Letter to Editor

Philadelphia Reader Appreciates Web Site Content

I am thankful for your web site. I live in Southwest Philadelphia this area is being hit hard by the disease like many of our African American Community. Your web site provides me with info I may not have found anywhere else. I cannot tell you how I found the site but I'm happy I did and I check it everyday.

I even informed my co-workers and the company HIV coordinator I made it his favorite. I told him info change all the time and the soldier need to be inform. I am the registrar at this company, but on the weekends and all day I remind people in our community to be safe.

I am also a facilitator. All summer I spent time talking about HIV/AIDS to the youth and parents in the community. The parents- how to use a condom, teachable moments, continuous dialogue, communication barriers etc.. The children basic info- four main ways you can become infected, high risk behavior, how to prevent infection, how to use condoms and answer a lot of questions. I learned that no one is talking to our children about HIV/AIDS. They are still guessing, receiving and learning from each others, which means they are getting wrong info and putting themselves at risk.

Your info is easy to read and understand, even for a high school graduate like myself. I plan to start a parent group at an elementary school in the community and will talk to parents about how they can better communicate with their children about HIV/AIDS. I believe strongly our children need to be informed early about HIV/AIDS and how the disease is affecting and killing us globally.

Sincerely,

Crystal Fields

PEPE PROGRAM

Parents Empowering Parents In Their Environment