NIH - Minority AIDS Initiative


CLINTON ADMINISTRATION INITIATIVE TO ADDRESS HIV/AIDS AMONG RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY POPULATIONS

 


National Institues of Health

 
Name of Initiative or Program Activity: Prevention Sciences Initiative
Description of Initiative:

This initiative is devoted to the Prevention Science Initiatives of the Office of AIDS Research. These dollars will be used to supplement existing grants, or as a way to expedite an award. Through these dollars Institutes are encouraged to have currently funded investigators seek supplemental funding on aspects of their grants that are of particular relevance to minorities. In FY98, the OAR awarded $9.5 million in special funds through the Prevention Science Research Initiative, to support new and/or expanded HIV intervention and prevention programs targeting minority populations. Funds were awarded to such projects as:

  1. risk reduction among Latinas;
  2. injection drug use and high risk sexual behaviors at the U.S./Mexico border;
  3. culturally sensitive behavioral interventions for HIV+ Hispanics;
  4. HIV risk reduction in drug abusing minority youth;
  5. a phase I clinical trial testing a novel topical microbicide for prevention of HIV transmission with will include primarily minority women;
  6. intervention studies focusing on drug and substance abusing youth; and
  7. a study of HIV-infected injecting drug users receiving highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART). There is no RFA for these funds as these are targeted to the Institutes, who contact their grantees advising them of the availability of these funds through the Prevention Sciences Initiative.

Through this mechanism, Institutes respond to a list of priorities provided by the Office of AIDS Research to identify appropriate investigators/grants. This list has traditionally included research on high-risk populations with high impact for the intervention, targeting youth, women and minorities in particular.

Eligible Entities: Investigators funded through an existing NIH grant
Type of Funding: Supplement announced by the individual Institutes to their existing grantees.
Amount of Funds: $4 million
How Many Grants anticipated: From 8 - 12
Date Grants to be Awarded: To be awarded by 8/l/99
Contact persons for additional information:

Judith Auerbach, Ph.D
Behavioral and Social Science Coordinator and Prevention Science Coordinator
Office of AIDS Research
National Institutes of Health
Building 31, Room 4CO6
9000 Rockville Pike Bethesda, MD 20893
Tel: (301) 402-3555
E-mail: auerbacj@od.nih.gov

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Name of Initiative or Program Activity: Provider/Peer Education Project through Telecommunications
Description of Initiative: This is an expansion of recent pilot work the Office of AIDS Research has conducted with a national minority organization, using the technology of web-TV. In FY98, NIH in conjunction with the National Minority AIDS Council conducted a series of town hall style meetings to bring the cutting edge research findings to the community. These meetings were designed, planned and executed by community agencies within a region, including HIV positive individuals. The participants were primarily people of color. However, if individuals and/or agencies were unable to attend the workshop, the information was not in a format that could be easily retrieved or recreated. Through the technology of web-TV supported by this project, these town meetings as well as any state-of-the-art lectures/presentations co-sponsored or supported by OAR/NIH on HIV/AIDS can be accessed, as they will be stored and catalogued on the NIH web site. The web-TV program will be piloted in targeted locations, including the Historically Black Colleges and Universities, as well as the community based organizations that serve as the local sponsor for the National Minority AIDS Council regional meetings. A total of 19 entities have been identified for this effort. * A pilot is scheduled for the fall at Clark-Atlanta University.
Eligible Entities:

National Minority Health Organizations
Regional minority agencies Local minority agencies
Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Type of Funding: Noncompetitive
Amount of Funds: $1.5 million
How Many Grants anticipated: 15-20
Date Grants to be Awarded: Ongoing-- proposal submission 8/l/99
Targeted Entities
  • AIDS Partnership Michigan, Detroit MI
  • Bienestar, Los Angeles, CA
  • Blacks Assisting Blacks Against AIDS, St. Louis, MO
  • Brownsville Multi-Service Family Health Center, Brooklyn, NY
  • Colorado AIDS Project, Denver, CO
  • Community Health Awareness Group, Detroit, MI
  • CT Positive Action Coalition/The Living Center, Hartford, CT
  • Del Norte Neighborhood Development Corp., Denver, CO
  • Fundacion SIDA, San Juan, PR
  • Hispanos Unidos Contal El SIDA, New Haven, CT
  • Inciativa Communitaria, San Juan, PR
  • Life Foundation, Honolulu, HI
  • MALANA PONO: The HIV Service Agency of Kauai, Kapaa, HI
  • Minority AIDS Project, Los Angeles, CA
  • Morris Heights Health Center, Bronx, NY
  • Planned Parenthood of Hidalgo County, McAllen, TX
  • Positive Vision, El Paso, TX
  • Project Connect, Jackson, MI
  • Saint Louis Effort for AIDS, St. Louis, MO
  • Valley AIDS Council, McAllen, TX
Contact persons for additional information:

Ms. Linda Jackson
Program Coordinator
Office of AIDS Research
National Institutes of Health
Building 31, Room 4B54
9000 Rockville Pike Bethesda, MD 20893
Tel: (301) 402-3357
E-mail: ljackson@od.nih.gov

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Name of Initiative or Program Activity: Outreach Activities to National Minority Organizations
Description of Initiative: The NIH, through the Office of AIDS Research (OAR), has had an ongoing relationship with the National Minority AIDS Council. Through this relationship support has been provided for a variety of programs targeting African Americans and other minorities. In addition to sponsoring a one day research institute at the U.S. Conference on AIDS sponsored by NMAC, the NIH has initiated discussions with the National Medical Association on developing programs for training minority physicians in HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment. This initiative represents an expansion of ongoing OAR work with national minority organizations and regional/local agencies. Under this initiative there are additional collaborations planned with a variety of national minority organizations (e.g. National Minority AIDS Council, National Medical Association) to provide information updates for health professionals.
Eligible Entities: National or regional/local minority agencies
Type of Funding: Ongoing proposal submission -- noncompetitive
Amount of Funds: $3 million
How Many Grants anticipated: 6 - 8
Date RFA Expected: No RFA, proposal submission ongoing for available funds
Contact persons for additional information: Ms. Linda Jackson
Program Coordinator
Office of AIDS Research
National Institutes of Health
Building 31, Room 4B54
9000 Rockville Pike Bethesda, MD 20893
Tel: (301) 402-3357
E-mail: ljackson@od.nih.gov
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Name of Initiative or Program Activity: Project ACCESS (Adolescents Connected to Care, Evaluation and Special Services)
Description of Initiative:

This is a social marketing campaign intended to: (1) raise consciousness among sexually active minority youth about the need for HIV counseling and testing; and (2) to provide youth with easy access to HIV counseling and testing, which incorporates efficient and graceful transition into adolescent-focused comprehensive care. The campaign consists of producing a "Get Tested Week" campaign launch, community saturation by peers with literature promoting the phone line for testing, a public service announcement for television and local movie theatre use, and campaign advertisements in public venues, public transportation, and in places where adolescents gather.

NIH's interest in this campaign stems from the increasingly important biomedical and therapeutic research agenda emerging for HIV-infected adolescents. There is real discordance between the estimated number of HIV infected adolescents and the limited number of HIV+ teens who actually are in care. This campaign is designed to begin the process of identifying and bringing more HIV+ adolescents into care. This will assist the individuals concerned while providing them with opportunities for prevention and clinical research. The program could help establish clinical infrastructure and patient volume so that research participation opportunities might be offered to an important understudied population.

Eligible Entities: Adolescent clinics within the NIH-funded Adolescent Medicine HIV/AIDS Research Network, selected based on willingness and ability to launch the campaign in their metropolitan areas. Applications were reviewed by a committee with state health department and CDC representation.
Type of Funding: Supplement to existing U01 award
Amount of Funds: $1.2 million
How Many Grants anticipated: Six (Participant Sites: New York, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., Miami, Los Angeles, Philadelphia)
Dates: Awards -April 1999
Contact persons for additional information:

Audrey Smith Rogers, Ph.D
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Tel:( 301)435-6873
E-mail: ar44n@nih.gov

Gray Handley
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Tel: (301) 435-7566
E-mail: handleyg@exchange.nih.gov

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