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Information regarding the National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day:
News Release
Date: December 28, 2006
Media Contact: David Whiters
Phone: 404 370-0123
On February 6, 2007, in recognition of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (actual date for NBHAAD, February 7, 2007), four metro-Atlanta area AIDS Service Organizations (AID Atlanta, AID Gwinnett, Recovery Consultants of Atlanta, Inc., and St. Joseph's Mercy Care) will test more than 1,000 individuals for HIV from among Atlanta's homeless population, utilizing the Oraquick ADVANCE® 20-minute rapid test. This initiative, made possible through a partnership with the federal Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), a component of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Institute for Health Protection, will increase HIV awareness and reduce HIV infection and transmission among Atlanta's homeless population. Additional Sponsors include Georgia Department of Human Resources-HIV Section and Abbott Laboratories.
This extraordinary event is supported by more than 100 well-trained volunteers that serve as HIV pre and post -test counselors. This support affords us the opportunity to test simultaneously at the sites of three (3) Atlanta-based African American churches and five (5) homeless shelters.
As a result of this testing initiative, we project that:
· More than 96% will be African American
· More than 30% will be African American women
· More than 80% will meet a DSM-IV criteria for substance abuse or dependence
· More than 80% will self-report being homeless
· Four to five percent will discover for the first time that they are living with HIV
· Four to five percent will self-report that they were previously aware of their HIV-positive status
· Of those who report being previously aware of their HIV-positive status, less than 10% will report being active in HIV care services
· Within a 30-day period post the testing initiative, a minimum of 25 individuals will be linked with HIV care services and a minimum of 25 individuals will be linked with publicly funded drug treatment services as strategy for reducing HIV-infection and transmission
For more information regarding this event or for information on how you and/or your organization can participate, please visit us at www.recoveryconsultants.org.
News Release
Date: December 28, 2006
Media Contact: David Whiters
Phone: 404 370-0123
On February 6, 2007, in recognition of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (actual date for NBHAAD, February 7, 2007), four metro-Atlanta area AIDS Service Organizations (AID Atlanta, AID Gwinnett, Recovery Consultants of Atlanta, Inc., and St. Joseph's Mercy Care) will test more than 1,000 individuals for HIV from among Atlanta's homeless population, utilizing the Oraquick ADVANCE® 20-minute rapid test. This initiative, made possible through a partnership with the federal Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), a component of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Institute for Health Protection, will increase HIV awareness and reduce HIV infection and transmission among Atlanta's homeless population. Additional Sponsors include Georgia Department of Human Resources-HIV Section and Abbott Laboratories.
This extraordinary event is supported by more than 100 well-trained volunteers that serve as HIV pre and post -test counselors. This support affords us the opportunity to test simultaneously at the sites of three (3) Atlanta-based African American churches and five (5) homeless shelters.
As a result of this testing initiative, we project that:
· More than 96% will be African American
· More than 30% will be African American women
· More than 80% will meet a DSM-IV criteria for substance abuse or dependence
· More than 80% will self-report being homeless
· Four to five percent will discover for the first time that they are living with HIV
· Four to five percent will self-report that they were previously aware of their HIV-positive status
· Of those who report being previously aware of their HIV-positive status, less than 10% will report being active in HIV care services
· Within a 30-day period post the testing initiative, a minimum of 25 individuals will be linked with HIV care services and a minimum of 25 individuals will be linked with publicly funded drug treatment services as strategy for reducing HIV-infection and transmission
For more information regarding this event or for information on how you and/or your organization can participate, please visit us at www.recoveryconsultants.org.
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