TOPIC: Epidemiology
OTHER KEYWORDS: Asians & Pacific Islanders
TITLE: Profiling the AIDS epidemic in API communities: Lessons from the Field
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Weston G. Profiling the AIDS epidemic in API communities: Lessons from the Field. HIV InSite. 2000; Available at: [www.hivinsite.com].
SUMMARY
This paper describes several aspects of the current HIV/AIDS surveillance system that have obscured trends among Asians and Pacific Islanders. Along with suggestions on how to address problems with data collection, it offers a description of these problems based on reviews of literature, participant discussion at the East Coast Conference on AIDS in A&PI Communities (September 1999) as well as Weston's experiences developing epidemiological profiles for the Philadelphia HIV prevention planning group.