Black Women and HIVAIDS: Confronting the Crisis and Planning for Action Joy Mbajah, Manager, Prevent

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Black Women and HIV/AIDS Confronting the Crisis
and Planning for ActionJoy Mbajah, Manager,
Prevention
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NASTAD Response to Addressing Racial Ethnic
Health Disparities Regional Forum Series

• Provide participating teams the opportunity to
  examine and prioritize the barriers to providing
  programs and services targeting black women in
  their jurisdiction.
• Support participating teams with the development
  of a year long action plan
• Provide technical assistance to jurisdictions on
  issues impacting the implementation of their
  action plans.

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Participating Jurisdictions
NH
VT
WA
ME
ND
MT
MA
MN
OR
NY
WI
RI
ID
SD
MI
CT
WY
PA
NJ
IA
NE
OH
IN
NV
DE
IL
WV
UT
VA
MD
CO
KS
MO
KY
CA
NC
TN
DC
OK
AZ
SC
AR
NM
GA
AL
MS
AK
March 2007 Midwest Regional Forum Participants
(Including City of Chicago)
TX
LA
FL
March 2008 Northeast Regional Forum Participants
(including New York City and Philadelphia)
HI
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Team Action Planning Process

• Part 1 Identify and prioritize major challenges
  to implementing HIV/AIDS programs and services
  for black women
• Part 2 Develop key strategies to address the 2-4
  primary challenges and document them in a
  one-year action plan template

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Technical Assistance Timeline
Challenge Inadequate advocacy around women of
African descent Goal Develop an
advocacy strategy to address HIV/AIDS among
women of African descent in Boston
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NASTAD Technical Assistance Timeline
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Indiana
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IOWA
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Minnesota
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Illinois
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New York City
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Additional Outcomes

• Development of state-wide needs assessment tool
  focused on African American women
• Presentation of action plan activities to CPG and
  subsequent formation of African American womens
  CPG subcommittee
• Brown bag series to address health and wellness,
  including HIV/AIDS, among women of diverse racial
  and ethnic backgrounds
• Multiple presentations on issues related to
  African American women and HIV/AIDS at statewide
  health conference
• Replication of the regional forum locally
  Illinois, New Jersey Indiana

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Focus Groups

• NASTAD hopes to conduct three focus groups,
  centered on three different populations, in each
  jurisdiction with the following participants
• Health Department Staff AIDS Directors,
  Prevention Directors, contractors, and other
  identified health department staff working to
  address HIV and STDs among black women
• Providers Community based organizations
  currently providing services specifically
  targeting black women
• Consumers/Clients Black women currently
  receiving services from and/or participating in a
  program or intervention provided by a community
  based organization, black women currently
  serving on the CPG/PPG, and/or black women
  perceived as leaders within their communities who
  are actively working to address issues related to
  HIV/AIDS and other relevant health issues.

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Interview Findings Fact Sheet
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State Team Planning Process

• Guided questions for robust conversation
  utilizing state data
• Three main outcomes
• Identify team lead and co-lead
• Identify date, time and location for the next
  meeting before April 30th
• Identify dates for the focus groups

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Next Steps

• Conference call state teams
• 3, 6, 9 month check in with entire team
• Regular check in with team leads
• On site TA meeting
• One day meeting to work on action plan and team
  building activities
• Focus Groups
• Health department, Providers, Clients
• Themed Conference Calls