Since 1999, NLM has awarded 204 organizations with HIV/AIDS funding to conduct 350 projects across 38 states. As part of the 2019 Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S initiative (EHE), ACIOP focused on awarding projects that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) identified with the highest number of new HIV diagnoses. Since the initiative, ACIOP awardees have conducted projects in 28 of the 48 EHE counties, six of the seven EHE states and the District of Columbia.
Target Populations
The awardees included a variety of organizations such as non-profit community-based organizations, faith-based organizations, public and university libraries, and hospitals serving diverse populations.
Awardees focused on the following target populations disproportionally affected by HIV/AIDS:
- African Americans
- Asian Americans
- General public
- Health professionals – all types
- Health sciences libraries
- Hispanic Americans
- LGBTQIA+ individuals
- Nurses
- Patients & families
- People living with HIV/AIDS
- Physicians
- Public health workforce
- Public & other libraries
- Rural communities
- Seniors
- Urban communities
- Youth/teens
This video showcases innovative approaches by eight awardees.
Partnerships
Many awardees fostered new or leveraged current partnerships with organizations within their communities to implement their projects. Many awardees partnered with public and university libraries, key community influencers, peer educators, community- and faith-based organizations, and health clinics.
Partnerships ranged from assisting with promotion and dissemination of products to increase reach to target audiences, to professional services for product development. Additionally, awardees partnered with other awardees for current and future projects.
- Libraries – Awardees utilized their partnerships with libraries to host events, set-up kiosks with NIH/HHS HIV/AIDS resources bookmarked, and train librarians on HIV/AIDS resources to educate the community.
- Key influencers – A few awardee projects used key influencers to increase interest in their projects and the topic of HIV/AIDS:
- Miss Black U.S. Ambassadors were used to help extend the reach of HIV/AIDS awareness and NLM resources on a national level.
- Ambassadors from 12 states with high HIV infection rates created social videos to spread awareness about HIV/AIDS prevention.
- Another awardee leveraged eight well-known Latinx community leaders and their influence and social media presence to engage and educate Phoenix, Arizona’s LGBTQ+ Latinx community.
Awardee Capacity Building
Based on awardee feedback, ACIOP funding helped to increase awareness and access to trusted and quality HIV/AIDS health information. In addition, funding attributed to capacity building for awardee organizations through evaluation support, training, technical assistance, increased knowledge and access to HIV/AIDS information, and strengthen partnerships with community organizations.
Last Reviewed: January 30, 2024