NCJ Number
129460
Date Published
1990
Length
21 pages
Annotation
A demonstration project designed to bring AIDS education to homeless, street, minority, and disenfranchised youth is described and evaluated with emphasis on the factors and strategies involved in developing a viable HIV prevention program within an agency that serves youth.
Abstract
The Center for Population Options (CPO) initiated the project in 1988, working in collaboration with three agencies: the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), The Salvation Army, and the Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America. CPO provided training and technical assistance, and the agencies piloted model HIV prevention programs. Case analyses of the program results in two local affiliates of each of the three agencies showed the importance of staff training, the benefits of parental involvement, the effectiveness of peer interaction and education, the need for careful selection of resources, and the importance of a community-wide response to HIV prevention and AIDS education. The High Risk Youth Demonstration Project confirmed the prediction that youth-serving agencies can have an invaluable part in the nation's AIDS education campaign. Case studies, appended descriptions of evaluation designs, and 5 references