HCR 404 - AIDS: A Public Health Crisis.

ENG 112 or EHS 120; PSY 100, SOC 100 or 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.