HIV/AIDS & Health Disparities Dara Pagano MSW Client Services Manager [email protected] Jordan Delmundo MPA, MSW Director - Development & Public Policy [email protected]
HIV/AIDS &Health DisparitiesDara Pagano MSWClient Services [email protected]
Jordan Delmundo MPA, MSWDirector - Development & Public [email protected]
NAP OverviewMission Statement: Nebraska AIDS Project leads the community in the fight to overcome HIV/AIDS and its stigma through education, supportive services, and advocacy.
NAP Vision Statement :•A community educated about HIV/AIDS and STD’s•A community that knows its status•A community empowered to take action in preventing the further spread of HIV and supporting those affected by HIV/AIDS
NAP Overview
Locations:*Only AIDS Service Organization (ASO) in NE• Omaha-serves counties in
SW IA• Lincoln• Norfolk• Kearney• Scottsbluff-serves counties
in Wyoming
Funding:• 81%-Federal grants
– Ryan White– HOPWA– CDC
• 10%-Fundraisers– Night of a Thousand
Stars– Project Condom Fashion
Show– AIDS Walk/Run
• 7%-Individual donations
MYTHS
General HIV/AIDS Information
• Fluids that transmit HIV:
• Semen
• Vaginal secretions • Blood
• Breast Milk
General HIV/AIDS Information
• Websites for more information– http://www.aids.gov/hiv-aids-basics/ – http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/ – www.thebody.com
Nebraska Tx Cascade
STIGMA
Examples of Stigma
One thing you want peeps to understand about your job
One thing you want peeps to understand about your job
The Goal
Thanks!
Questions?Contact us– 402-552-9260– [email protected] or [email protected]
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