Community Health Programs
Community-Based Sexual Health MARIA V. ESPINAL • Practice Administrator • mrd9075@nyp.org x PETER GORDON, MD • Medical Director • pgg2@columbia.edu SUZANNE SCHLEGEL • Practice Administrator • sschlege@nyp.org x SAMUEL T. MERRICK, MD • Medical Director • stm2006@med.cornell.edu Number of People Reached
Mission and Goals
Sexual health programming for the community is a collaborative effort between community partners and the NewYork-Presbyterian HIV Centers of Excellence, the Comprehensive Health Program at NewYork-Presbyterian/ Columbia, and the Center for Special Studies at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell. Medical, gynecological, psychosocial, and case management services are provided to people with HIV and those at risk for HIV, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and hepatitis C. The patient-centered model of care features care coordinators, physicians, nurses, behavioral health clinicians, psychiatrists, and navigators. Project STAY (Services to Assist Youth), the young adults’ component, serves young people ages 13-24 onsite and in the community. The program aims to 1. increase access to and the capacity for prophylaxis (PrEP) services, 2. increase testing and screening, and 3. link and engage patients with care.
2,096
Patients assessed for PrEP; 75% started PrEP.
844
U nique clients engaged
1,200
by Ready to End AIDS & Cure Hepatitis C (REACH) Collaborative, who received 2,000+ services.
C lients served by Youth Access Program (YAP) services.
1,400
P roject STAY sexual health
1,200
C ommunity-based STI/HIV
education workshops.
screenings through Project STAY.
Outreach, Screening, Linkage, and Prevention These efforts are achieved through Project STAY as well as a number of new community linkages. Project STAY Project STAY provides services for young people between the ages of 14 and 24 who are living with or at high risk for HIV; justice-involved youth; lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, or pansexual; and men who have sex with men. The Project STAY team includes physicians, outreach specialists, social workers, nurses and nurse practitioners, and others dedicated to making sure the young people of New York have ready access to needed healthcare services. Program members work with community leaders, academic scholars, and public health professionals to serve Harlem and other New York City communities through two major programs: • The Specialized Care Center, providing care for young people who are HIVpositive or at risk for HIV infection. • The Youth Access Program, which conducts community outreach, screening, and linkage to care for young people engaging in risk-taking behaviors. A youth-friendly primary care clinic provides medical and mental health services for these young people as well.
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