Title: Yolanda Cavalier, MPH Project Officer Health Resources and Services Administration HIV AIDS Bureau U
1Yolanda Cavalier, MPHProject OfficerHealth
Resources and Services Administration HIV/ AIDS
Bureau US Department of Health and Human
ServicesDivision of Training and Technical
Assistance HIV Education Branch August, 2006
Peer Education Training Sites (PETS) Resource
and Evaluation Center (REC)
2Goals
- To understand the rationale for the PETS/REC
- To receive a history of the program
- To understand the evolution of PETS/REC program
3Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency
(CARE) Act
- The PETS/REC program is funded through the
Minority AIDS Initiative (MAI) and implemented
through the Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), HIV/AIDS Bureau, Division
of Training and Technical Assistance , HIV
Education Branch
4PETS/REC History
- In 1999, HRSA funded the Targeted Provider
Education Program (TPED) as a complement to the
AIDS Education and Training Centers (AETC), the
National Resource Center (NRC) and the National
Minority AIDS Education Training Center (NMAETC).
- These programs provide training activities aimed
primarily at health care providers (i.e.,
physicians, physician assistants, nurses,
advanced practice nurses, clinical pharmacists
and oral health professionals). -
- For more info. See
- National Resource Center www.aids-ed.org
- National Minority AETC - www.nmaetc.org
- National Resource Center - www.aidsetc.org
5PETS/REC History
- TPED target group
- case managers peer counselors mental health
professionals social workers health educators
Healthy Start, WIC, and community health center
workers dietitians and nutritionists substance
abuse providers home health care workers prison
discharge planners and health care providers
outreach workers treatment educators and
immigration and migrant health workers.
6PETS/REC History
- HRSA, in reevaluating the training needs for the
entire team of providers that provide Ryan White
CARE Act services, yielded the following
important findings that served as the rationale
for the development of the TPED and PETS/REC
Programs
7PETS/REC History
- Fewer training resources will be available for
training non-clinical providers through AETC
programs. - The work of medical care providers, as defined by
the AETC program guidance, is strengthened by the
efforts of all members of the health care and
support services team. - Encouraging members of minority and
disproportionately affected populations to enter
and stay in health care will require a
multidisciplinary approach.
8PETS/REC History
- The clinical management of HIV disease,
particularly the use of HAART and related
adherence issues will require that all members of
the clinical and support services team be
knowledgeable about the importance of adherence
in order to support HIV positive persons to
comply with complicated regimens and cope with
potential side effects. - The training and outreach requirements for
non-clinical professionals and paraprofessionals
are different from the training needs of
clinicians who receive training through the
AETCs.
9PETS/REC Purpose
- To increase the number of HIV/AIDS peer treatment
educators - To assist a Resource and Evaluation Center (REC)
in coordinating the collection, evaluation, and
dissemination of training and professional tools
among the PETS
10PETS/REC Peer Educator Defined
- Individuals who are affected by or infected with
HIV, share similar background characteristics
with the clients being served, and are not
clinically trained health care professionals - They may be peer counselors community health
workers or promotoras outreach workers
treatment educators HIV peer educators, consumer
trainers, and peer advocates.
11PETS/REC The Beginning
- In 2002, HRSA funded the first PETS/REC program
- The first group of PETS (Duke, Shanti, AIDS
Foundation Houston, Circulo) trained over 2,000
peers and developed curricula targeting
incarcerated populations, African-Americans,
Hispanic, community-based peers, peers involved
in clinical teams
12PETS/REC 20022005
- During the first year of funding, each PET
designed a curriculum which focused on their
particular target population - Each PET worked collaboratively with local
Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) to locate
peers to train, to place peers following training
in CBOs and to refer peers and their clients to
services - The REC assisted the PETS in developing their
curricula and worked with all four PETS to
conduct a cross-site evaluation
13PETS/REC 2005-2010
- New focus on replicating peer education models
14PETS/REC 2005-2010
- Year One
- Each PET Site provides peer education and
training to increase the number of peer educators
in their service area
15PETS/REC 2005-2010
- Year Two
- Each PET site trains CARE Act funded
organizations including other AIDS Serving
Organizations (ASOs) to properly utilize peer
educators and incorporate them into an HIV
clinical care management - Each PET Site replicates their HIV Peer Education
model by providing training to look-alike
organizations
16PETS/REC Grantees
- American Red Cross, St. Louis Chapter
- Center for Health Training
- The Trustees of Columbia University/Harlem
Hospital - Health Watch Information Promotion (REC)
17Lotus ProjectCenter for Health Training
- Location Oakland, CA
- Project Focus Train HIV women of color
especially African-Americans and Latinas as peer
educators - Contact Patricia Blackburn, email
Blackburn_at_jba-cht.com, Phone 510-835-3700
18PACT ProjectHarlem Hospital
- Location New York, NY
- Project Focus Train peers working with minority
populations infected with HIV - Contact
- Paul Colson (Pwc2_at_columbia.edu) or Tara
Herlocher (PeerNYC_at_hotmail.com) - Phone 212-939-8241
19People to PeopleAmerican Red Cross, St. Louis
Chapter Kansas City Free Clinic
- Location St. Louis, MO
- Project Focus Train HIV peers and near peers
who reflect the epidemic in the St. Louis
metropolitan area - Contact American Red Cross, St. Louis Phone
314-516-2761 or KCFree Phone 816-753-5144
20REC Health Watch Information and Promotion
Services, Inc
- Location New York,NY
- Project Focus
- Provide technical assistance and logistics
coordination to the PETS concerning curriculum
development - Conduct local evaluation and develop education
and evaluation tools - Coordinate and conduct the cross-site evaluation
- Disseminate information and look-alike training
- Coordinate knowledge transfers among the PETS
- Contact Mapple Walker, email
mwalker_at_hwatch.org, Phone 212-564-7199
21Trends
- To lead people, walk beside them... As for the
best leaders, the people do not notice their
existence.... When the best leader's work is done
the people say, 'We did it ourselves!' - Lao Tzu
22Contact Information
- Yolanda Cavalier
- 5600 Fishers Lane, Rm 7-46
- Rockville, MD 20857
- Telephone 301/443-8045
- Email ycavalier_at_hrsa.gov