PROJECT SUMMARY

According to the 2004 to 2006 CDC statistics HIV/AIDS is the leading cause of death for African American women aged 25-34, third leading cause of death for African American women aged 35-44 and fourth leading cause of death for African American women aged 45-54. Why is this happening at such a disproportionate rate? Sadly, heterosexual contact was the source of 78% of these new infections. What becomes even more frightening is the fact that every hour in the U.S. two young people under the age of 25 are infected with HIV.

After the release of King’s 2003 New York Times Bestseller, “On The Down Low” and the release of Townes and Allen’s award winning dvd-Drama Series entitled, “The CLOSET,” these creative minds joined forces and created a 90 minute docudrama entitled The TOP 10 Signs of Down Low Behavior And More. This docudrama is an integral element in the empowerment journey for women, by heightening the awareness of the ever increasing rate of HIV/AIDS among women, particularly Black women. They have also included “the family”, ”the Black church” and other entities of the family. Their belief is that, after seeing this docudrama, viewers will be provided with informative educational tools with which to further understand their relationships, abolish stereotypes and/or the strength to exit. Email your comments and/or questions to: contact@top10signs.net

The Office of Minority Health
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