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The Education programs of WNCAP are broken into two
major programs:
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Project Safeguard (Men's programs)
● Women and Minority Outreach
In addition to these programs, WNCAP also
offers educational material and resources which include:
● A lending library of books,
newsletters, other publications and videos
● Educational brochures
● Guidelines for living with and caring for an HIV+ person
● HIV/AIDS statistics from sources such as the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention
● Information about Safer Sex
● HIV-Positive Speakers Bureau is available for presentations to any group or
organization that would like to hear about experiences from people living
with HIV/AIDS
The coordinator
for this program is Michael Harney. Project Safeguard focuses on
reaching gay and
bisexual men and is broken into many programs:
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Street and Bar Outreach |
Includes the distribution of
condoms, lube, dental dams, literature, and HIV, STD, Hepatitis
and harm reduction prevention education materials and referrals
to HIV, STD and Hepatitis testing and counseling.
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HIV Prevention Instruction |
Free HIV/STD/Hepatitis prevention
instruction provided upon request to Alcohol and Substance Abuse
treatment centers, jails and prisons, homeless shelters, schools
and various community venues.
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Prevention for Positives |
Programs
provided by Prevention Staff for those already infected.
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Women
and Minority Outreach is coordinated by Keisha Hightower and
consists of several programs. These cover a
basic HIV/AIDS/STD overview, safer sex discussion and
demonstration, negotiation skills, alcohol and substance
use/abuse in relation to HIV transmission
and other services. Some of the programs offered are:
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Agency
and Organizational Outreach |
HIV prevention education in agencies and organizations whose
primary clientele are women.
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In-Home Risk Reduction Sessions |
Sessions which take place in the homes of women of childbearing
age, specifically minority women, which provide HIV/STD risk
reduction education.
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Prevention for Positives |
Programs
provided by Prevention Staff for those already infected.
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Lay
Health Advisors |
This outreach uses natural leaders of at-risk neighborhoods to
provide HIV prevention peer education, counseling and referral.
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SISTA |
Sisters Informing Sisters on
Topics about AIDS, a five session Centers for Disease Control
approved effective intervention for African American women. This
program has been offered in the Hillcrest community center,
Hillcrest Apartment 17-A, Lee Walker Heights community center,
and the Reid Center.This program qualifies for community service
hours for the Asheville Housing Authority.
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Youth
Programs |
After School programs in schools upon request.
Comprehensive sexual health
education provided.
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