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Peer Re-Engagement Project: PREParing Peers for Success Peer Core Competency Training Curriculum for engaging out-of-care or newly diagnosed people living with HIV in care and treatment

Authors Ablavsky, E., Cabral, H., Downes, A., Fox, J., Lam, K., Makuch, M., Negron, C., Phillips, S., Rajabiun, S. , Ruiz, J., Sarango, M.

Date 2014

Project MAI SPNS

Keywords HIV/AIDS, Tools and Guides, Training and Supervision, US- based

Currículo en español
This five-day curriculum provides training materials and instructions train HIV-positive peers to support patients with care and treatment in your community. It was developed as part of the Peer Re-Engagement Project (PREP) evaluating a program that brings HIV-positive peers into the HIV care team to support patients who have fallen out of care or who are newly diagnosed with HIV and at risk of falling out of care.

For an additional toolkit which experienced trainers can use to develop a training program, the following toolkit from the PEER Center project provides a range of modules: Building Blocks to Peer Success: A toolkit for training HIV-positive peers to engage PLWHA

Peer Re-Engagement Project (PREP): PrePARando Pares para el Éxito: Capacitación para Competencias Básicas de los Pares, Un currículo para integrar a las personas con VIH al tratamiento

Authors Ablavsky, E., Cabral, H., Downes, A., Fox, J., Lam, K., Makuch, M., Negron, C., Phillips, S., Rajabiun, S., Ruiz, J., Sarango, M.

Date 2014

Project MAI SPNS

Keywords HIV/AIDS, Tools and Guides, Training and Supervision, US- based

Curriculum in English
Un currículo de capacitación de pares de cinco días para integrar a las personas con VIH que no reciben tratamiento, o que han sido diagnosticadas recientemente con VIH, al tratamiento. El propósito de este currículo es apoyar la capacitación de pares VIH positivos que trabajan para reintegrar y retener a las personas que viven con VIH/SIDA (PLWHA, por sus siglas en inglés) y que no reciben cuidado médico para el VIH, enlazar a las PLWHA recién diagnosticadas con el cuidado médico del VIH y mejorar la calidad general del cuidado relacionado con la salud de estas personas.

Building Blocks to Peer Program Success: A Toolkit for Developing HIV Peer Programs

Authors Multiple authors from American Red Cross, BU SPH, Center for Health Training, Columbia University, Harlem Hospital, JRI, Kansas City Free Health Clinic, WORLD

Date 2009

Project PEER Center

Keywords Financing, HIV/AIDS, Research and Evaluation Methods, Scope of Practice, Tools and Guides, Training and Supervision, US- based

Purpose of this toolkit: to support organizations and communities who work with peers to effectively engage and retain PLWHA in care and treatment.

Primary audiences: directors/managers, supervisors of social services, clinic managers and medical directors, nurses and case managers, state and county health officials in charge of HIV program dollars, planning councils, consumer advisory committees and anyone interested in building, enhancing or incorporating peers into a program

Additional uses: Organizations can review and select relevant sections based on their program’s needs and use the tools and resources available

Building Blocks to Peer Success: A toolkit for training HIV-positive peers to engage PLWHA in care

Authors Multiple authors from American Red Cross, BU SPH, Center for Health Training, Columbia University, Harlem Hospital, JRI, Kansas City Free Health Clinic, WORLD

Date 2009

Project PEER Center

Keywords HIV/AIDS, Tools and Guides, US- based

Curriculo en español
Purpose of this toolkit: to support the training of HIV-positive peers who work to engage and retain people living with HIV in health care.

Primary audiences: experienced trainers and training organizations who can use this toolkit to design, enhance or refine their own training of peers.

Additional uses: Peer supervisors or program directors can use this toolkit to plan a peer training program for newly hired peers or provide continuing education for existing peers.

For an additional 5-day peer training curriculum from the MAI SPNS project, which builds on this toolkit:
Preparing Peers for Success: Peer Core Competency Training for Engaging Out-of-Care or Newly Diagnosed People Living with HIV in Care and Treatment