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Epidemiology
Sexually transmitted disease rates in south shaped by historic and contemporary social forces
August 28th, 2006
Historic and contemporary social forces have shaped the high sexually transmitted disease rates in the rural south of the United States. According to a recent report from the United States, "The high rates of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in the southeastern United States have been shaped by historic and contemporary social forces. "More than other regions of the country, the South was defined by slavery, an extremely hierarchical relationship between whites and blacks. Emancipation left much of the racial hierarchy intact with whites as farm owners and blacks as hired workers or sharecroppers." "Agricultural policies that...
Source: Mental Health Weekly Digest (2006-08-28)
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