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Rural acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in low and high prevalence areas
1Health Care Administration Program, Macon State College, GA 31206-5144, USA.
Background:
Too little is understood about the spread of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in rural America. This study focuses on changes over 5 years in two low prevalence and two high prevalence human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) rural service areas.
Methods:
An initial study conducted in 1993 provided a base line for the study. Each site was revisited in the summer of 1998. Data were analyzed by degree of rurality of the site, prevalence levels, and risk categories.
Results:
Changes in the number of AIDS cases ranged from slow steady growth to increases of an epidemic magnitude. Some settings were characterized primarily by white homosexual men, and others had a more diverse population living in poverty.
Conclusions:
Populations receiving priority for national AIDS funding should be expanded to include rural America as a target group, and funding should provide the latitude for communities to match their local needs.
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