Policy, HIV, & Gender: Examining the Impacts of HIV on Women & Girls in Black & Latino Communities Tuesday, November 17th 2009 2:00 PM -- 5:00 PM
New York, NY
Tracie M. Gardner, HRC Consultant
This training will provide an overview on New York State policy issues that address powerful driving forces behind HIV infection in New York Black and Latino communities with a special focus on women and girls. The training will include a presentation on newly collected and analyzed zip code level data from the Women and Girls HIV Visibility Initiative that powerfully identifies the scope of the impact of HIV infection on women and girls in New York City communities and the significant co-factors that underlie the epidemic’s spread. A special focus will be on HIV testing and correctional health policy issues.