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MISSIONThe mission of the CDC/ASPH Institute for HIV Prevention Leadership is:
"To enhance HIV prevention capacity of CBOs that serve populations and/or communities affected by or at risk for HIV/AIDS. This mission is achieved through the provision of professional development and education programs specifically designed to enhance knowledge and skills in the principles of public health prevention and strategic planning and management."
BACKGROUND
Implemented in 2000, the CDC/ASPH Institute for HIV Prevention
Leadership was developed based on extensive assessment efforts with CBOs,
health departments, and CDC partners, including the National Minority AIDS
Council and national/regional minority organizations. CDC and ASPH have
collaborated over the past several years to develop this Institute in concert
with experts from CBOs, schools of public health, other academic programs,
and health departments.
The curriculum design is based on research findings from a national needs assessment of more than 300 CBO HIV prevention program managers and executive directors. Representatives from the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors, CDC Project Officers, and CBO leaders also participated in a series of focus groups. Additional curriculum workshops were conducted with leaders from the agencies named above as well as with faculty from schools of public health and other academic institutions, CBO personnel, and HIV prevention practitioners. Currently the Institute has a culturally and ethnically diverse faculty of 32 individuals recognized nationally as experts in their fields.
