APHA Roundtable presentation: Building the Capacity of HIV Peer Educators as part of Interdisciplinary Teams
At the APHA Conference in Philadelphia in November, PACT and PEER Center staff will be making a roundtable presentation entitled "Building the Capacity of HIV Peer Educators as part of Interdisciplinary Teams to meet the Needs of the Underserved". A peer educator will discuss the successes and challenges encountered with training and strategies for sustaining the peer programs as part of HIV care. Techniques for evaluating the emerging role of peers in HIV care and preliminary results of a multisite evaluation exploring the impact of the peer training on participants’ knowledge and skills will be shared.
Date and time: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 12:30 pm ET