AIDS Committee of Durham Region Youth Outreach Program Lindsay Chartier Youth Outreach Coordinator youth@aidsdurham.com
Youth Advisory Committee 8 Youth on Youth Advisory Committee Members (4 new, 4 returning) 8 meetings
Awareness Campaign Launched in January 2010 1483 Youth Pocket Guides 1616 Posters 600 buttons 691 T-shirts 976 Post cards Approx. 4000 Safer Sex Kits Nationally Through CATIE (Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange) 5000 Youth Pocket Guides 640 Posters
Campaign Evaluation
World AIDS Day Flash Mob 27 Youth Participants 3 rehearsals Locations: Oshawa Centre, Picking Town Centre, Downtown Oshawa, UOIT & Durham College
Presentations 14 presentations this 2011-2012 17 presentations in 2010-2011 Approximately, 80% of youth reporting a change in knowledge and behaviour
Work in Partnership Open Doors Drop In (with Boys & Girls Club Durham) 53 youth access the program 22 male 28 female FTM (Female to Male) 2 MTF (Male to Female) 1 LGBTA Leadership Camp (with PFLAG Durham) 7 youth participants Pride Prom Approx. 85 youth
New Programs GET TESTED campaign Street Outreach Program Young Poz & In Charge
Black, African and Caribbean Outreach BACCO Patrice Anderson
Awareness Campaign
BHM 2011
BHM 2012
BACCO 600 BACCO pamphlets distributed 640 One Voice condoms distributed 170 T-shirts distributed
BACCO 3 BACCO PHA Advisory members recruited 9 new BACCO Committee members
Outreach Approximately 1000 individuals through Outreach 800 were females 500 were males
Partnerships 1 condom distribution site Partnership with Black Women s Congress Oshawa/Whitby Trent University
Partnerships Booths at Durham/UOIT Events
Church Faith Community Outreach FCO Committee FCO Outreach team FCO Brochure
Thank You
Harm Reduction Outreach Program April Haze Harm Reduction Outreach Coordinator
Basic Statistics ~100 clients Youngest: 18 Oldest: 59 Average Age: 40.8 Number of Male Clients: ~70 Number of Female Clients: ~30
Average Number of Visits Per Month Male for Inhalation Equipment: 40 Female for Inhalation Equipment: 16 Male for Injection Equipment: 74.5 Female for Injection Equipment: 63 Total Male: 115 Total Female: 78.5
Number of Client Visits Client Visits 250 Number of Client Visits from March 2011 to February 2012 200 150 100 50 0 Month
Number of Needles Needles 3500 Number of Needles In and Out from March 2011 to February 2012 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 Needles In Needles Out 0 Month Overall, Project X-Change has a 94% return rate for needles
Glass Stems
Number of Website Hits Durham Harm Reduction Coalition Website 4000 Number of Website Hits per Month 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 Hits 500 0 Month Average Number of Website Hits per Month: 1389.5
Education and Outreach Made contact with 341 community members outside of the office Includes: Booths Presentations Agency contacts Trainings Community Forums
Up-Coming Programming Peer Program: Involvement of active or ex-drug users in provision of services Advisory Committee Ongoing advice and guidance from people
M2M Outreach Coordinator Glenn Blake m2m@aidsdurham.com
By The Numbers Outreach Contacts: 9433 Bars Info Booths Parties Stores Parks Health Fairs Events
By The Numbers Outreach Events: 19 Anti-Homophobia Day Black History Month World AIDS Day Durham Pride Gay Day at Wonderland Hot, Healthy (,and Horny!)
By The Numbers Condom Distribution: 10 468 Condom Dispensaries Presentations Community Events Bar Outreach
Condom Dispensaries
Condom Dispensaries
By The Numbers (Glenn) Meetings / Training Sessions:23 Online Outreach 1 CIC - 3 Pride Prom - 4 Pride Durham - 2 717-2 GMSH - 5 Individuals - 8
By The Numbers (Glenn) Production: 17 Posters - 6 Articles 4 Brochures 2 Maps - 1 Training Sessions 1 Presentations - 3
Women and HIV/AIDS Program Devorah Garland Women and HIV/AIDS Community Development Coordinator
Women and HIV: a complicated issue There is a direct correlation between women s low status, the violation of their human rights and HIV transmission. This is not simply a matter of social justice. Gender inequality is fatal. Noeleen Heyzer, former executive director of UNIFEM, 2001 (SHE website)
Ontario Women are risk of contracting HIV: There were 4,749 women living with HIV in Ontario in 2008. This accounts for 18 per cent of all people living with HIV. CATIE, Canada s source for HIV and Hepatitis C information, reports this represents a 71 per cent increase since 1999. Nearly 25% of all new diagnoses in 2007 and 2008 were women. (Source: Ontario HIV Epidemiologic Monitoring Unit. This finding is supported by research at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences and St. Michael's Hospital). Women account for an average of 274 new infections each year since 2006. 39.2% of women estimated to be living with HIV in Ontario are still undiagnosed.
Particularly Vulnerable young women Aboriginal women and new canadians trans women women who use drugs women from countries where HIV is endemic women involved in sex work women who are or who have been incarcerated.
Women and Violence Sexual, emotional or physical violence is associated with HIV infection. 50% of Canadian women over the age of 16 report having experienced sexual violence or abuse.
Young Women In 2008, young women between 15-19 made up 59.3% of positive test reports among youth of this age group, a trend noted for the last 10 years. (PHAC, 2009). injecting drug use exposure accounted for 49.3% of these cases compared to 17.6% among young men.
African, Caribbean, Black Women African and Caribbean women accounted for 20% of AIDS diagnoses in Ontario in 2001-2oo2. 57% of all infants born infected with HIV were born to mothers from HIVendemic countries.
Aboriginal Women Positive HIV test reports among Aboriginal women were 48.1%, compared to the 25% infection rate for women in general.
Women have several factors that increase their vulnerability to HIV Biological Psycho-social Violence
Reaching HIV Positive Women Homelessness socioeconomic, racial and ethnic discrimination Goal: refer them to ACDR for support services
HIV and Her Health: Educate Her to Empower Her. All women are at risk Understand the particular vulnerabilities of women Recognize the needs of HIV positive women, and refer them to ACDR Tailored presentations are available to assist you with your programming for female clients.