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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Business Responds to AIDS and Labor Responds to AIDS programs (BRTA/LRTA) help large and small businesses and labor unions meet the challenges of HIV/AIDS in the workplace and the community.
To fulfill its mission of promoting the development of comprehensive workplace HIV/AIDS programs, BRTA/LRTA works in partnership with groups such as:
- Businesses and labor unions
- Trade associations
- Public health departments
- AIDS service organizations
- Government agencies
The Business/Labor Responds to AIDS programs have five core components:
- HIV/AIDS policy development
- Manager/labor leader training
- Employee/worker education
- Employee/worker family education
- HIV-related community service, volunteerism, and philanthropy
More information about how these core components are tied to a successful workplace program can be found in Building Your Program.
Keeping Pace with the Epidemic
HIV/AIDS is still at work…and so is BRTA/LRTA. HIV myths still persist in the workplace. As a result, many businesses and organizations are unprepared to cope with HIV issues. Among the myths BRTA/LRTA addresses are:
Myths
- The AIDS crisis is over.
- Few people are at risk of getting HIV.
- The incidence rate of HIV is decreasing.
- Employees are not concerned about HIV.
Realities
- There is no cure for HIV or AIDS.
Medical treatments enable people living with HIV or AIDS to remain at work longer and return after taking disability.
- Forty-thousand people in the United States get HIV every year—more people are living and working with HIV/AIDS than ever before.
These people represent the talent and strength of your present and future workforce.
- Nearly one million people are living with HIV in the United States.
Almost no workplace will be left untouched.
- AIDS continues to be one of the top three health concerns for employees.
Seventy-three percent of working Americans want workplace AIDS education, but few are receiving it.
For more information, go to the BRTA/LRTA in Action section.
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