AIDS | Education Programs Should Target High-Rist Groups

John Gagnon is a professor of sociology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. In the following viewpoint, Gagnon argues that gay men and intravenous drug users have the highest risk of contracting HIV. Therefore, he maintains, prevention programs should concentrate on these two groups and not on those who are at low risk of contracting the virus. Gagnon contends that directing AIDS prevention programs at groups such as young nondrug-using heterosexuals, who are not at high risk of contracting the disease, wastes precious resources.

As you read, consider the...

[The entire page is 946 words long]

Join eNotes

The above is a free excerpt. Get total access to this content with the:

eNotes Pass