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• Click here for a printable version of Section III of the 2005-2009
Comprehensive HIV Prevention Plan: Community Service
Assessment (PDF/261K)
• Click here for a printable version of the 2006 Update Summary
(PDF/164K)
• Click here for a printable version of the 2005-2009
Executive Summary (PDF/1834K)
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Section III: Community Service Assessment
The Community Service Assessment is comprised of three components:
Needs Assessment
Based on its Needs Assessment, each Task Force developed a set of recommendations that were presented to the RICPG.
Click on a target population for a summary of its task force's recommendations:
MSM:
- Identify additional risk factor information
- Survey other states' Community Planning Groups and identify their best practices in working with MSM
- Identify training and professional development to increase awareness of and access to HIV testing, prevention, and care services
- Review and adapt social marketing campaigns that have been effective in reaching MSM of color
- Incorporate into the REACH certification for HIV Prevention Specialists cultural
sensitivity training on gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender issues
- Convene key stakeholders to develop a continuum of HIV prevention services
- Hold a community forum to solicit feedback, "testimony", and action steps
IDU:
- Work toward increasing the access and availability of treatment in Rhode
Island, recognizing that clients in treatment and recovery are less likely to share syringes and engage in high-risk behavior
- Streamline intake and screening procedures so that there is more emphasis on care and treatment
- Focus on access to care and treatment for the indigent, the underinsured, and communities of color
- Develop targeted strategies to address client needs in a holistic manner,
including education, reconciliation with families, and cultural sensitivity
- Identify the training needs of substance abuse counselors to better support
and treat clients with multiple issues such as mental illness, incarceration, and sexual abuse.
- Using the Community Service Assessment data, develop recommendations for effective HIV prevention strategies
WOMEN:
- Address inconsistency in data collection and risk assessment on such issues as domestic violence and sexual abuse
- Train professionals in sensitive interviewing and counseling approaches
- Revise standardized assessment forms used by primary care physicians, counselors, and prevention programs
- Redesign other collection instruments
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- Address issues of access to free testing:
- Extend days and house of service to better match needs of working women, students, and those caring for young
children.
- Create walk-in opportunities that eliminate need for an appointment
- Encourage more organizations to offer free testing, thereby creating a climate of competition for quality service
and providing additional options for women
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- Address issues of cultural insensitivity in testing and treatment centers
- Establish more evidence-based prevention strategies
- Develop and distribute widely a resource guide to services, education, and treatment for women
YOUTH:
- Establish a youth advisory group with a peer facilitator
- Recruit out-of-school youth in recovery from substance abuse
- Survey other Community Planning Groups for best practices
- Network through existing youth-oriented organizations, including substance
abuse task forces, anti-tobacco coalitions, and school groups.
- Continue to collaborate with existing social marketing campaign to reach Rhode Island parents.
- Continue to support teacher education (Rhode Island College and Department
of Education) and parent education (Can We Talk? Rhode Island)
Resource Inventory
The Rhode Island Department of Health is in the process of collecting data to
establish a web-based resource inventory. By the end of 2005, the community will be able to access information online about HIV prevention and care services in the
state. In addition, the RICPG will be setting priorities on other critical resource information that needs to be included.
Gaps Analysis
Gaps in intervention services have been identified for each target population.
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