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Substance Abuse and Mental Illness and the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) as
listed below:
• Prevent substance abuse and improve well-being;
• Reduce substance abuse and other risky behaviors related to HIV infection;
• Reduce new HIV infections;
• Increase access to care and improve health outcomes for people living with
HIV/AIDS (PLWHA);
• Reduce HIV-related health disparities and health inequities; and
• Achieve a more coordinated national response to the HIV epidemic.
To meet the goals of the SA & HIV/AIDS Prevention & New Media program, SAMHSA
expects grantees to: (1) identify the racial/ethnic at-risk populations to be served; (2)
conduct an organizational technology readiness assessment to use new media
strategies; (3) develop an initial new media strategy to reach these
populations/subpopulations of focus; (4) describe the role of volunteer peer
mentors/coaches to complement the use of new media; and (5) evaluate
implementation and audience reach of the new media strategy as well as the use of
volunteer peer mentors/coaches.
The at-risk populations and subpopulations to be addressed by the SA &HIV/AIDS
Prevention and New Media grant program include:
African American Women/Men, Latino and/or Hispanic Women/Men and American
Indian/Alaska Native populations and Asian American/Pacific Islander
populations – African Americans have the most severe burden of HIV for all
racial/ethnic groups in the United States. Compared with other races and ethnicities,
African Americans account for a higher proportion of HIV infections at all stages of the
disease. In 2011, the percentage of diagnoses for African Americans was 46 percent.
Latinos are also disproportionately affected by HIV. In 2011, Hispanic/Latinos
accounted for 22 percent of new HIV infections in the United States. In 2011, the rate of
HIV diagnoses in the American Indian/Alaska Native population was less than one
percent. Asians and persons of multiple races account for two percent and Native
Hawaiians/other Pacific Islanders account for less than one percent of diagnoses of HIV
infection.
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Transgender, and Questioning (LGBTQ) and Men Having
Sex with Men (MSM) – HIV prevalence is highest among gay men and transgender
women in the LGBTQ population. The drivers of HIV infection among LGBTQ and
particularly transgender persons are low self-esteem, depression, and risk from injection
drug use. MSM remain the population most heavily affected by HIV infection. Risks
within society include social stigma, family rejection, peer harassment, and interaction
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