American Indians and Alaska Natives

The numbers of HIV and AIDS diagnoses for American Indians and Alaska Natives represent less than 1% of the total number of HIV/AIDS cases reported to the HIV/AIDS Reporting System. However, when population size is taken into account, this population in 2005 was ranked 3rd in rates of HIV/AIDS diagnoses, after African Americans and Hispanics (1). The rate of AIDS diagnoses for this group has been higher than that for whites since 1995 (2).

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Indian Health Surveillance - STDs
From CDC's Division of STD Prevention

HPV Brochure for American Indian Women
From CDC's Division of STD Prevention

HPV Brochure for Alaska Native Women
From CDC's Division of STD Prevention

HIV/AIDS Among American Indians and Alaska Natives
From Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

American Indian/Alaska Native Profile
From Office of Minority Health

Clinicians Guide: Working With Native Americans Living With HIV
From National Native American AIDS Prevention Center

HIV/AIDS Prevention, Early Intervention, & Health Promotion: A Self-Study Module for Health Care Providers Serving Native Americans
From National Native American AIDS Prevention Center (NNAAPC) and Mountain Plains AIDS Education & Training Center (MPAETC)

American Indian, Alaska Natives Fact Sheet
From the AIDS Education and Training Center National Multicultural Center

What are American Indian/Alaskan Natives' (AI/AN) HIV Prevention Needs?
From the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS), University of California, San Francisco

HIV Transmission and Prevention in Native Americans: Related Resources
From HIV InSite, a project of the UCSF Center for HIV Information

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¹ CDC. Cases of HIV infection and AIDS in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2005. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report, v. 17, revised edition. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 2007. [cited 2010 Nov 11]. Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/surveillance/resources/reports/2005report/.
² CDC. HIV/AIDS among American Indians and Alaska Natives. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 2008. [cited 2010 Nov 11]. Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/factsheets/aian.htm.