HIV Prevention Plan

HIV Prevention Plan

The Importance of HIV Prevention Community Planning

CDC expects HIV prevention community planning to improve HIV prevention programs by strengthening the: (1) scientific basis, (2) community relevance, and (3) population or risk-based focus of HIV prevention interventions in each project area. Beginning in 1994, CDC changed the manner in which federally-funded state and local level HIV prevention programs were planned and implemented (Gainer 2005).

State, territorial, and local health departments receiving federal prevention funds through CDC were asked to share with representatives of affected communities and other technical experts, the responsibility for developing a comprehensive HIV ...