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Hispanic Health Program
CAPACITY BUILDING
WHAT IS THE PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM?
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Lack of an
infrastructure in many communities impedes effective delivery of HIV
prevention services to people of color. |
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Community engagement
is a critical strategy for addressing HIV infections and risk
reduction, and community empowerment can lead to a decrease in HIV
transmission. |
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Local prevention
programs must carefully tailor initiatives to address the real-world
circumstances of their local constituents. |
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Community-based
organizations (CBOs), including Hispanic organizations, need to
develop and sustain organizational infrastructures that support the
delivery of effective HIV/AIDS prevention services and
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WHAT HAS CDC
ACCOMPLISHED?
CDC funds minority
organizations to provide capacity- building assistance to CBOs to improve
their capacity to develop and sustain their organizational infrastructure
in order to support program services and interventions; to improve
capacity to mobilize Hispanic communities; and increase their awareness,
leadership, participation and support for HIV prevention. As Hispanics
have been increasingly affected by the HIV epidemic, a growing proportion
of CDC’s prevention efforts have focused on reaching Hispanics at risk.
At the same time, more Hispanic communities through out the U.S. are
mobilizing to respond to the HIV and AIDS crisis.
Two additional objectives of
CDC’s efforts are to create greater opportunities for Hispanic communities
to become involved in HIV prevention efforts through partnerships with
multiple organizations and to ensure greater parity, inclusion and
representation of Hispanic populations in the community planning process
at the local level. CDC grantees direct services at multiple levels
nationally (regional, state, city/county) through diverse and
complementary strategies that address linguistic, cultural and structural
differences among the Hispanic population.
Examples of programs in action: |
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The intent of this
assistance strategy is for providers to work with CBOs to develop and
improve their Hispanic focused HIV behavioral interventions and programs
for Hispanics in high-risk situations. CDC provides $8 million to 11
organizations to implement the capacity-building assistance strategy. It
contributes to the quality, quantity, and cost- effectiveness of
intervention activities and the sustainability of the infrastructure and
systems that support these activities. |
WHAT ARE THE NEXT
STEPS?
CDC is continuing to work to
build the capacity of local communities to prevent HIV. In particular, CDC
will continue to: 1) provide financial/technical assistance to develop and
sustain organizational infrastructures that support the delivery of
effective HIV prevention services/ interventions; 2) build and strengthen
community infrastructure for HIV prevention; 3) design, develop,
implement, and evaluate effective HIV prevention interventions for
Hispanic individuals; and 4) participate in the HIV prevention community
planning process in support of and in collaboration with Hispanic
populations.
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