The "Know Now. Get Tested. Get Treated for HIV and STDs" campaign from the Arkansas Department of Health HIV/STD Section engages at-risk communities via print, radio, and a significant amount of grassroots work, including rallies, testing events, poster and brochure distribution, and working...
The campaign encourages people of all ages to get tested for HIV and reminds people that "regardless of age, people can be at risk for HIV if they have unprotected sex or share needles." The images used in the campaign reflect the diversity of women and men in terms of age, race and culture.
African Americans are more likely to become infected with HIV, less likely to know they have the disease, and more likely to die from HIV/AIDS than any other race. Given the Black Church's historic involvement in advocacy, the NAACP created the campaign, "The Black Church & HIV: The Social...
