CDC HIV Integration in Family Planning Project

 

JSI completed and distributed an HIV needs assessment and training plan in the Fall of 2002. The needs assessment was comprehensive and included a secondary source review, site visits to each grantee, a survey of providers, and a survey of clinic managers. The overall report and grantee-specific results were sent to each grantee. Additionally, the final report is posted on our website.
Based on the results from the needs assessment, JSI identified four key themes that drive the Title X Family Planning Training Center's HIV training activities: cultural competency, comprehensive HIV prevention and risk assessment, community partnerships and linkages, and organizational level integration of HIV. These themes provide the context for JSI's training plan on HIV integration, which focus on the following three activities:

• Developing a comprehensive training product, which purpose is to assist the process of clinic-level institutional change regarding HIV integration activities
• Integrating needs assessment findings into existing and future Training Center activities; and
• Supporting HIV risk assessment activities carried out through the CDC HIV Integration grant.

Using the additional HIV integration training funds made available by OPA, the Training Center has developed of a comprehensive and durable training product. The product is a manual entitled Region I Title X Integrating HIV Prevention and Family Planning Services: An Organizational Self-Assesment Manual (OSAM).

The OSAM is a step-by-step guide/manual that helps clinic managers and staff to strategically work through how to provide integrated HIV services in the context of the clinic's organizational structure and resources. The end result of completing the modules in the OSAM is a concrete plan for the clinic to follow toward more complete integration of HIV services into family planning.

Other CDC HIV Integration into family planning publications:

• HIV Rapid Testing: Resources and References for Reproductive Health Care Providers
  
  In keeping with CDC’s Advancing HIV Prevention Initiative, a key activity for project year 2005 was to develop a self-study resource module on HIV rapid testing. The module, entitled HIV Rapid Testing: Resources and References for Reproductive Health Care Providers, is a compilation of the best references and resources available to inform and guide family planning agencies and other reproductive health care providers as they consider, plan and implement rapid testing in their particular setting. While the module can stand alone, it is also intended as a supplement to Region I’s 2004 publication, Integrating HIV Prevention and Family Planning Services: Organizational Self-Assessment Manual (pdf).

• Rhode Island HIV FAQ's and Referral Guide

JSI Research & Training Institute has developed this "Frequently Asked Questions" brochure for clients receiving a new HIV-positive diagnosis in Rhode Island for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In addition to the FAQ brochure, JSI has produced a Referral Guide which includes additional resources to accompany the patient booklet.

The materials are designed to facilitate the provision of high-quality referrals for HIV-positive clients and to increase provider use of the HIV Rapid Test by providing referral resources specific to Rhode Island at the tip of their fingers. These materials were produced by JSI under a cooperative agreement with CDC to integrate HIV prevention and testing into reproductive health care.