Survey of Americans on HIV/AIDS -- Part Three: Experiences and Opinions by Race/Ethnicity and Age

This forty-four page report from the Kaiser Family Foundation is part three of a national survey on American's views on HIV/AIDS carried out in the spring of 2004. The report examines the experiences of, as well as the key differences among, key subgroups of the population - African Americans, Latinos, Whites, and young people.

The survey findings state that "African Americans and young people ages 18-29 are the groups in the U.S. that are most concerned about HIV/AIDS as a problem facing the nation, and the most likely to say that the government spends too little to fight the disease." Research also indicates that most people rely on the media for information about HIV/AIDS while young adults ages 18-29 are more likely to get such information from other sources.

According to this report, in June 2004, the Kaiser Family Foundation released a summary of Americans’ attitudes towards the global HIV epidemic of which some of the important differences by race and age are highlighted on their website.

The survey findings were released August 4, 2004 at a briefing for journalists held in conjunction with a seminar conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation in partnership with the UNITY: Journalists of Color conference in Washington, DC.

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