Peer Education & Evaluation Resource Center
No one understands the reality of HIV better than someone who lives with it every day.
Peers – specially trained members of the community who are living with HIV/AIDS – have the power to serve as an important role model to others who are learning to cope with the daily challenges of living with HIV.
The PEER Center helps Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program grantees, clinics, AIDS Service Organizations and other training organizations develop peer programs to support HIV-infected individuals as they enter and stay in care, adhere to treatment protocols, and improve their quality of life. We help plan and implement successful, sustainable peer programs by offering the resources, support and experience that help health care organizations launch a peer program, or strengthen one that's already in place.
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The PEER Center is a collaboration between the Boston University School of Public Health's Health & Disability Working Group and the Justice Resource Institute (JRI). We provide experience and expertise in implementing peer programs through three national peer education and capacity-building centers:
- Lotus Project in Oakland, CA — a collaboration between the Center for Health Training and Women Organized to Repond to Life-Threatening Diseases (WORLD)
- Peer Advanced Competency Training program (PACT) at Harlem Hospital in New York, NY
- People to People in St. Louis and Kansas City, MO — a collaboration among the American Red Cross St. Louis Area Chapter, the Kansas City Free Health Clinic and the Midwest AIDS Training and Education Center of Missouri
Funding for the PEER Center is through the Health Resources and Services Administration's HIV/AIDS Bureau, which is a program within the federal U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Funding is through the Minority AIDS Initiative.
