Teen Peer Outreach-Street Work Project: HIV prevention education for runaway and homeless youth.
Teen Peer Outreach-Street Work Project: HIV prevention education for runaway and homeless youth.
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青少年同伴外展街头工作项目：针对离家出走和无家可归青少年的艾滋病毒预防教育。
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1993
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G. Podschun
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G. Podschun
美国每年大约有200万无家可归和离家出走的青年。在任何一个晚上，都有1,000名无家可归的年轻人住在加利福尼亚州圣地亚哥的街道上。无家可归的年轻人通常参与以下一种或多种活动，使他们面临感染艾滋病毒的风险-无保护的性交、在使用注射毒品时共用针头、与注射毒品的人发生性关系。青少年同伴外展街头工作项目培训青少年同伴教育工作者在三个现有的圣地亚哥青年服务方案中与街头外展工作人员一起工作，为圣地亚哥无家可归的青年提供艾滋病毒预防教育和转介服务。从目标人口中挑选的青少年还参加街头案件管理，提供技能发展，以改变行为和态度。艾滋病毒外展方案不能孤立存在，如果与满足其客户基本需求的服务相结合，则最为成功。在青少年同伴外出-街头工作项目的三个参与青年服务方案中，提供食物、衣服和住所信息。在三个方案中，有两个方案设有收容所，成为加强街头艾滋病毒教育信息的场所。可以向无家可归的青年提供立即和具体的援助。目标人口识字率低，严重阻碍了对无家可归青年进行充分和适当的艾滋病毒预防教育。目前，没有专门针对无家可归青年的教育材料。正在扩大街头外联项目，为识字率低的无家可归青年编写材料。将利用青少年同龄人促进由目标人口成员组成的结构化重点小组。焦点小组将用于概念开发、产品开发和产品草案的评估。由于该项目是unique.in圣地亚哥，它解决了一个未满足的需求，触及了传统艾滋病毒教育工作经常错过的人群。
Each year, there are approximately 2 million homeless and runaway youths in the United States. On any given night, there are 1,000 homeless youngsters living on the streets of San Diego, CA. Homeless young people are commonly involved in one or more of the following activities that place them at risk for HIV infection--unprotected sexual intercourse, needle-sharing in the use of injectable drugs, sex with someone who injects drugs. The Teen Peer Outreach-Street Work Project trains teen peer educators to work in three existing San Diego youth service programs with street outreach staff members to provide HIV prevention education and referral services to San Diego's homeless youth. Selected teens from the target population also participate in street-based case management that provides skill development to bring about behavioral and attitudinal changes. An HIV outreach program cannot stand alone and is most successful if it is integrated with services that meet the basic needs of its clients. In the three participating youth service programs of the Teen Peer Outreach-Street Work Project, food, clothes, and shelter information are provided. There are shelters in two of the three programs that become places where HIV educational messages, delivered on the street, can be reinforced. Immediate and concrete assistance can be offered to homeless youth. Low literacy among the target population presents a significant obstacle to adequate and appropriate HIV prevention education for homeless youth. Currently, education materials that specifically target homeless youth do not exit. The outreach street project is being expanded to develop materials for homeless youth with low literacy levels. Teen peers will be used to facilitate structured focus groups composed of members of the target population. Focus groups will be used in concept development, product development, and evaluation of draft products.Because the project is unique.in San Diego, it addresses an unmet need, reaching a population often missed by traditional HIV education efforts.