Getting HIV-Positive Youth into Care Issues and Opportunities-A Study of the Special Projects of National Significance Spns Program Adolescent Care Projects, 1997

In 1994, the Study of the Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) Program identified adolescent care as a priority & awarded grants to 10 org's. with distinctive adolescent HIV care projects. This report, which covers FY'95 & Ô96, begins with a brief review of the growing problem of HIV/AIDS among adolescents followed by a description of the R&D approach that underpins the SPNS Program effort. Examines the challenges faced by the 10 grantees & the lessons they learned while seeking to deliver medical & social support services to HIV-positive & at-risk young people. Describes the technical assistance strategies used by SPNS Program staff to help the grantees carry out their projects.Leonard, Barry is the author of 'Getting HIV-Positive Youth into Care Issues and Opportunities-A Study of the Special Projects of National Significance Spns Program Adolescent Care Projects, 1997' with ISBN 9780788184826 and ISBN 0788184822.