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Breaking Through the Silence: Key Issues and Recommendations to Address HIV/AIDS Among Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders in the United States
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In December 2007, NASTAD, in collaboration with the Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Foundations (APIAHF), released Breaking Through the Silence: Key Issues and Recommendations to Address HIV/AIDS Among Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders in the United States. This policy document identifies four key issues that challenge public health responses to the emerging epidemic among Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities. These issues include 1) the urgent need for health departments to consistently collect and report data disaggregated by Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander race and ethnic subgroups; 2) determining and/or remaining aware of the current HIV prevention needs and issues in Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities; 3) prioritizing the public health response to HIV/AIDS among Asian America, Native Hawaiian,and Pacific Islander communities; and 4) building adequate capacity to respond to HIV/AIDS among these communities. The document also challenges health departments, lawmakers, community-based organizations, and leaders in the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities to combine forces to address these key issues and implement changes.
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Why We Can't Wait: The Tipping Point Among African Americans and HIV/AIDS
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NASTAD released this exciting, updated version of its 2001 African American Monograph on April 30, 2007, during its 2007Annual Meeting. The original document, "HIV/AIDS: African American Perspectives and Recommendations for State and Local Health Departments," was released to increase synergy between the public health system and African American communities in order to halt the devastation of HIV/AIDS. Consistent with NASTAD's updated strategic map and the overarching priority of addressing racial/ethnic health disparities, an ever-changing political landscape, and the advent of new technologies, this updated monograph seeks to further heighten the response to HIV/AIDS in African American communities by calling for coordinated and decisive action among health departments and the jurisdictions they serve.
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African American Women and HIV/AIDS: Confronting the Crisis and Planning for Action – Regional Forum on African American Women Meeting Summary
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On March 29-31, 2007 NASTAD conducted a Regional Forum on African American women to provide Midwestern health departments the opportunity to meet with a cross-section of external partners to share program information and to explore the barriers and facilitators to implementing effective and culturally appropriate programs targeting African American women. Each participating state team was comprised of senior health department leadership, staff from community based organizations providing services to African American women and African American women consumers, clients, and community leaders. In addition to exploring the state-level challenges to providing serviced to this disproportionately impacted population, participants were provided the opportunity to discuss and identify solutions to a wide range of psychosocial and socioeconomic challenges facing African American women.
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Survey of Health Department Prevention Activities Directed Toward Black Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM)
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Black MSM Issue Brief No. 2: In 2006, NASTAD conducted a survey of state and directly funded local health departments. The survey was designed to obtain jurisdiction-level (i.e., state- or city-level) epidemiological data on HIV prevalence and incidence among Black MSM, assess the level of resources directed toward Black MSM, and document prevention and related activities directed to this population, as well as barriers and facilitators associated with providing targeted HIV prevention services for Black MSM. This Issue Brief, released in February 2007, presents findings from the analysis of the completed surveys. Findings presented here are intended to serve as a springboard for future efforts to determine policies and programs focusing on this population.
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Black Men Who Have Sex With Men: Standing at the Crossroad of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in the United States
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Black MSM Issue Brief No. 1: This issue brief, released in February 2006, examines the HIV/AIDS crisis among Black MSM and provides an overview of recent CDC data, while seeking to frame issues related to the identity of Black MSM. Additionally, it addresses the core components of effective prevention and care strategies for Black MSM and provides recommendations for health departments in designing programs and implementing strategies to address the significant needs of this population.
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A Turning Point: Confronting HIV/AIDS in African American Communities
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In November 2005, NASTAD released this Call to Action, which focuses attention on the devastating impact of HIV/AIDS on African Americans in the U.S., and calls on state and local health departments, African American leaders, federal agencies, and policy makers to strengthen their responses to this public health crisis.
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