What's happening in your community

Latinos/Hispanics & HIV/AIDS

The HIV/AIDS epidemic is a serious threat to the Hispanic/Latino community. Hispanics/Latinos comprise 15% of the U.S. population but accounted for 17% of all new HIV infections occurring in the United States in 2006. During the same year, the rate of new HIV infections among Hispanics/Latinos was 2.5 times that of whites. In 2006, HIV/AIDS was the fourth leading cause of death among Hispanic/Latino men and women aged 35–44.

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

Know Your Risk

If you engage in risky behaviors, you could be at risk.  According to the CDC, risk factors vary among different Hispanic/Latino communities, but include injection drug use, unprotected or high-risk sexual activity, cultural factors such as stigma, and socioeconomic factors such as limited access to high-quality health care.

• What Hispanics/Latinos can do  [CDC]
• 25 Myths + 25 Realities + 25 Latino Celebrities + 25 PSAs = 100% Prevention  [FL DOH]
  Videos on topics including Prevention, Testing, Transmission, and Medications

RESOURCES & MORE INFORMATION:

• HispanicAIDS.org  [FL DOH]
• HIV/AIDS among Hispanics/Latinos   Resources, Links, Fact Sheets, Videos [CDC]
• We Make the Change   Information, resources, articles, community
• Luces (Latinas Unidas Contra el SIDA)   An initiative of We Make the Change
•   Fact Sheet:  Hispanics/Latinos and HIV/AIDS [FL DOH]