HCR 404 - AIDS: A Public Health Crisis

ENG 112 or EHS 120, at least sophomore standing. (3) HW

Public health perspectives on the HIV/AIDS pandemic as it affects individuals, communities, institutions and governments. Emphasis on critical thinking in exploring the HIV/AIDS crisis from risks and transmission to prevention and treatment. Selected socio-cultural, economic, political, behavioral and psychological factors and their impact on HIV infections rates; biology and epidemiology of HIV infection; history of the US epidemic; modes of transmission and personal risk. Disease prevention and health promotion, health care practices, legal aspects and future directions for combating AIDS pandemic at local, nation and global levels. Graded ABCDE. [“”]