Note: This post was written before the COVID-19 outbreak. All groups mentioned here are currently meeting on Facebook instead. The groups are private and moderated closely for the safety of all participants. Schedules, links, and flyers for each group can be found at the end of this post.
Continue reading “Corpus Christi’s Coastal Bend PRIDE Center”HIV Prevention Begins with Comprehensive Sex Ed
By Melissa Pintor Carnagey, LBSW
What was your sex education like growing up?
Was it inclusive of LGBTQ+ identities and experiences?
Did it leave you better prepared to navigate sexual decision-making?
Continue reading “HIV Prevention Begins with Comprehensive Sex Ed”How One Organization Uses Rapid Initiation to Link People from HIV Testing to Care
Medical advances are one of the major developments that allow us to envision and work towards ending the HIV epidemic nationally and in Texas. New testing technologies and better medications make it possible to achieve our goal. One of these new strategies is “rapid start” treatment processes. Sometimes called “test and treat” these processes can connect newly diagnosed individuals to treatment and provide medication in one day.
Continue reading “How One Organization Uses Rapid Initiation to Link People from HIV Testing to Care”BeYOUtiful Health & Hair Show
On Sunday, September 8th, the Texas Black Women’s Health Initiative in Houston (Houston BWHI) hosted a health and hair show: the 2019 beYOUtiful Health & Hair Show. This show worked to increase awareness of the factors contributing to disparities in HIV outcomes for Black women.
Continue reading “BeYOUtiful Health & Hair Show”Achieving Together Goes to Washington
Achieving Together Partners and University of Texas at Austin Health Innovation and Evaluation Team members had the opportunity to learn and share at the 2019 United States Conference on AIDS. On Saturday, September 7, we presented the Achieving Together plan to over 40 USCA conference attendees through an interactive workshop session. Watch this video of us in action.
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