Kaiser Family Foundation’s

Post date: Dec 7, 2014 4:45:49 AM

Reflecting the Kaiser Family Foundation’s commitment to providing the most accurate and relevant information on pressing health issues, the Health Communication & Media Partnerships Program works with major media, other corporate allies, health departments, national leadership and community organizations, to undertake large-scale, multi-faceted public information partnerships, most notably on HIV/AIDS and related issues

Recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicate that the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the

United States (U.S.) is far from over. An estimated 56,000 people become infected with HIV each year, 40% higher than

previously estimated. In addition, infections have remained at this level for more than a decade and certain populations

bear the brunt of the impact, particularly Black Americans and gay and bisexual men of all races/ethnicities. These trends

underscore the continuing importance of HIV prevention in the U.S. While the CDC plays the central, federal role in the

nation’s HIV prevention response, much of what is considered “HIV prevention” is actually decentralized to and carried

out by state and local health departments, who have primary responsibility for coordinating and delivering HIV prevention

services, as they do for public health activities more generally in the U.S.

This report, based on a survey of 65 health departments, including all state and territorial jurisdictions and six U.S. cities,

provides the first, comprehensive inventory of HIV prevention efforts at the state and local levels. It is intended to offer a

baseline picture of how HIV prevention is delivered across the country in an effort to provide policymakers, public health

officials, community organizations, and others with a more in depth understanding of HIV prevention and the role played

by health departments in its delivery.

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