Coalition to Reduce HIV in Broward County

The goal of the Coalition to Reduce HIV in Broward County is to increase awareness of the HIV problem and decrease incidence of sexually transmitted infections among 18-39 year olds in the African-American, Caribbean, and Hispanic communities.

The Coalition conducted a community needs assessment from 1999-2000 and then designed a multilevel, multi-sector, and multi-phased intervention in order to enhance the essential services provided by the Broward County Health Department. Intervention activities included: HIV/AIDS education outreach sessions, various culturally competent resident-focused HIV/AIDS outreach activities, training of community volunteers in HIV prevention, and providing HIV prevention supplies to the target population.

The goal of the Coalition to Reduce HIV in Broward County is to eliminate disparities in HIV disease in Broward County.

Disparities in new diagnoses of HIV among Hispanic residents of Broward County were eliminated and cut in half among non-Hispanic residents.

Formative and summative (process, impact, and outcome) evaluations were conducted. Disparities in new diagnoses of HIV among Hispanic residents of Broward County were eliminated and cut in half among non-Hispanic residents. New diagnosis of HIV increased following programmatic cuts to resource-intensive educational outreach interventions. This program lost funding in October 2008.