The Purpose of the Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention (RCAP)

The major focus of the Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention (RCAP) is the promotion of HIV/STD prevention in rural America, with the goal of reducing HIV/STD incidence. The RCAP develops and evaluates educational materials and approaches, examines the behavioral and social barriers to HIV/STD prevention which can be applied to prevention programming and provides prevention resources to professionals and the public.

The center, which began operations in March, 1994, and is headquartered at Indiana University, is a joint project of Indiana University and Purdue University, and University of Colorado, Denver.