The HIV/AIDS infection rates are increasing in predominantly Black communities while decreasing among other previously at-risk groups. This study reviews the prevention strategies of three agencies operating within three Black communities in the state of Louisiana. Research findings indicate that state agencies failed to consider salient issues that would permit effective confrontation of this disease in Black communities. Their initial failure equates to nondecision and renders subsequent formulations of policy, present and future, grossly inadequate.
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