Friday, April 19, 2024
4/19/2024
Healthy Living is a treatment program for African-American men and women with substance use or co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders who are living with HIV/AIDS or are at high risk for HIV infection. It will be located in four rural Alabama counties with high HIV prevalence rates - Dallas, Lowndes, Butler and Conecuh counties. The project will serve 466 individuals - 66 in the first year and 100 annually for the next four years. The populations of focus will be African-Americans with substance use disorders or co-occurring substance use and mental disorders who are also: 1) HIV positive and negative men ages 18-29 who have sex with men, 2) HIV positive and negative men ages 30 and older who have sex with men, 3) HIV positive and negative women ages 18-29 who are engaging in behaviors that put them at risk for HIV infection, and 4) HIV positive and negative women ages 30 and older who are engaging in behaviors that put them at risk for HIV infection. The project will provide evidence-based services including: 1) cognitive-behavioral therapy, 2) HIV/AIDS prevention using comprehensive risk counseling services (CRSC), 3) integrated services for individuals with co-occurring substance use, and mental health disorders, 4) integrated services for individuals living with HIV, 5) case management and 6) peer recovery support. All participants will be offered confidential HIV testing. Project goals include: 1) clients will decrease their use or drugs or alcohol, 2) clients with co-occurring substance use and mental disorders will experience a decrease in behavioral health problems, 3) clients will increase their awareness of the HIV status and decrease their HIV risk, 4) clients who are HIV positive will be linked to HIV care, 5) clients will increase their awareness of their hepatitis status, 6) clients who have a positive test for viral hepatitis (B or C) will be linked to medical care, and 7) clients will increase their use of peer recovery services
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