Disparities in Health and Health Care Series

This book examines the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States using the concept of syndemics to contextualize the risk of both well-known, and a few lesser-known, subpopulations that experience disproportionately high rates of HIV and/or AIDS within the United States. Since discovery, HIV/AIDS has exposed a number of social, psychological, and biological aspects of disease transmission. The concept of ?syndemics,? or ?synergistically interacting epidemics? has emerged as a powerful framework for understanding both the epidemiological patterns and the myriad of problems associated with HIV/AIDS around the world and within the United States. The book considers the disparities in HIV/AIDS in relation to social aspects, risk behavior and critical illness comorbidities. It updates and enhances our understanding of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States and contributes to the expanding literature on the role of syndemics in shaping the public?s health.?

Chapter 1. Understanding the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in the United States: The Role of Syndemics in Shaping the Public’s Health; Eric R. Wright, Neal Carnes, and Matthew Colón-Diaz.- Chapter 2. An Historical Overview of the Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS in the United States; Jamal Jones and Laura Salazar.- Chapter 3. Gay Men and Men Who Have Sex with Men: Intersectionality and Syndemics; Neal Carnes.- Chapter 4. The Role of Syndemic in Explaining Health Disparities among Bisexual Men: A Blueprint for a Theoretically Informed Perspective; Mackey Friedman and Brian Dodge.- Chapter 5. It’s Not Just about Condoms and Sex: Using Syndemic Theory to Examine Social Risks of HIV among Transgender Women; Dana Hines and Maura Ryan.- Chapter 6. The Social, Structural, and Clinical Context of HIV Prevention and Care for Black/African American and Hispanic Women/Latinas in the United States; Tiffiany Aholou, Ashley Murray, and Madeline Sutton.- Chapter 7. Sex Workers; Paul Draus and Juliette Roddy.- Chapter 8. A Syndemic Approach to Understanding HIV/AIDS among People Who Inject Drugs in the U.S.; Enrique Pouget and Alex Bennett.- Chapter 9. Understanding the Syndemic Connections between HIV and Incarceration among African American Men, especially African American Men Who Have Sex with Men; Erin McCarthy, Janet Myers, Keith Reeves, and Barry Zach.- Chapter 10. People with Serious Mental Illness; Karen McKinnon, Katherine Elkington, Francine Cournos, Veronica Pinho, Mark Guimaraes, and Milton Wainberg.- Chapter 11. HIV Housing Helps End Homelessness and HIV/AIDS in the United States; Julie Hilvers, Christine George, and Arturo Bendixen.- Chapter 12. The Potential and Limitations of Syndemic Theory in HIV/AIDS; Neal Carnes and Eric R. Wright.