On February 7th, CHIPTS joins partners nationwide in observing National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (#NBHAAD). This day aims to increase awareness of the disproportionate impact of HIV on Black communities and highlight the significant progress partners nationwide have made in improving HIV-related health outcomes in Black communities.
NBHAAD serves as an opportunity to reflect on the impact of racism, discrimination, and medical mistrust has on HIV care, treatment, and testing within Black communities. It is important to consider the role these factors can have in preventing important conversations about HIV status and testing with healthcare providers and with sexual partners, while also reinforcing the systemic barriers that limit access to effective HIV services in Black communities.
NBHAAD encourages those invested in ending the HIV epidemic to actively engage with Black communities to improve HIV prevention and treatment, increase education on HIV-related issues, and advocate for policies to dismantle systemic barriers and improve HIV-related health outcomes.
As an HIV Research Center committed to addressing health disparities and improving HIV-related health outcomes, CHIPTS is eager to share recent research conducted by our investigators that align with the aims of NBHAAD:
Wagner, G. J., Bogart, L. M., Klein, D. J., Lawrence, S. J., Goggin, K., Gizaw, M., & Mutchler, M. G. (2024). Culturally Relevant Africultural Coping Moderates the Association Between Discrimination and Antiretroviral Adherence Among Sexual Minority Black Americans Living with HIV. AIDS and behavior, 28(2), 408–420.
Malika, N., Bogart, L. M., Mutchler, M. G., Goggin, K., Klein, D. J., Lawrence, S. J., & Wagner, G. J. (2024). Loneliness Among Black/African American Adults Living with HIV: Sociodemographic and Psychosocial Correlates and Implications for Adherence. Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities, 11(4), 2467–2474.
Quinn, K. G., Walsh, J. L., Johnson, A., Edwards, T., Takahashi, L., Dakin, A., Bouacha, N., & Voisin, D. (2024). Police Violence Experienced by Black Gay and Bisexual Men: The Effects on HIV Care Engagement and Medication Adherence. AIDS and behavior, 28(5), 1642–1649.
Quinn, K. G., Walsh, J. L., DiFranceisco, W., Edwards, T., Takahashi, L., Johnson, A., Dakin, A., Bouacha, N., & Voisin, D. R. (2024). The Inherent Violence of Anti-Black Racism and its Effects on HIV Care for Black Sexually Minoritized Men. Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, 101(1), 23–30.
Hotton, A. L., Lee, F., Sheeler, D., Ozik, J., Collier, N., Edali, M., Ardestani, B. M., Brewer, R., Schrode, K. M., Fujimoto, K., Harawa, N. T., Schneider, J. A., & Khanna, A. S. (2023). Impact of post-incarceration care engagement interventions on HIV transmission among young Black men who have sex with men and their sexual partners: an agent-based network modeling study. Lancet regional health. Americas, 28, 100628.