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Presented at the 2009 United States Conference on AIDS in San Francisco, CA, with NASTAD and Kentucky Health Department. Slides created by Patricia Young, HIV Program Manager, IDPH.TRANSCRIPT
African American Women and
HIV/AIDS
USCA
October 2009
Welcome
• NASTAD Midwest Forum 2007
• Team Members
• Developed an Action Plan
• Implementation
• Accomplishments
• Successes and Challenges
• Next Steps
The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago
The next best time is now
- African Proverb
African Proverb
“In Africa if there is a lion in the
village everyone begins to beat the
drum to warn everyone until the
lion leaves the village”
AIDS is our lion in the African
American community
In Iowa…..
• Despite the seemingly low number of African Americans diagnosed when compared to diagnoses among whites, diagnoses among African Americans are hugely disproportionate when the size of the black population is taken into account.
70%
2%
8%
15%
5%
White, not Hispanic Other
Hispanic, all races African AmericanBlack, foreign-born
91%
<1%
3%
4%
2%
2006 Estimated Population 2007 HIV/AIDS Prevalence
Prevalence by Race and Ethnicity
Compared to Iowa’s Population
20%
Persons Living with HIV/AIDS by Race
and Gender on December 31, 2007:
Persons per 100,000 population
0
100
200
300
400
500
Cases p
er
100,0
00
Po
pu
lati
on
Males Females
White, not Hispanic Black, not Hispanic
Hispanic, all races Asian, not Hispanic
HIV diagnosis rate in 2007
• 33.8 cases per 100,000 population for
black, non-Hispanic persons;
• Black persons were over ten times
more likely to have been diagnosed
with HIV than white persons in Iowa;
HIV diagnosis rate in 2007
• 9.2 cases per 100,000 for Hispanics; and
3.3 cases per 100,000 for white, non-
Hispanic persons in Iowa; and
• Hispanic persons were over three-and-
one-half times more likely to have been
diagnosed with HIV than white persons in
2007.
Iowa’s HIV/AIDS Statistics for
African Americans
• Relatively small minority populations in the
state result in low numbers of cases when
compared to the much larger white, non-
Hispanic population.
• Despite the low numbers of cases, the
impact of high infection rates within a
small population can be devastating to that
population.
The best way to predict the future is to
invent it.
— Alan Kay
Action Plan
• Research activities and programs for
African American women that are being
implemented in Iowa;
• Identify African American women leaders;
and
• Identify collaboration and resources for
capacity building.
After the Forum
• Reported to the CPG; became a CPG ad
hoc committee
• Presented at the 2007 Iowa African
American Women’s Leadership
Conference
After the Forum
• Instrumental in a statewide effort to
engage the African American faith
community
And then….
• Meetings were held every month via
conference call.
• 4 of the original 6 members have stayed
engaged and involved.
• One of the members selected to join the
CPG – 3 others were already members.
• Developed committee goals & tasks –
(collaboration with another state).
• REHD Committee (Communities of Color)
– Ad hoc CPG
Accomplishments
• Instrumental in Priority Setting– social
determinants – discussion and
reprioritization (3 members-PS).
• Interventions targeting African Americans
and Hispanic/Latinos – nationwide search
(2 members-SPICE).
• Needs assessment – Provider Survey
(1member-NARC).
Accomplishments
• Representation on the CPG – 1 member-
chair of the MOB Squad.
• Instrumental on plenary and track
development at the Iowa HIV Conference
in 2008; Unity and Diversity: the Challenge
for Change.
Challenges
• Ongoing engagement……
• Meeting times; in person vs. calls?
• Met the goals – now what?
• Expansion of committee?
• Where , what do we do now?
Next Steps
• Received TA from NASTAD – June 2009
– Focus Groups
– Strategic Planning
• Developed Vision and Mission
Vision and Mission
Vision:
• Empowered women of color building
healthy communities.
Mission:
• Increase awareness and education about
HIV and its impact among women of color
in Iowa.
Next Steps
• Added members
• Anti-stigma campaign participation
• Tangible goals work best for us
• Iowa 2010 HIV conference…..
– Intergenerational Panel of Women of Color
(plenary and a concurrent session)
– Market to the larger community
– Increase awareness
– Recruit new members
REHD Committee Members
• Colleen Bornmueller
• Linnea Fletcher,
Chair
• Betty Johnson
• Virginia Jorden
• Jaycee Selwood
• Roma Taylor
• Rhea Van Brocklin
• Kathy Weiss
• Patricia Young, HD