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YOUTHCARE PROJECT
A program funded by the HIV/AIDS Bureau of the Health Resources and Services Administration as a Special Project of National Significance
YouthCare provides outreach, referrals, HIV testing, counseling, prevention and early intervention for street-involved, homeless, and sexual minority youth.
Project Director: Gary Remafedi, M.D., M.P.H., Youth and AIDS Project, 428 Oak Grove Street, Minneapolis, MN 55403, Phone 612.627.6820, Fax 612.627.6819, Email: remaf001@maroon.tc.umn.edu. The Youth & AIDS Project web site is located at http://www.peds.umn.edu/Centers/YAP.
Project Director: Lee Trevithick, YouthCare Project, 2500 NE 54th St., Suite 100, Seattle, WA 98105, Phone 206.694.4500 ext. 1211, Fax 206.694.4509, Email: ltrevithick@msn.com. The YouthCare Project web site is located at: http://www.youthcare.org.
Project Resources
YouthCare: Project
PIE
Lee Trevithick, YouthCare, Seattle, WA.
YouthCare - Seattle:
Project PIE (Prevention, Intervention, and Education)
This presentation by YouthCare - Seattle describes their service programs designed for HIV
positive youth. Included are program goals, outcomes, and evaluation and dissemination
methods. Presented in Washington, D.C. on January 31, 1997.
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Project Web Flyer
Adolescent Project SPNS/Fax
Supplement Features HRSA/HAB's SPNS Adolescent Care Projects
Project Material(s) Presented at Professional Conferences
Girl
Talk
L Neal-McCollum, K Luboff, K Waite. YouthCare Project. (National AIDS Update Conference)
Cross-Cutting Presentations and Abstracts
Overview of HRSA/HAB's SPNS
Adolescent Care Grantees, January 1997
This presentation is an introduction to the nine Adolescent HRSA/HAB's SPNS Adolescent
Care Grantees. In addition, Major Program Objectives and Selected Program Outcomes are
outlined.
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Outreach Activities in 10
Adolescent-Targeted Projects for HIV/AIDS Services
This presentation is an introduction to the outreach strategies and models of the 10
adolescent-targeted projects. Examined are perceived outreach successes, challenges and
agency achievements.
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Enrolled Clients in 10
Adolescent-Targeted Projects for HIV/AIDS Services
This presentation is an overview of targeted youth enrolled in the 10 adolescent-targeted
projects. In addition, summaries of enrollment successes, challenges and lessons learned
are included.
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Interventions Provided in 10
Adolescent-Targeted Projects for HIV/AIDS Services
This presentation is a summary of interventions provided to targeted youth. Included are
perceived successes, challenges and lessons learned about providing individual youth
services.
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Poster by the 10 Adolescent
Care Projects: Alcohol Use In A Sample of Adolescents at High Risk for HIV
The following poster was given at the 1997 Annual Meeting of the Research Society on
Alcoholism (July 19-24, 1997 in San Francisco, California).
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Outreach to Adolescent Women
with or At-risk for HIV
This presentation was made at the 1997 National Women and HIV Conference in Pasadena,
California. [HTML
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A Profile of Adolescent
Women With or At-Risk for HIV: Personal and Service Needs
This presentation was made at the 1997 National Women and HIV Conference in Pasadena,
California. [HTML
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Abstract for the 10 Adolescent Care Projects:
Alcohol Use In A Sample of Adolescents at High Risk for HIV
This paper was presented at the 1997 Annual Meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism.
(July 1997 in San Francisco)
Abstract for the 10 Adolescent Care Projects:
The Role of Case Management in Innovative HIV Programs for Youth
This paper was presented at HIV/AIDS '97 - The Social Work Response: The 9th Annual
Conference on Social Work and HIV/AIDS (June 1997).
Innovative Services for Young
Women: Addiction, Mental Health, and HIV
This paper was presented at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA) National Conference on Women in Phoenix (September 1997).
Addiction and Related
Psychosocial Issues among Young HIV-Positive Women
This paper was presented at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA) National Conference on Women in Phoenix (September 1997).
Multi-site Evaluation
Methods for 10 National Demonstration Projects on Adolescent HIV/AIDS Care
This poster, presented at Evaluation '98–the 1998 conference of the American Evaluation
Association in Chicago, Illinois, describes a number of methods designed and implemented
by The Measurement Group in the cross-cutting evaluation of HRSA/HAB's SPNS
Adolescent Care Projects.
Evaluation of Client
Retention in Services in 10 Adolescent HIV Programs
This poster, presented at Evaluation '98–the 1998 conference of the American Evaluation
Association in Chicago, Illinois, shows patterns of retention in care by the 10 Adolescent
Care Projects. In addition to overall retention, the presentation addresses two related
questions: 1. When in a treatment episode do young people receive psychosocial counseling
and peer support services?, and 2. How does utilization of case management affect other
service utilization?
Cross-Cutting Papers
Cross-Cutting
Evaluation Papers from the Adolescent HIV/AIDS Care Projects
These papers present cross-cutting evaluation results from the 10 HRSA SPNS
Adolescent HIV/AIDS Care Projects. Results presented in these papers include
those relating to the characteristics of thousands of young people served
through this initiative, the services provided by these 10 innovative care
models, and various outcomes related to service utilization patterns,
retention, and other program impacts.
Cross-Cutting Reports
The Infrastructure for
Adolescent HIV Services in Six Cities: A Cross-Cutting Evaluation of the Health Resources
and Services Administration Special Projects of National Significance
Program
This report summarizes the findings of adolescent care projects in six cities
(San Francisco, Boston, Los Angeles, Bridgeport, Seattle, and Birmingham) in relation to
evaluating the service infrastructure for HIV-related youth services. The report looks at
the type and quantity of HIV-related service availability for youth in each city as well
as the barriers to providing such services. In addition, this report documents the
cohesiveness of the service continuum as well as service provider consensus of HIV youth
services design.
Youth-To-Youth–Peer Workers in HIV/AIDS Youth Programs:
A Peer Development
Guide
In 1993, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Special Projects of
National Significance (SPNS) Program funded ten national demonstration projects focusing
on youth and adolescent HIV/AIDS services. Seven of these projects have collaborated to
assemble a manual describing the best practices and lessons learned from programs that use
peers in the development and delivery of HIV services. The manual also includes advantages
and the challenges of youth involvement in service delivery. To view a flyer for the Peer
Manual, click here.
Summary of the Journal of Adolescent
Health Supplement on Ten Models of Adolescent HIV Care (August 1998)
Provides a summary, list of editors, and table of contents of the Journal of Adolescent
Health Supplement on Ten Models of HIV Care. The supplement contains a Preface,
information about the ten adolescent models of HIV care, a national consensus model for
adolescent-targeted services, and articles about the HIV care models.
Report on Outreach Activities in
10 Adolescent-Targeted Projects for HIV/AIDS Services
A series of reports are being written about the activities of the 10 projects on
adolescent-targeted HIV services funded in 1993 by the HRSA Special Projects of National
Significance (SPNS) Program. This first report examines the methods that the projects use
to recruit adolescents with, or at high risk to acquire, HIV. The report was written by
The Measurement Group in collaboration with the Adolescent Care Projects and HRSA staff.
The report covers the period from 1993 to 1996.
Report on Enrolled Clients in 10
Adolescent-Targeted Projects for HIV/AIDS Services
A series of reports are being written about the activities of the 10 projects on
adolescent-targeted HIV services funded in 1993 by the HRSA Special Projects of National
Significance (SPNS) Program. This second report examines the demographics, needs, and
behaviors of the clients enrolled in HIV prevention and HIV treatment services. The report
was written by The Measurement Group in collaboration with the Adolescent Care Projects
and HRSA staff. The report covers the period from 1993 to 1996.
Report on Interventions
Provided in 10 Adolescent-Targeted Projects for HIV/AIDS Services
A series of reports are being written about the activities of the 10 projects on
adolescent-targeted HIV services funded in 1993 by the HRSA Special Projects of National
Significance (SPNS) Program. This third report examines the services provided to the
clients enrolled in HIV prevention and HIV treatment services. The report was written by
The Measurement Group in collaboration with the Adolescent Care Projects and HRSA staff.
The report covers the period from 1993 to 1996.
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