Abstract
Over the past few years, reviewers have suggested that the phenomena of human immunodeficiency virus-Type I (HIV-1) infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) among heterosexuals, women, and ethnic minority groups have been largely understudied while at the same time accelerating in incidence (Mays & Cochran, 1988). National and regional epidemiological data collected since 1985 appear to support the latter point. While reported cases of AIDS among homosexual men leveled off in major metropolitan areas (Berkelman et al., 1989) and actually declined in some cities (Lindan, Rutherford, Payne, Hearst, & Lemp, 1989) between 1985 and 1988, the proportion of cases attributable to heterosexual transmission has been increasing more rapidly than those due to any other risk category (Creenberg et al., 1989; Friedland & Klein, 1987). It has been projected that by the early 1990s, heterosexual transmission will account for 5% of all adult AIDS cases in the United States, and the majority of these will occur in New York and Florida (Friedland & Klein, 1987).