NHBS Community Advisory Board Meeting

The Center will host the next NHBS (National HIV Behavioral Surveillance) Study community advisory board meeting on March 10th, starting at 5:00 PM.

This year, the NHBS Study will focus on men who have sex with men. Information gained from this study will help guide HIV prevention and HIV counseling and testing services in Washington, DC. It will also help improve overall HIV/AIDS surveillance, and contribute to a better understanding of trends in HIV infection in the District of Columbia. The study is being conducted through a partnership between the DC Department of Health HIV/AIDS Administration (HAA) and the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (GWU SPHHS).

The NHBS collects important information about HIV, but it is not limited to HIV. Washington DC has the option of adding local questions to our survey that our specific to our community. As this is quite likely the largest and most academically rigorous study of men who have sex with men in our city, this is an important opportunity to also collect other crucial health information about gay and bisexual men in the District. That's why your participation in this meeting is so important.

Please be sure to join us on March 10th, starting at 5:00 PM. The Center is located at 1111 14th Street NW, Suite 350, closes to the McPherson metro stop.

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