Summary of the Journal of Adolescent Health Supplement on Ten Models of Adolescent HIV Care
(August 1998)

The Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) Program’s Adolescent Initiative has produced a special supplement to the Journal of Adolescent Health released in August, 1998. The volume is entitled "Special Projects of National Significance Program: Ten Models of Adolescent HIV Care." The supplement contains a Preface, an overview of background information and the ten adolescent models of HIV care, a national consensus model for adolescent-targeted services, and ten articles about the individual adolescent models of HIV care. The volume is edited by a group of project directors, national evaluators, the SPNS Program Director, and an external editor.

The individual model articles contain a description of the regional information about the HIV/AIDS epidemic in their areas, a detailed description of their models of care, and a summary of their evaluation approach and findings, and conclusions from their project efforts. Most combine qualitative and quantitative approaches to evaluate their projects. Evaluation information from the model projects include site-specific and cross-cutting evaluation components. The ten projects collaborated with the national evaluators (The Measurement Group) to develop a national cross-cutting evaluation and data set. The national cross-cutting evaluation data for the consensus model and several of the individual sites was analyzed by The Measurement Group.

The ten adolescent models of care can be grouped into for types of projects (see overview article by Woods) including those stressing: 1. youth involvement, 2. outreach to bring youth into services, 3. case management and linkage to services, or 4. a comprehensive continuum of care for youth. Hopefully, these articles will provide information which will be useful to duplicate the models or components of the models at other national locations.

Following is the list of editors and the table of contents for the Special Supplement. This SPNS Program supported volume describing the adolescent initiative is an important product for the dissemination of information for the projects. 

Full text versions of all papers in this special issue are in the Journal of Adolescent Health Volume 23, Issue 2 (Supplement 1), which is no longer available online, please contact The Measurement Group for information on how to obtain this journal.

Title: Special Projects of National Significance Program: Ten Models of Adolescent HIV Care.

Editor:

Elizabeth R. Woods, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
Associate in Medicine
Children’s Hospital, Boston

Associate Editors:

Elizabeth Goodman, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
Assistant in Medicine
Children’s Hospital, Boston

G. J. Huba, PhD
President
The Measurement Group
Culver City, California

Lisa A. Melchior, PhD
Vice President
The Measurement Group
Culver City, California

Gary Remafedi, MD, MPH
Director, Youth and AIDS Project
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Barney Singer, JD
Director, Special Projects of National Significance Program
HIV/AIDS Bureau
Health Resources and Services Administration
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Eric R. Wright, PhD
Associate Director
Indiana Consortium for Mental Health Services Research
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Indiana University Purdue University Indianopolis

External Editor:

Robert H. DuRant, Ph.D.
Professor of Pediatrics and Public Health Services
Vice Chair of Health Services Research
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, NC

Table of Contents

1. Preface, Special Projects of National Significance Program: Ten Models of Adolescent HIV Care. Russell E. Brady, Barney Singer, JD, Katherine Marconi, PhD.

2. Overview of the Special Projects of National Significance Program’s Ten Models of Adolescent HIV Care. Elizabeth R. Woods, MD, MPH.

3. A Model for Adolescent-targeted HIV/AIDS Services: Conclusions from 10 Adolescent-targeted Projects funded by the Special Projects of National Significance Program of the Health Resources and Services Administration. G. J. Huba, PhD, Lisa A. Melchior, PhD.

4. Bay Area Young Positives: A Model of a Youth-Based Approach to HIV/AIDS Services. Troix Bettencourt, Antigone Hodgins, G. J. Huba, PhD, Gilbert Pickett.

5. Boston HAPPENS Program: A Model of Health Care for HIV-Positive, Homeless, and At-risk Youth. Elizabeth R. Woods, MD, MPH, Cathryn L. Samples, MD, MPH, Maurice W. Melchiono, RN, MS, C-FNP, Peter M. Keenan, RN, BSN, Durrell J. Fox, BA, Louise H. Chase, MSW, LICSW, Steven Tierney, EdD, Virginia A. Price, M.Ed, Jan E. Paradise, MD, Rebecca F. O’Brien, MD, Carol J. Mansfield, MD, MPH, Robyn A. Brooke, RN, MSN, C-FNP, Deborah Allen, MS, Elizabeth Goodman, MD.

6. Bridgeport’s Teen Outreach and Primary Services (TOPS) Project: A Model for Raising Community Awareness about Adolescent HIV Risk. Rudy Feudo, PhD, Sandra Vining-Bethea, Lawrence C. Shulman, MSW, ACSW, Michele G. Shedlin, PhD, Joseph A. Burleson PhD.

7. Childrens Hospital Los Angeles: A Model of Integrated Care for HIV-positive and Very High-risk Youth. Arlene Schneir, MPH, Michele D. Kipke, PhD, Lisa A. Melchior, PhD, G. J. Huba, PhD.

8. Health Initiatives for Youth: A Model of Youth/Adult Partnership Approach for HIV/AIDS Services. Bill Bourdon, Steve Tierney EdD, G. J. Huba, PhD, Joanne Lothrop, Lisa A. Melchior, PhD, Ruth Betru, Kim Compoc.

9. Indiana Youth Access Project: A Model for Responding to the HIV Risk Behaviors of Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Youth in the Heartland. Eric R. Wright, PhD, Christopher Gonzalez, BA, Jeffrey N. Werner, BA, Steven Thad Laughner, MPA, Michael Wallace, MA.

10. Seattle YouthCare’s Prevention, Intervention and Education Program: A Model of Care for HIV- Positive, Homeless, and At-Risk Youth. Adam D. Tenner, Lee A. Trevithick, MA, Victoria Wagner, MA, BA, Rob F. Burch, PhD.

11. The University of Alabama Teenage Access Project: A Model for Prevention, Referrals, and Linkages to Testing for High Risk Young Women. Marsha S. Sturdevant, MD, Connie L. Kohler, PhD, Lynda F. Williams, MSW, Julie J. Johnson, BA.

12. The University of Minnesota Youth and AIDS Projects’ Adolescent Early Intervention Program: A Model to Link HIV-Seropositive Youth with Care. Gary Remafedi, MD, MPH.

13. The Walden House Young Adult HIV Project: Meeting the Needs of Multi-Diagnosed Youth. Mark S. Hymel, MA, Brian L. Greenberg, PhD.

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