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Ryan White Grantee Meeting and 13th Annual Clinical Conference

Date: 
Aug 23 2010 (All day) - Aug 26 2010 (All day)
Location: 
Washington DC

Ryan White Grantee Meeting website: http://www.ryanwhite2010.com/Home.aspx

Going to the Ryan White Grantee meeting?  Don't miss the following peer-related workshops and other activities:

How do I know if my peer program is working to engage PLWHA in care and treatment? (RWA-413)

Monday, August 23
2:30 – 4:00 p.m.
Washington 4
Target Audience:  Clinic and program staff supervising peers, peers, RW program directors, Parts A, B, C, and D

HIV-positive peers can play a key role in a multidisciplinary health care team by supporting people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) to stay engaged and adherent to medical care and treatment. However, providing continued support for peer programs requires effectively documenting and evaluating their contribution to health services.  This interactive workshop will describe strategies for monitoring and evaluating the effects of peers on HIV care and treatment in both clinic and community-based settings.  Two programs based in a clinic and hospital will share their approaches and discuss the strengths and challenges encountered.  Participants will learn how to develop an evaluation plan and data collection tools that can be used by peers, supervisors, and other program staff. 

Workshop presenters with extensive experience in program evaluation include:

  • Serena Rajabiun, PEER Center/Boston University
  • Brenda Loscher-Hudson, Kansas City Free Health Clinic, part of the People to People project
  • Julie Franks, Peer Advanced Competency Training program (PACT) at Columbia University

Building Blocks to Peer Success: A Toolkit for Training HIV-Positive Peers (RWA-342)

Tuesday, August 24
8:30 – 10:00 a.m.
Wilson A
Target Audience: Case managers, clinicians, peer program directors, consumers, peer supervisors

The Building Blocks to Peer Success toolkit is a resource to train HIV-positive peers to help others living with HIV to improve health care utilization and health outcomes by engaging and remaining in HIV primary care.  The toolkit provides a guide to conducting peer training programs including hundreds of adaptable training modules that address treatment education, adherence, communication skills and peer roles and responsibilities. Individuals who participate in this workshop will learn to use the toolkit to plan and design training curricula that meet the needs of peers in their health care settings.  This project builds upon the curricula of four different Peer Education and Training Sites.

Workshop presenters with extensive experience training HIV-positive peers to help others engage in care and treatment include:

  • Simone Phillips, American Red Cross, St. Louis Area Chapter, part of the People to People project
  • Shailey Klinedinst, Center for Health Training, part of the Lotus project
  • Shalini Eddens, WORLD, part of the Lotus project
  • Bill Bower, Peer Advanced Competency Training program (PACT) at Columbia University
  • Carol Tobias, PEER Center/Boston University

Using Icebreakers, Games, & Interactive Activities To Make Learning About HIV Fun!

An Introduction to the Building Blocks to Peer Success Toolkit

Tuesday, August 24, 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Washington 5
Target audience: anyone working with groups of people, whether in a workshop, meeting or community setting

There are a variety of reasons for using icebreakers, games and interactive activities, including helping people to get to know each other, increasing enthusiasm levels, team building or making people think about a specific issue. This workshop will discuss the compilation of ice breakers, games and interactive activities in the Building Blocks to Peer Success Toolkit that can be used by anyone working with groups of people, whether in a workshop, meeting or community setting.  The toolkit, created to train HIV-positive peers to work with others living with HIV, will be introduced to trainers and facilitators interested in fun, interactive training methods. Activities will be presented that make learning about complex subjects such as HIV/AIDS fun and effective.  Participants will also learn how to modify activities to adapt to the characteristics of their own group.

Using Part A and Part B Funds for Peer Services (RWA-543)

Wednesday, August 25
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Washington 4
Target Audience:  Part A and B grantees, planning council members, consumers, program managers

This workshop will describe the planning, implementation, quality improvement and contract monitoring processes used by a Part A and Part B grantee as they developed and delivered peer services.  Peer support is a HRSA-defined service category that may be funded as a non-core medical service.  Determining the structure of peer services to be funded—including identifying the capacity of agencies to deliver and supervise peer services and training peers—differs by grantee and community.  Successes and challenges in addressing these issues will be discussed and resources to assist other grantees will be identified.

Workshop presenters with extensive experience in integrating HIV-positive peers in care and treatment include:

  • Sally Neville, Kansas City Free Health Clinic, part of the People to People project
  • Amber Blair, City of St. Louis Department of Health
  • Joe May, Florida Department of Health, HIV/AIDS Bureau
  • Serena Rajabiun, Senior Evaluator, PEER Center/Boston University

Poster presentation:  Peers in Action--How to Integrate Peers into HIV Services (RWA 350)

Exhibit Hall

Alicia Downes, Peer Program Manager, Kansas City Free Health Clinic and Maura Riordan, Consultant for the Lotus Project, are presenting a poster outlining the roles of peers in different HIV care and treatment settings and resources available to organizations interested in integrating peers into the multidiscliplinary team.

PEER Center and Peer Education and Training Sites exhibit hall booth

Exhibit Hall, Booth #103-K, located in the Federal Village Pavilion

The PEER Center and Peer Education and Training Sites are staffing a booth in the exhibit hall throughout the conference.  Stop by to learn more about resources available to you or to compare notes with our staff about your own efforts to integrate peers into HIV care and treatment.