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Program Approach
Prisoner Model
“START Plus” is an HIV/STI/hepatitis risk reduction program for people returning to the community after incarceration. Formative research shows that people lacking adequate housing or employment, and those whose friends and/or family members are engaging in high-risk behaviors, reported higher risk behaviors themselves. Project START works with clients, serving as a “bridge” from the correctional facility to the society. The program begins 1-2 months before clients are released and continues with clients for three months in the community after they are released from the correctional facility. A proven approach in the US, the model was adopted for CAR under the Central Asia AIDS Control Project (CAAP). Under the USAID Dialogue on HIV and TB Project, the model was expanded to place a stronger emphasis on TB testing services and health service referrals once released from prisons. The project offers prisoners a Targeted Outreach Package of Services (TOPS), built around a client-based case management component.
Outreach Services
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COMPONENT:
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MINI-SESSION
10-20 minute informational sessions
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IEC MATERIAL DISTRIBUTION
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N/S DISTRIBUTION
Supplies donated by GFATM and other donors
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CONDOM DISTRIBUTION
Supplies donated by GFATM and other donors
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VCT REFERRAL
If client has not been tested in previous 12 months
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TB REFERRAL
If client is displaying symptoms or has not been tested in previous 12 months
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DRUG TREATMENT REFERRAL
If client is PWID and has expressed desire to receive services or to learn more
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OTHER SERVICE REFERRALS
Including STI/Hep C testing, family planning services, crisis housing, legal services, etc.
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TRAINING SESSIONS
Series of trainings including following knowledge topics: HIV/AIDS (VCT, n/s sharing, condom use), STI/Hep C, TB (testing and adherence), overdose death prevention, BTC
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CASE MANAGEMENT
Series of meetings which include following knowledge topics: HIV/AIDS (VCT, n/s sharing, condom use), STI/Hep C, TB (testing and adherence), social reintegration issues
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TB COMMUNITY ADHERENCE SUPPORT
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EDUTAINMENT EVENTS
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Training and IEC materials used to target Prisoners under the project may be found in the “Training and IEC Materials” section of the website.
USAID DIALOGUE ON HIV AND TB PROJECT | 2009 – 2014
USAID Dialogue on HIV and TB Project is one of the many assistance projects supported by the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Since 1992, the American people through USAID have provided more than $1.5 billion in programs that support democratic institutions, health care system, education system and economic growth in the Central Asian countries.
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