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Posted: 2/4/2015
‘Get Tested. Grab a Bite’ part of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
Parkland Health & Hospital System is joining with several community partners to provide free health screenings in observance of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.
The second annual “Get Tested. Grab a Bite,” which features free barbecue chicken for participants, will be hosted by The Afiya Center from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Feb. 6 at the Wynnewood Village Shopping Center, 501 Wynnewood Village, Dallas, 75224. It will include free rapid HIV testing provided by Parkland’s Family Planning and HIV Prevention departments and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. The Urban League of Greater Dallas & North Central Texas and UT Southwestern will offer free syphilis testing, while AIDS Walk South Dallas will present educational information.
“The first step to living a long and healthy life with HIV is getting tested,” said Candace Moore, MS, Parkland’s HIV Prevention Program Manager. “HIV and AIDS continue to have a disproportionate impact on African Americans, particularly in South Dallas.”
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), while blacks represent about 12 percent of the U.S. population, the group accounts for almost half of all new HIV infections in the U.S. each year (44 percent), as well as almost half of all people living with HIV (41 percent). AIDS is among the top five causes of death among black men and women aged 25 to 44.
Approximately one in 16 black men will be diagnosed with HIV during their lifetime, as will one in 32 black women. The CDC says that African American communities carry the most “severe burden” when it comes to HIV of any other racial or ethnic group. The CDC urges individuals to empower themselves by getting the facts about HIV, protect themselves by practicing safer sex, getting tested for HIV and other STDs because they can play a role in the acquisition of HIV, and seeking life-extending treatment if needed.
“Observing National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day and partnering with these various organizations, especially Parkland’s Family Planning unit, is particularly important to us because it brings needed awareness of women’s reproductive health rights and disproportionate incidence of HIV among black women,” said Marsha Jones, founder and executive director of The Afiya Center, which focuses on the needs of African American women’s reproductive, economic and political rights.
Parkland’s HIV Prevention Program provides a comprehensive approach to HIV prevention by offering rapid HIV testing focusing on high-risk individuals and helping patients make the transition from newly diagnosed to fully-engaged in medical care. The program offers prevention counseling sessions for HIV patients and their partners that encourage and support a responsible and healthy sexual lifestyle, assist recently incarcerated individuals link to HIV medical care, and provide education and support to HIV-negative individuals. Free rapid HIV testing is available.
Parkland also makes support services available to family and friends of HIV/AIDS patients. For more information about Parkland’s HIV services, please call 214.590.7055. For more information about HIV outreach events, HIV testing, or HIV prevention services, please email HIVOutreach@phhs.org.