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. 2003 Jun;93(6):970-9.
doi: 10.2105/ajph.93.6.970.

Rapid assessment of the HIV/AIDS crisis in racial and ethnic minority communities: an approach for timely community interventions

Richard H Needle  1 , Robert T Trotter 2nd, Merrill Singer, Christopher Bates, J Bryan Page, David Metzger, Louis H Marcelin
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Rapid assessment of the HIV/AIDS crisis in racial and ethnic minority communities: an approach for timely community interventions

Richard H Needle et al. Am J Public Health. 2003 Jun.

Abstract

Objectives: The US Department of Health and Human Services, in collaboration with the Congressional Black Caucus, created a new initiative to address the disproportionate ongoing HIV/AIDS crisis in racial/ethnic minority populations.

Methods: This initiative included deploying technical assistance teams through the Office of HIV/AIDS Policy. The teams introduced rapid assessment and response methodologies and trained minority communities in their use.

Results: The first 3 eligible cities (Detroit, Miami, and Philadelphia) focused assessments in small geographic areas, using multiple methodologies to obtain data.

Conclusions: Data from the first 3 eligible cities provided critical information about changing the dynamics of the HIV/AIDS epidemic at the local level, including program and policy changes and infrastructure redeployment targeted at the most serious social and environmental conditions.

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