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Targeted Prevention for African American Women
Launching a year-long initiative to provide follow-up technical
assistance and capacity building to health departments participating in the
Midwest regional forum entitled African American Women and HIV/AIDS:
Confronting the Crisis and Planning for Action. Compiling lessons learned and
best practices to help guide health department efforts to implement effective
prevention programs targeting African American women. Developing an issue brief
that examines the disproportionate impact of HIV/AIDS on African American
women.
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Mental Health and HIV/AIDS
As a component of the cooperative agreement with CDC, NASTAD assists states in
using prevention resources to maximize their efforts to prevent as many new
infections as possible by addressing emerging issues, identifying and removing
key programmatic barriers, and identifying and leveraging existing assets.
Health departments are increasingly recognizing and addressing the critical
links between mental health, substance abuse, and HIV/AIDS. NASTAD tracks how
mental health and substance abuse issues can impact HIV/AIDS programs and
ultimately consumers.
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Corrections and HIV/AIDS
NASTAD assists states in using prevention resources to maximize their efforts
to prevent as many new infections as possible by addressing emerging issues,
identifying and removing key programmatic barriers, and identifying and
leveraging existing assets. While the need to address infectious diseases in
correctional settings is nothing new, it is becoming ever more critical for
public health departments to work more closely with counterparts in corrections
to curb the HIV/AIDS epidemic in those facilities. Also a component of the CDC
cooperative agreement, NASTAD tracks the responses to the HIV/AIDS epidemic
within correctional settings among jurisdictions across the country.
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Program Integration and Collaboration
NASTAD is committed to promoting program integration and collaboration and
supporting health departments in their efforts to enhance the same ideals.
Currently, NASTAD’s Domestic Program—including HIV Prevention, Communities of
Color, Viral Hepatitis and HIV Care and Treatment—strives to identify and
realize opportunities to share information, expertise and vision across program
areas. Collectively, the teams within the Domestic Program provide integrated
support for NASTAD’s diverse membership. Additionally, the Domestic Program
works with the NASTAD Global Program to identify collaborative projects that
align with each program’s specific activities. As appropriate, the programs
share techniques and practices to advance the substantive work within each
portfolio. Finally, the NASTAD Government Relations team works in tandem with
both the Domestic and Global Programs to promote sensible and responsive
HIV/AIDS policy that supports programmatic success. NASTAD believes strongly in
the synergy that is created by cross-program interaction and will continue to
enhance and expand its efforts to support program integration and collaboration
within health departments whenever possible.
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