National Latino Addiction Treatment Community Network

Welcome to the National Latino Addiction Treatment Community Network. This website will emphasize science-based information related to the health of Hispanic communities by particularly addressing drug use problems and consequences, drug treatment and health care availability, co-occurring condition protocols, patient assessment instruments, and human resources such as specialists and consultants knowledgeable of the health of Hispanic/Latino communities.

Our goal is to provide accessible, meaningful data on the complex drug and health related issues of our Hispanic/Latino communities. By functioning as a centralized information hub, The National Latino Addiction Treatment Community Network will disseminate science-based data that can help educators across all levels of the drug use workforce community provide effective services.

HIV Testing Among High School Students --- United States, 2007

New HIV testing data released today indicate while some U.S. high school students have been tested for HIV, increased testing among this population is needed. CDC researchers analyzed self-reported data on HIV testing and sexual behavior from the 2007 Youth Risk Behavior Survey, a nationally representative survey of students in grades nine through 12 in the 50 states and District of Columbia. Overall, 12.9 percent of students, and 22.3 percent of students who had ever had sex, have been tested for HIV. The percentage of those tested was higher among female students (14.8 percent) than male students (11.1 percent), higher among black students (22.4 percent) than white (12.7 percent) or Hispanic students (10.7 percent), and highest among students who first had sex before age 13 (30.7 percent). Testing increased with advancing grade level. Although prevalence of testing was highest among sexually active black students in 12th grade (49.4 percent of females, 33.4 percent of males in this subgroup), efforts to further promote HIV testing are vital,...

Activities during the month of July

Current events during the month of July 2009:

7/20/2009 10th Annual Arizona Summer Institute
7/25/2009 NCLR Annual Conference

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