HIV/AIDS News Roundup
Health Department unveiling free iPhone application that allows New Yorkers to find free condoms
“We are trying to reach everyone having sex,” said Monica Sweeney, the agency’s point person for HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control. “The younger generation uses their iPhone and we want to make it convenient for them to access condoms.”
Collective disapproval, adverse legislation and service norms are among the main causes hampering condom access for sexually active adolescents. Gender relationships, sexual culture and sex education in the Caribbean do not sufficiently support preventive behaviour based on a realistic personal risk assessment.”
HIV Epidemiology and Field Services
The following tables provide annual data on new diagnoses of HIV (non-AIDS), concurrent HIV/AIDS and AIDS, as well as the number of persons living with HIV and AIDS and the number of deaths among persons with HIV and AIDS. The data are shown for New York City overall and by sex, race, age, borough, risk factor, and United Hospital Fund neighborhood.
Harlem Pastors Join the Battle Against HIV/AIDS
Churches test Harlem residents for National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.
Social Media Helps Drive New AIDS Awareness Campaign
The social media campaign created by the National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS (NBLCA) is actually a facebook forum where people can share their stories. I wonder how they are driving traffic to the forum, both in terms of folks who are positive who will share their stories and those who are not who will utilize it as prevention messaging as well as those who are positive and seeking support or treatment information. The forum can be found here.
“I Talk Because”: A Better Way to Do HIV/AIDS Awareness Ads
The New York City Council, together with HIV/AIDS organizations across the five boroughs, has launched a YouTube-based HIV/AIDS awareness campaign that began on World AIDS Day, December 1st, 2009.