Stevens P E
Health Care Women Int. 1995 Nov-Dec;16(6):577-95. doi: 10.1080/07399339509516211.
Women are the fastest growing group in the United States being infected with HIV. Although the majority of people with AIDS in the United States are men, AIDS is increasing almost four times as fast among women. Yet women remain understudied, underreport, and underdiagnosed. There are insufficient resources and services targeting the primary prevention needs of women, so women keep getting infected. Secondary prevention efforts for women infected with HIV have been stymied, and nearly a decade has been lost that might have been devoted to early detection of HIV infection in women, documentation of the natural history of HIV in women, exploration of their health needs, expansion of gender-specific services, and development of interventions to improve quality and length of life for HIV-positive women. In this article, I analyze the impact of HIV/AIDS on women in the United States and pose challenges for primary and secondary prevention.
在美国，感染艾滋病毒的女性群体增长速度最快。尽管美国大多数艾滋病患者是男性，但女性感染艾滋病的增速几乎是男性的四倍。然而，针对女性的研究仍然不足，报告和诊断也都不够充分。针对女性初级预防需求的资源和服务不足，因此女性不断受到感染。对感染艾滋病毒女性的二级预防工作受阻，近十年时间被浪费，而这些时间本可用于女性艾滋病毒感染的早期检测、记录女性艾滋病毒的自然史、探索她们的健康需求、扩大针对性别差异的服务，以及开发改善艾滋病毒阳性女性生活质量和寿命的干预措施。在本文中，我分析了艾滋病毒/艾滋病对美国女性的影响，并提出了初级和二级预防方面的挑战。
