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Arizona African American Health Information Services
The African-American Community Health Coalition is federally funded
by the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta. The health coalition is a program of the
Arizona Opportunities Industrialization Center. The name of this project is AAAHIS -
Arizona African American Health Information Services.
Our mission is to improve the health status of the African-American
communities of Maricopa County, which are disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS,
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Substance Abuse and TB: by establishing and providing a
ccess to culturally sensitive prevention, care and treatment of services, through
community collaboration.
Goals
Identify service needs in the African American community with an emphasis on HIV,
STD, substance abuse and primary care.
Strengthen existing services for African Americans.
Coordinate and link services across providers.
Create a master plan of action for services that are needed and not provided.
Assure that planned or existing services and providers are culturally appropriate
/competent.
Objectives
Develop a coalition involving the community, core agencies, the local health
department and faith based communities.
Develop a community needs assessment for Maricopa County.
Develop a detailed plan of creating and maintaining a linked network of services
for the targeted community based on community needs assessment.
Implement the plan for the linked network of services.
Develop and implement a strategic plan for sustainability of the coalition.
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