ADOLESCENT MEDICINE TRIAL NETWORK FOR HIV/AIDS

南佛罗里达大学（USF）儿科系是佛罗里达州中部和西南部十个县感染艾滋病毒的儿童和青少年全面护理的唯一提供者。累计艾滋病毒监测数据显示，在我们的集水区，已有434名青年被确定为艾滋病毒感染者；在过去两年中，其中249个已经被确认。这所大学和它的社区提供者网络已经努力扩大对青少年的宣传和教育，并研究了与其人口有效沟通的方法。USF青少年艾滋病项目计划将当地的专业知识贡献给国家青少年科学议程，并为青少年提供最大的机会接受最先进的护理。为实现这一目标，将实现以下目标。利用现有的基础设施，在坦帕的USF开发青少年医学试验单位（AMTU）。该基础设施包括提供初级和专业护理服务的青少年艾滋病毒项目，在南佛罗里达大学和希尔斯堡县卫生部门提供护理的成人艾滋病毒项目，以及佛罗里达家庭艾滋病网络，这是一个第四章项目，南佛罗里达大学在社区中与提供艾滋病毒病例管理、外展测试和教育服务的机构建立了伙伴关系。这些伙伴将确保有能力向青少年提供全面的教育服务，并协助招收高危青年参加我们的研究。从现有的诊所人口中招募和招收75名感染艾滋病毒的青年，并扩大努力确定和确保将青年转到诊所接受治疗。利用现有资源招募125名高风险的艾滋病毒青年，其中最重要的是我们的大学诊所，卫生部计划生育，性病，儿科和孕产妇保健诊所，区域早期干预顾问（EIC）和社区艾滋病服务组织。与青少年医学试验组合作，开发和评估面向青少年的创新项目，并分享和评估该社区为教育青少年艾滋病毒而开发的创新项目。招募感染艾滋病毒的青少年参加治疗试验，并评估招募和保留的障碍。这不仅包括新的治疗方法，还包括新的方法，如每天一次和直接观察治疗方案。将USF青少年艾滋病毒项目纳入AMTU将进一步努力在这个国家的少数民族和青少年感染率以惊人的速度上升的地区识别、预防和治疗艾滋病毒。

The University of South Florida (USF) Department of Pediatrics is the soleprovider of comprehensive care to HIV-infected children and adolescents in ten counties throughout central and southwest Florida. Cumulative HIV Surveillance Data shows that 434 youth have been identified as HIV- infected in our catchment area; 249 of these have been identified in the past two years. The university and its network of community providers have embraced efforts to expand outreach and education to adolescents and have researched ways to effectively communicate with its population. The USF Adolescent HIV Program plan to contribute this local expertise to the national adolescent scientific agenda and provide youth with maximal opportunity for state of the art care. To accomplish this goal, the following objectives will be met. Develop an Adolescent Medicine Trial Unit (AMTU) at USF in Tampa utilizing existing infrastructure. This infrastructure includes the Adolescence HIV Program that provides primary and specialty care services, Adult HIV Program providing care at USF and the Hillsborough County Health Department, and the Florida Family AIDS Network, a Title IV Program USF has established partnerships in the community with agencies that provide HIV case management, outreach testing and education services. These partners will ensure an ability to provide comprehensive education services to adolescents and to assist in the recruitment of high-risk youth for our studies. Recruit and enroll 75 HIV infected youth from the existing clinic population and from expanded efforts to identify and ensure youth are referred to the clinic for care. Recruit 125 HIV-youth who are at high risk by utilizing existing source most importantly our University Clinic, Health Department family planning, STD, pediatrics and maternal health clinics, the Regional Early Intervention Consultant (EIC), and community AIDS service organizations. Collaborate with the Adolescent Medicine Trial Group to develop and evaluate innovative programs to reach youth and share and evaluate the innovations this community has developed to educate youth about HIV. Enroll HIV infected adolescents in treatment trials and evaluate the barriers to enrollment and retention. This would include not only new therapies, but also new approaches such as once daily and direct observed therapy protocols. The inclusion of USF Adolescent HIV Program as an AMTU will further the efforts to identify, prevent and treat HIV in this area of the country where minority and youth infection is rising at alarming rates.