What is the LinCS 2 Durham HIV Prevention project?
The LinCS 2 Durham project unites community members with scientists so together we can decide what research needs to be done to prevent HIV in the Black community. We want to understand concerns people have about HIV, prevention, and medical research, and then work together to address those concerns. The LinCS 2 Durham project does not involve any medical or experimental research. Instead, this project does provide communities and scientists the opportunity to talk, listen, and learn from each other in order to help direct the course of future HIV-prevention. This is a five-year research project undertaken by Family Health International (FHI), North Carolina Central University (NCCU), the Durham County Health Department (DCHD), the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC). The National Institute of Nursing Research, part of the National Institutes of Health, is providing funding for this proje
