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Learning Objective:
By the end of the presentation, participants will be able to:
1. Describe successful strategies for integrating Hepatitis prevention and vaccine delivery into already-existing HIV prevention outreach efforts.
2. Identify ways to project a user-friendly image of Department of Health (DOH) and a Community-Based Organization (CBO) into the community to better educate people about existing services.
Background:
In 2004, the NM Department of Health (NMDOH) offered two nurses a sixty hour per month contract to provide Hepatitis A and B vaccines. The nurses were soon able to connect with NMAS staff doing existing outreach. NMAS has several projects, two of which are Women's and Men's Health Project, targeting MSM, IDU, MSM/IDU, commercial sex workers, those with substance abuse issues, and women with high-risk partners. Team members are learning how to best utilize their skills in a unique, client-centered and community-responsive collaboration effort.
Setting:
Various community settings including correctional facilities, substance abuse treatment centers, harm reduction programs, street outreach, homeless shelters, and nightclubs.
Population e.g. API Youth, MSM, IDU:
Communities at high risk for Hepatitis and HIV, including MSM, IDU, incarcerated populations, commercial sex workers, and homeless populations.
Project Description:
Participants will be provided with a presentation that will describe the collaboration between NMDOH and NMAS. Participants will
1) learn through text and diagram the development of successful collaboration to reach high-risk populations in the community.
2) be introduced to the interconnected, user-friendly philosophy of team members when they go to outreach sites, and examples of how this philosophy facilitates a greater knowledge and use of services.
Results/Lessons Learned:
When state Departments of Health and CBO's combine their knowledge and experience of the communities they serve, they can successfully serve more high-risk people, more cost-effectively and with less duplication of services.
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