The National Youth Advocacy Coalition with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Division of HIV/AIDS, Capacity Building Branch, has created a national strategy to increase HIV testing rates among youth.

This project is a youth-driven effort to provide communities with materials that promote HIV testing among youth in an empowering and authentic way, recognizing the skills, determination and ability of young people to mobilize, talk honestly and take action to stop the spread of HIV among their peers, families, and communities.

This project includes a community level mobilization effort where youth serving agencies partner with AIDS service organizations in a planning process to identify strategies to promote HIV testing to youth and young adults.

The current focus is on African American and sexual minority youth.

NYAC provides organizational trainings on conducting HIV testing services to youth and using social marketing as an outreach strategy for reducing barriers to access and utilization of HIV testing and prevention services.

 

 

 

 

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