Monday, April 28, 2025
4/28/2025
Comprehensive High-Impact HIV Prevention Programs for Community-Based Organizations - Despite significant advances in diagnosis, care, and prevention, HIV/AIDS continues to be a public health crisis in the United States. The situation is most acute in the Southern U.S., which experiences the greatest burden of new HIV infection, illness, and deaths of any U.S. region. The Southern U.S. accounts for approximately 45% of all people living with an HIV diagnosis in the U.S. and 51% of all new HIV diagnoses in 2018 even though the region only makes up one-third (38%) of the U.S. population. The burden of HIV in the state is disproportionately high for men who have sex with men (MSM). Among men whose risk factors for HIV are known, 85 percent of men reported having male-to-male sexual contact. In 2017, the burden of new HIV cases was highest among black males aged 20-24, while young adults aged 20-29 represented 43 percent of newly diagnosed cases. African American women had the second-highest HIV infection rate in the state; therefore, testing, prevention, and treatment is essential for these special groups. Factors that influence these disparities include lack of access to HIV care and prevention services, lack of cultural sensitivity of health care providers, racism, stigma and discrimination. The purpose of the Delta Comprehensive HIV Prevention (DCCHPP) program is to reduce HIV/STD health disparities in the Mississippi by taking a holistic approach to HIV prevention and treatment that includes identifying those at risk for HIV, those persons with HIV and linking them to prevention and treatment services, providing community outreach and education, providing culturally specific training to local health care providers and enhancing social support systems. The target group for of this program will be individuals between the ages of 18 and 45 in Bolivar, Coahoma, Sunflower and Washington counties in the Mississippi Delta. Expected outcomes for the program include reduction in new HIV cases; reduced prevalence of HIV/STDs; improved health outcomes for people diagnosed with HIV, increased access to prevention and treatment services.
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