The 2006 Central Texas HIV Planning Area Needs Assessment Report is complete. Following are the links to download the reports, in PDF format. For the Austin HSDA, please reference the report compiled by the Austin Title I Comprehensive HIV Planning Council. For the other HSDAs listed, each file contains the epidemiology and survey results from the entire planning area and then a portion devoted to the specific HSDA referenced.

2006 Needs Assessment Report Download file PDF (8 MB)

Bryan - College Station HSDA report portion Download file PDF (1.46 MB)

Concho Plateua HSDA report portion Download file PDF (1.32 MB)

Temple - Killeen HSDA report portion Download file PDF (1.39 MB)

Waco HSDA report portion Download file PDF (1.56 MB)

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Following are many resources and web sites with information that was presented during the July 2, 2006 address to the Unitarian Univesalist Church in College Station, TX.

The Kaiser Family Foundation (www.kff.org) site dedicated to "AIDS at 25". This includes links to the survey of American's knowledge and attitudes of HIV/AIDS.

Kaiser Family Foundation - The First and Next 25 Years of AIDS Science and Medicine.

The CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) from June 5, 1981, reporting the first cases of AIDS.

Article on CNN from Kay Warren, "Commentary: Christians must do more to combat AIDS, comfort victims"

Statistics from the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) on the incidence and prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the seven county Brazos Valley area. Statistics for the State of Texas from DSHS.

Link to provide community input to BVCOG http://hiv.bvcog.org/feedback.html

The Consumer Connection - a resource for people living with HIV/AIDS in the central Texas area, a safe place for people to discuss various issues - www.txconsumerconnection.org

Know HIV/AIDS A media campaign by CBS, Viacom, and the Kaiser Family Foundation to promote knowledge of HIV/AIDS and reduce stigma.

We All Have AIDS Another campaign in conjunction with Know HIV/AIDS. This campaign has enlisted the help of many celebrities and public figures to talk about the disease and arrest the discrimination against those living with the disease.

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