According to the 2000 census, African Americans make up approximately 13% of the US population. However, in 2005, African Americans accounted for 18,121 (49%) of the estimated 37,331 new HIV/AIDS diagnoses in the United States in the 33 states with long-term, confidential name-based HIV reporting. 1
CDC is highly committed to reducing disparities and decreasing HIV/AIDS among African Americans, in collaboration with community members and influential leaders. As part of a heightened response to the HIV/AIDS crisis among African Americans, CDC has outlined plans to intensify programs in the following key areas:
- expanding the reach of prevention services;
- increasing opportunities for diagnosing and treating HIV;
- developing new, effective prevention interventions; and
- mobilizing broader community action.
Featured Links
CDC’s Heightened Response
Dear Colleague Letter on CDC’s Heightened Response to the Ongoing Crisis of HIV/AIDS among African Americans (PDF)
CDC Report: A Heightened National Response to the HIV/AIDS Crisis among African Americans
CDC Media Facts: Fighting HIV among African Americans (PDF)
HIV/AIDS and African American Women: A Consultation Supporting CDC's Heightened National Response to the HIV/AIDS Crisis among African Americans: Meeting Report
From CDC's Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention
HIV/AIDS and African American Women: A Consultation Supporting CDC's Heightened National Response to the HIV/AIDS Crisis among African Americans: Slide Sets
From CDC's Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Diagnoses of HIV/AIDS—33 States, 2001-2005
From CDC’s MMWR Weekly, March 9, 2007 / 56(09);189-193
HIV/AIDS among African Americans
From CDC
Meeting of National Partners to Address HIV/AIDS in African American Communities - Summary (PDF)
From the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD)
Consultation to Address STD Disparities in African American Communities (PDF)
From CDC’s Division of STD Prevention , June 5-6, 2007 Meeting Report
MMWR: Rapid HIV Testing Among Racial/Ethnic Minority Men at Gay Pride Events—Nine U.S. Cities, 2004–2006
From CDC’s MMWR Weekly June 22, 2007 / 56(24);602-604
HIV/AIDS among African Americans
Fact sheet from CDC’s Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention
Research Summary: Racial/Ethnic and Age Disparities in HIV Prevalence and Disease Progression among Men Who Have Sex with Men in the United States
From the American Journal of Public Health , June 2007, Vol. 97 No. 6
We're the Ones We've Been Waiting For: The State of AIDS in Black America... and What We're Doing About It
Report from the Black AIDS Institute
Resources from the Black AIDS Institute
Reports, clinical trial listings, and links from the Black AIDS Institute
African Americans: Information for Prevention Partners
From Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, includes sections on transmission, prevention challenges, resources, and bibliography
HIV/AIDS and African Americans
From the Office of Minority Health
What Are Black Men’s HIV Prevention Needs?
From Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California at San Francisco
Health Disparities Experienced by Black or African Americans – United States
From Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s MMWR
African Americans and HIV/AIDS (PDF)
Be Safe: A Cultural Competency Model for African-Americans (PDF)
From the National Minority AIDS Education and Training Center
African Americans/Black Fact Sheet (PDF)
From the National Minority AIDS Education and Training Center
Systemic Review of HIV Behavioral Prevention Research in African Americans
HIV/AIDS Surveillance by Race/Ethnicity (Updated through 2005)
Slide set from the Divisions of HIV/AIDS Prevention of the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention
HIV/AIDS Among Women
Fact sheet from the Divisions of HIV/AIDS Prevention of the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention
National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health Care
2001 FINAL REPORT from the Office of Minority Health
http://www.omhrc.gov/templates/browse.aspx?lvl=2&lvlID=15
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CDC. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report, 2005 . Vol. 17. Rev ed. Atlanta: US Department of Health and Human Services, CDC: 2007:1–46.
