When Ironies Make Perfect Sense

Science by Anne Sasso | Feb. 27, 2009 (Special Report)

Traveling to California to find yourself is a '60s cliché. But for Gina Wingood, a professor at Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health in Atlanta, Georgia, the trip to Berkeley, California, where she attended graduate school, set the course for the rest of her life. She found her life's work: designing AIDS-intervention programs for African-American women. She tapped into a hidden vein of solidarity with her black sisters that transcended her ... Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Living, Health, Politics, Sci/Tech
Topics: The Black Experience, Women, HIV/AIDS, Health Care, Science
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Posted by: Posted by Tamika Thompson - Feb 26, 2009 - 6:13 PM PST
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Quality journalism brings awareness along with data that can be checked for accuracy. I appreciate the quote from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention because the Center has done a great deal of research in this area. Also, this article should be considered quality because it delivers a story about a woman who identified a misconception and attempts to serve a vulnerable group of women who are under served because of cultural stigmatization. Anyone in my opinion who ... More »

Education is always key. Once served on a committee at a church I attended because I was concerned with the growing number of teenage pregnancies ... More »

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