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STOP SIDA in New York CIty
Teledjol.com - Saturday December 10, 2011
HIV-AIDS infection among Haitian immigrants in New York City
Background:Current epidemiological data suggest that HIV disproportionately affect blacks in United States (Marc, 2010). In 2008, it was estimated that over half a million of Blacks 13 years of age and older were infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus and over 21% of them were undiagnosed. About 900,000 males were living with the infection in contrast to 300,000 females (Bayer, 2010). However, there was a lack of epidemiological studies that analyzed the trend of the infection among the immigrant black population in United Stated. The history of HIV-AIDS and the Haitian immigrant community (HIC) in United States has been very discriminatory and subjective. Haitian-born individuals have been stigmatized for introducing the HIV infection in the American continent. Federal officials have placed Haitian immigrants in a separate risk category, alleging that there was a higher infection incidence among Haitian-born persons than other groups (Marc, 2010; p. 2089). Although those allegations have been race-oriented (ethnologically speaking), but as many other communities in the country, the HIC in New York City has been concerned about some sporadic-repeated cases of HIV-AIDS infection, mostly in Brooklyn and in the Bronx. To participate in the eradication of this infection in that community, HM Radio, Inc. has developed a social marketing-based HIV-AIDS preventive project named STOP SIDA. HM Radio, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) institution dedicated to providing a platform to all Haitian immigrants around the world to be engaged in all aspects of social, economic, political and environmental development of their communities and their native land through mass media and small scale projects in specific local communities. STOP SIDA aims to prevent the spread of HIV-AIDS infection among Haitian immigrants in New York City and to guide those who are already infected towards the utmost appropriate available medical and social services. To become a volunteer, contact us on facebook (http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=100...) or call us at 646-462-1339. We can be emailed as well at sida@hmradio.org To request a full copy of this study, please email us at sida@hmradio.org
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