Question

Topic: Communicable Disease

represent a mock advocacy coalition in order to address a public health problem and research and locate a policy solution. Each student will represent a stakeholder agency/organization that comprises the mock coalition.
For example, the Southern AIDS Coalition consists of several organizations: Latino Commission on AIDS; AIDS Alabama; Crescent Cares; Tennessee Department of Health; and Louisiana Office of Public Health. Each student will assume a member organization (for example, student one represents/becomes the Latino Commission on AIDS and student two represents/becomes Crescent Cares, etc).

Answer 1

Latino commission on AIDS

The Latino commission on AIDS is a national profit membership organization dedicated to fighting the spread of HIV/AIDS in the Latino community.In response to the critical, unmet need for HIV prevention and care for Latinos,a coalition of Latino leaders founded the agency in 1990.

MISSION

• spearheading health advocacy for Latinos
• Promoting HIV education
• Developing model prevention programmes for high-risk communities
• Building capacity in local organizations and health departments.

Five core services

• Health education
• HIV prevention
• Capacity building assistance
• Advocacy and awareness
• Hispanic health behavioural research

Supporters

• Government
• Foundations
• Corporations

answered by: anonymous