Friday, November 22, 2024
11/22/2024
The proposed project will provide funding for the MetroHartford Prevention Coalition (MPC), a collaborative effort to provide substance abuse, HIV, and hepatitis prevention services within the Connecticut communities of Hartford, East Hartford, West Hartford, and Bloomfield. The proposed MPC project will join two health departments and one health district representing the four contiguous municipalities in a cooperative effort aimed at reducing the incidence and prevalence of substance abuse, HIV, and hepatitis among people of color and the minority reentry population. Over the past decade, Connecticut's Capital Region (which includes the targeted communities) has experienced a tremendous increase in population mobility that has resulted in greater diversity among all its municipalities. At the same time, a surge of releases from correctional institutions to the region's communities - estimated at 4,500 individuals over the past year - has resulted in increased stress on these communities. The prevalence of substance abuse, HIV and hepatitis has been and remains high in this area, with a 2002 AIDS case rate of 62.6 per 100,000 minority residents in the Hartford MSA. Faced with multiple public health issues complicated by population mobility between towns, the MPC is conceived as an important strategic alliance for purposes of improved data collection and epidemiological services, joint program development using evidence-based interventions, collective staff development opportunities, and improved effectiveness and efficiency of programs and services provided to residents of each municipality through both municipal and community-based services. The MPC will enable development, implementation and strengthening of a regional infrastructure to promote enhanced health literacy about HIV/AIDS, SA/mental health, and hepatitis, as well as early intervention and prevention in the target populations. Using a regional public health systems approach, this strategic collaboratio
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