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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by Zina - Feb. 27, 2009

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 attempts to save lives by taking on such a stigmatized cause and find funding for disease prevention should be news worthy.

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 at the church. Needless to say, it was safe to assume that these teenagers were not practicing safe sex. We hosted an HIV/AIDS awareness seminar. Prior to the event I received a great deal of material from the Center of Disease Control, the NIH and our local County Department of Health. I was disturbed by reported statistics and the increased number of young people infected in the south suburban area.