¶ … health issues facing the differed populations of the United States today, and these health concerns differ between males and females, income levels, and races. As such, it is important, prior to discussing any particular health concern, to first establish the target age cohort for which information is to be presented. Once this cohort is established, creating programs targeted to a specific population becomes a much simpler task.
This paper discusses the top five leading causes of death for African-American women age 25 to 44 in the United States in the year 2001. Additionally, this paper will focus on one particular cause of death for this population, and will outline an existing prevention program, aimed at this target age cohort. Finally, this paper will present data from studies on this prevention effort, to determine if the effort is succeeding.
As stated, the age cohort to be analyzed in this paper is that of African-American women in the United States age 25 to 44. According to the National Vital Statistics System, the leading cause of death in 2001 within this population was Human Immunodeficiency Virus Disease, commonly known as HIV. The HIV virus leads to a mortality rate of 17.3 per 100,000 individuals in this population. HIV deaths were followed in that year by death from malignant neoplasms, with a 15.0 rate, accidents or unintentional injury, with a 14.7 rate, heart disease, equaling a rate of 13.5, and homicide, with a rate of 12.1 (CDC, 2004).
Clearly, HIV infection led to a high number of deaths within this age cohort in 2001. In an effort to reduce the number of deaths and infection rates, many federal, state, and local agencies implemented prevention strategies, aimed specifically at those most at risk for HIV infection. Programs such as the Holistic Health Recovery Program, the Healthy Relationships Program, and the Black Women's Heath Project were developed to combat HIV infection in African-American men and women in low income areas (O'Leary, 2005).
One of the most successful prevention programs, however, is that of the Real AIDS Prevention Project, or RAPP. RAPP is a program designed to reduce...
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