Beginning in 1994, CDC implemented an initiative called HIV Prevention Community Planning. This initiative requires State and local health departments to involve those affected by HIV/AIDS, community members and other technical experts to plan for HIV prevention funding by identifying priority populations and interventions based on epidemiology, needs assessments, etc. through community planning groups (CPG's). The State and local health departments along with the CPG's are responsible for developing a comprehensive HIV prevention plan for their State. The basic intent of the process has been threefold: to increase meaningful community involvement in prevention planning, to improve the scientific basis of program decisions, and to target resources to those communities at highest risk for HIV transmission.
The ITCA NSHAPP provides capacity building assistance (CBA) to CDC directly and indirectly funded community-based organizations (CBOs), State Health Departments, local Community Planning Groups (CPG's), tribal health consortiums and coalitions, and individual CPG members, to increase parity, Inclusion, and representation (PIR) of American Indian/Alaskan Native/Native Hawaiian's (AI/AN/NH) in HIV prevention community planning. This is achieved through coalition development in nine states with the most AI/AN populations1 and Hawaii. Coalition members of new or existing coalitions are engaged in training that will increase knowledge of community planning, build leadership, foster consensus of AI/AN/NH issues, and strengthen public speaking skills of members who participate in the community planning process.
Technical consultation and training is given to Health Departments and CPG's on cultural competency and strategies to recruit and retain AI/AN/NH membership on CPG's.
Information transfer is provided through the ITCA website to highlight and model strategies and lessons learned from the nine states receiving targeted community planning CBA.
CBA is also provided across all CDC regions to Health Departments, CPG's, CBO's, and AI/AN coalitions to achieve PIR, ensure cultural competency to recruit and retain AI/AN/NH CPG members, and provide skills building to AI/AN/NH CPG members to encourage active participation that will increase HIV funding opportunities for AI/AN's.
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