Resources for Building Blocks to Peer Program Success

• Organizations That Care: A Toolkit for Employing Consumers in Ryan White CARE Act Programs (PDF, Circle Solutions, Inc.)

All links below are in PDF format and require Adobe Acrobat Reader.

• Organizational readiness assessment tool (The Lotus Project)
• Organizational capacity building baseline assessment tool
• Organizational capacity building in-depth assessment tool
• Stakeholder analysis tool

• Peer Program Planning Tool (PDF)
• Peer Program Planning: Questions to Consider (PDF)

All links below are in PDF format and require Adobe Acrobat Reader.

• Support group information:
  • 15 steps to starting an HIV support group (The Lotus Project)
  • Peer guide to HIV education and support groups (Kansas City Free Health Clinic)
  • HCSP Support Group Manual , a resource created by HCSP/HCV Advocate to help start support groups for people with Hepatitis C Virus.
• Sample job descriptions
  • Peer job descriptions (Kansas City Free Health Clinic )
  • Peer advocate job description (The Lotus Project)
  • Sample peer advocate and manager job descriptions (The Lotus Project)
  • Peer Adherence Counselor/Family Advisor Job Descriptions (Project ARK)

All links below are in PDF format and require Adobe Acrobat Reader.

• Recruitment and Hiring
  • Hiring checklist (JRI)
  • Sample interview questions (JRI)
  • Interviewing peers: sample questions and possible responses (The Lotus Project)
  • “Do and don’t” interview questions (JRI)
  • Peer selection process: what staff and potential peers should consider (Project ARK)
  • Guide to writing job descriptions (JRI)
  • Creating a recruitment plan (JRI)
  • Applicant assessment template (JRI)
  • Avoid common interview mistakes (JRI)
  • Peer interview scenarios (Kansas City Free Health Clinic)
  • Sample peer screening questions (The Lotus Project)
• Orientation
  • Orientation checklist (JRI)
  • Sample orientation training plan (JRI)
  • Sample Peer Orientation Agenda, Resource Packet, and Operations Manual (Kansas City Free Health Clinic)
  • Sample Adherence Program Policy Manual (Kansas City Free Health Clinic)
  • Sample peer-client confidentiality agreement (The Lotus Project)
• Cultural Competency:
  • Awareness spectrum (JRI)
  • Cultural competence model (JRI)
  • Cross model of cultural competency – information
  • Cross model of cultural competency – handout (JRI)

All links below are in PDF format and require Adobe Acrobat Reader.

• Framework for supportive supervision case discussion (JRI)
• Framework for clinical case consultation tool (JRI)
• Administrative supervision tools (The Lotus Project)
• Supportive supervision tools (The Lotus Project)
• Supervision tools (The PACT Project)
• Peer weekly staffing report (Project ARK)

All links below are in PDF format and require Adobe Acrobat Reader.

• Peer Education Training Sites–Example Tools and instruments
  • Sample forms for documenting peer work
  • Logic Model Brainstorm (The Lotus Project)
  • HIV primary care quality assurance program summary (Kansas City Free Health Clinic)
  • Process evaluation plan (People to People)
  • HIV patient satisfaction survey-English and Spanish (Kansas City Free Health Clinic)
  • Treatment adherence survey (Kansas City Free Health Clinic)
  • Communicating and reporting plan (Kansas City Free Health Clinic)
  • Focus group guidelines (Kansas City Free Health Clinic)
  • Peer focus group guide (Massachussetts Department of Public Health)
  • Example of a qualitative study design and interview guide
• General evaluation resources/further reading
  • Additional evaluation resources and websites
  • Validated evaluation instruments

• Grant websites and resources (PDF, The Lotus Project)