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2nd Annual Health and Wellness Expo.

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In Houston Texas 77033

Dear Community Collaborator:

Salvation After HIV is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provides programs serving adults in Houston and Harris County and our mission is “to destroy stigma through support and therapeutic opportunities for those who are infected or affected by HIV/AIDS”
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Salvation After HIV/AIDS is one of many community organizations that focus on the needs of the clients who are living with HIV. Since 2010, Salvation After HIV has worked diligently in the Houston communities to educate individuals in the fight against HIV/AIDS. We conduct street outreach activities in areas and locations during various times and days that maximize outreach prevention messages and testing for all target populations.

Salvation After HIV is hosting our 2ND Annual Health & Wellness Expo. November 16,2024 at 5930 Southridge in the Heart of South Park in Houston Texas in Partnership with Heal the Land Crusades. Our goal is to provide outreach and referral services for about 100-150 individuals in the Houston area. Testing and more.

We welcome your organization/entity to participate in our event as a vendor. Please complete the vendor registration form attached to this document. The cost of attendance is free for Non- profits and $50 for Vendors. Vendors may start setup at the event location at 9:00am on the day (11/16/2024) of the event. Vendors must complete the setup by 10:00am. Tear down is from 3:00pm – 4:00pm. Salvation After HIV requires each vendor to bring one (1) table and two (2) chairs. The vendor is responsible for any additional equipment needed. This is an outside event; therefore, electricity will not be available.
Registration Form Can be found Here: https://salvationafterhiv.com/registration-for-expo/

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Community Prevention Service Task Force

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The Community Guide
The Community Preventive Services Task Force

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CPSTF Economic Finding for Family-based Interventions to Prevent Substance Use Among Youth

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The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) finds that economic benefits exceed the cost of family-based interventions to prevent substance use among youth.

CPSTF recommends family-based interventions to prevent substance use among youth. Interventions reduced initiation and use of various substances (see table). They also reduced sexual risk behaviors among youth and led to improvements in mental health symptoms and school-related outcomes.

How can family-based interventions prevent substance use?

These interventions teach parents and caregivers to enhance their children’s substance use preventive skills and practices. Content may address parent-child communication, rule setting, and monitoring, and interventions may include additional substance use prevention activities for youth. Interventions include individual or small group sessions, web-based modules, printed instruction manuals and workbooks, or a combination of these. They may be delivered by health professionals or trained providers in home, school, or community-based settings.

Why is this important?

  • Youth substance use is associated with increased risk for delinquency; academic underachievement; teen pregnancy; sexually transmitted infections; perpetration of, or experience with, violence; injuries; and mental health problems.
  • Preventing or delaying substance use initiation among youth reduces later risk for substance use, substance use disorders, and overdose.
  • In 2021, substance use was common among U.S. high school students and varied by substance. Approximately one third of students (30%) reported current use of alcohol or marijuana or prescription opioid misuse.
  • In 2022, more than 3 million middle and high school students reported using a commercial tobacco product, and 11% of 8th graders reported lifetime use of marijuana.

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As always, we appreciate your interest and support,

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It’s That Time!!!! 2nd Annual Health & Wellness Expo Nov. 16th @ 10am

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 Dear Community Collaborator: 

Salvation After HIV is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provides programs serving adults in Houston and Harris County and our mission is “to destroy stigma through support and therapeutic opportunities for those who are infected or affected by HIV/AIDS”

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Salvation After HIV/AIDS is one of many community organizations that focus on the needs of the clients who are living with HIV. Since 2010, Salvation After HIV has worked diligently in the Houston communities to educate individuals in the fight against HIV/AIDS. We conduct street outreach activities in areas and locations during various times and days that maximize outreach prevention messages and testing for all target populations.

 Salvation After HIV is hosting our 2ND Annual Health & Wellness Expo. November 16,2024 at 5930 Southridge in the Heart of South Park in Houston Texas in Partnership with Heal the Land Crusades. Our goal is to provide outreach and referral services for about 100-150 individuals in the Houston area. Testing and more.

 We welcome your organization/entity to participate in our event as a vendor. Please complete the vendor registration form attached to this document. The cost of attendance is free for Non- profits and $50 for Vendors. Vendors may start setup at the event location at 9:00am on the day (11/16/2024) of the event. Vendors must complete the setup by 10:00am. Tear down is from 3:00pm – 4:00pm. Salvation After HIV requires each vendor to bring one (1) table and two (2) chairs. The vendor is responsible for any additional equipment needed. This is an outside event; therefore, electricity will not be available.

Registration Form Can be found Here: https://salvationafterhiv.com/registration-for-expo/

Respectfully,

Jennice Jackson, Founder

713-340-9163

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National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS

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September 24, 2024

Dear Colleague,
September 27 is National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NGMHAAD), a day when we reaffirm our commitment to ending the disproportionate impact of HIV on gay and bisexual men in the United States.
Recently, encouraging progress shows declines in new infections among gay and bisexual men overall, as well as among many sub-groups most affected by HIV. However, gay and bisexual men continue to be most affected by HIV. Of the 31,800 estimated new HIV infections in the United States in 2022, 67% (21,400) were among this group. In 2022, almost half (47%) of new HIV infections among gay and bisexual men were in the South, and nearly 3/4 (73%) of those were among Black/African American and Hispanic/Latino men.

The annual number of estimated new HIV infections in 2022 compared to 2018 shows an overall decrease among gay and bisexual men of 10%. Age-specific trends reveal a 31% decrease among all young gay and bisexual men ages 13-24, and by region, a 16% decrease among gay and bisexual men who live in the South. Among Black/African American gay and bisexual men, there was a significant overall decrease of 16%, including a 26% reduction among young Black/African American men aged 13-24. Similarly, among white gay and bisexual men, there was a 20% overall decrease, including a 39% reduction among young white men aged 13-24. Cases among Hispanic/Latino gay and bisexual men remained stable, indicating a need for better understanding of the situation and improved support.
Although progress is being made, it has been uneven, and we should ensure we decrease inequities while we reduce new infections and help people access treatment. Pre-exposure prohylaxis (PrEP) is a key tool in continuing to reduce new HIV infections, and recent surveillance data from the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance (NHBS) system show increases in PrEP awareness and use among a survey of gay and bisexual men. From 2017 to 2023, the percentage of gay and bisexual men who were aware of PrEP increased from 85% to 93%, and PrEP use among gay and bisexual men increased from 25% to 45%. Overall increases in PrEP prescriptions among people who could benefit show that, since the implementation of Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. in 2019, the number of people in the U.S. who have been prescribed PrEP has increased. Even so, the reach of this strategy is far from equal, and substantial racial and ethnic disparities persist. Although Black/African American gay and bisexual men and Hispanic/Latino gay and bisexual men reported increases in PrEP awareness and use over the same period, more culturally and linguistically appropriate access to HIV testing and prevention services is needed, including PrEP and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP). We must work to eliminate HIV stigma and other barriers to compassionate, culturally competent HIV care.

To address these disparities, CDC is launching PrEPared/PrEParado, a new social marketing initiative under CDC’s Let’s Stop HIV Together campaign to increase PrEP uptake and maintenance among Black/African American and Hispanic/Latino gay and bisexual men in the South. PrEPared aims to encourage conversations about PrEP between Black/African American and Hispanic/Latino gay and bisexual men and their providers, increase the numbers of providers prescribing PrEP, and increase the number of Black/African American and Hispanic/Latino gay and bisexual men in the South who get and stay on PrEP. In the coming months, CDC will partner with health departments and local partners across the South for co-implementation of the initiative.

To address HIV-related disparities among gay and bisexual men, CDC has funding available to support health departments in implementing comprehensive HIV prevention and surveillance programs, including focused interventions for gay and bisexual men, like doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis (doxy PEP) for prevention of bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and also provides funding opportunities to support community-based organizations focused on HIV testing, prevention, and linkage to HIV treatment among this key population. CDC has also funded Emory University and partners to launch Together TakeMeHome (TTMH), a nationwide program to expand distribution of HIV self-tests directly to consumers by mail. In the first year, from March 14, 2023, through March 13, 2024, the program distributed 443,813 tests to 219,360 people. Among those who responded to a post-order questionnaire, 44% (75,295) were gay and bisexual men. These data suggest that distributing HIV self-tests by mail can reach large numbers of people, many who have never taken an HIV test or have not been tested as often as recommended.
CDC’s Let’s Stop HIV Together campaign offers valuable resources to support national HIV prevention efforts. Let’s Stop HIV Together is an evidence-based campaign created in English and Spanish that aims to empower communities, partners, and health care providers to reduce HIV stigma and promote HIV testing, prevention, and treatment. If you are a clinician and want to learn more about prescribing PrEP or find resources to share with your patients, visit our HIV Nexus. To help us promote NGMHAAD this year, download and share our many resources on PrEP and share social media content from CDC’s digital toolkit using the #NGMHAAD hashtag.
Together, we can all work to reduce HIV-related disparities among gay and bisexual men and continue our hard-earned progress toward ending the HIV epidemic in the United States.

Sincerely, 
 /Robyn Fanfair/ 
Robyn Neblett Fanfair, MD, MPH
Captain, USPHS
Division Director
Division of HIV Prevention 
National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention Centers for Disease Control and Prevention www.cdc.gov/hiv

/Jonathan Mermin/

Jonathan Mermin, MD, MPHRear Admiral, USPHS (Ret.)
Director
National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Stay connected: @DrMerminCDC & Connections 
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Lasted from The Reunion Project

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The Reunion Project, the national alliance of HIV long-term survivors, will be hosting a two-day town hall in Denver, Thriving Together: Celebrating Resilience & Embracing the Future, on August 23-24, 2024. This peer-led town hall will take place at St. Cajetan’s – Auraria Campus, 101 Lawrence Way, Denver, 80204.

The first day of The Reunion Project—Denver, Friday, August 23, will focus on employment and benefits for people living with HIV, produced in partnership with the National Working Positive Coalition. 

Saturday, August 24, will feature a mix of facilitated discussions, presentations, and networking opportunities, all aimed at addressing the unique needs of long-term survivors and people aging with HIV in Colorado.

 featured speaker on Saturday, Aug. 24 is Kristine Erlandson, MD, Professor of Medicine-Infectious Disease, University of Colorado School of Medicine. Dr. Erlandson’s research focuses on the complications of aging, understanding the mechanisms of successful aging, and implementing interventions to ensure successful aging among persons living with HIV. 

Activities on both days will be held between 9am-5pm MT with sessions and community discussions addressing the health, wellness, and employment concerns of all individuals living and aging with HIV in the Denver area and the state of Colorado.

The event is free, and breakfast and lunch are provided for those who pre-register.

Click the following link to register for Day 1 and 2 of the town hall: bit.ly/trpDenver. Be sure to register for each day you plan to attend, and stay tuned for more updates to the program!

For more information and details about the peer-led Thriving Together: Celebrating Resilience & Embracing the Future two-day town hall go to reunionproject.net/calendar.

We look forward to seeing you in Denver on August 23-24!