Five point initiative: a community-informed bundled implementation strategy to address HIV in Black communities.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Black individuals in the U.S. remain the most disproportionately impacted by new HIV diagnoses, represent the highest portion of individuals living with HIV, and have the highest morbidity rates. Structural inequities and historical oppression are the primary drivers. Such drivers limit access to HIV prevention tools that need to be delivered with culturally congruent and community-informed approaches.

Methods

The Five Point Initiative (FPI) is a community-informed bundled implementation strategy developed and piloted between September 2019 and March 2020 in Miami, Florida in communities heavily impacted by HIV. Key components of the strategy included community consultants/experts, five categories (hence the "Five Point") of community businesses (e.g., corner stor

SUBMITTER: Dale SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10463742 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature