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WHAT IS THE PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM?
To be successful, HIV
prevention must address the diverse communities affected by the HIV
epidemic. Prevention efforts must focus on groups at greatest risk,
particularly young African Americans and Hispanics. Programs must
be relevant to the lives of the target population, i.e. appropriate
to age, culture, community standards, and language. They must be
designed with input from the affected community and delivered by
organizations and people with credibility in that community.
Since 1999, CDC has
received funding through the Minority AIDS Initiative (MAI) to enhance
efforts to prevent HIV in communities of color. CDC supports
community-based programs to prevent HIV and capacity- building programs to
assist community-based organizations (CBOs); targets education efforts to
raise awareness of the importance of HIV testing; supplements surveillance
activities to define the magnitude of the epidemic in minority
communities; and maintains research to develop and refine prevention
programs.
CDC continues to build
the capacity of local communities to prevent HIV. In particular, CDC will
continue to provide financial and technical assistance to programs
addressing populations at high risk for HIV infection. Continued efforts
are needed to refine prevention approaches, disseminate effective
strategies to communities in need, and expand effective programs to
additional sites. CDC is evaluating its MAI programs to assess the
outcomes of this effort and guide future HIV prevention efforts. |
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