David the Piano Player »
This short documentary film explores trauma and recovery through the eyes of David Jenkins, an HIV positive advocate who passed away in 2008. The film follows the last six months of David’s life and reveals how and why trauma is a large unaddressed risk factor for the transmission of HIV/AIDS. This film was funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Leeway Foundation for Art and Change. Read more.
Trauma and HIV/AIDS
David Jenkin’s story reveals a great deal about the largest unaddressed risk factor in HIV/AIDS transmission, namely trauma. Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and intimate partner violence are common causes of trauma and violence in
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Truth Aid Salutes David Jenkins
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 16, 2008Contact: Dr. Mehret Mandefro, Founding Executive Director, TruthAIDS, 857.928.2711, mehret@truthaids.org David Foxworth Jenkins, a musician and famed HIV positive activist, died September 15, 2008 at the age of
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