Better Together: A Best Practices Strategic Collaborative Model for Urban Jurisdictions and Metropolitan Areas Responding to HIV
Abstract
Founded as a collaborative of community representatives and local government officials funded to provide prevention services from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Urban Coalition for HIV/AIDS Prevention... [ view full abstract ]
Founded as a collaborative of community representatives and local government officials funded to provide prevention services from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Urban Coalition for HIV/AIDS Prevention Services (UCHAPS), and the strategic framework upon which it is based, involves the establishment of partnerships of people living with HIV, community leaders, health department representatives and government officials from heavily impacted urban jurisdictions in the US.
UCHAPS jurisdictions are among the epicenters of the urban HIV epidemic, representing over one third of the nation’s persons living with HIV. Operating under the philosophy of parity, inclusion and representation, UCHAPS is comprised of delegations of members from community and government, elected from select urban centers. The coalition is co-chaired by a civil society representative and a government official. Jurisdictional delegates represent the best thinkers and leaders in HIV within each locale, and as such are often at the forefront of piloting and evaluating new interventions and disseminating best practices through its membership network.
Using a peer-to-peer based model of technical assistance through in-person meetings and committee calls, UCHAPS delegations convene to review and discuss topics of interest or pressing need by exchanging expertise and sharing information, ideas and resources gathered from the day to day realities of managing and implementing HIV programs. As HIV prevention pioneers, UCHAPS jurisdictions are often on the leading edge of responding to HIV prevention challenges, using knowledge and lessons learned from the field.
The UCHAPS collaborative framework is based on the belief that by working together - with community and government at the same table, in equal number, with equal decision making authority - the local HIV response can be managed and implemented more efficiently and effectively. UCHAPS jurisdictions have achieved reductions in incidence through application and exchange of evidence-informed best practices in public health.
Authors
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Jennifer Chapman
(Urban Coalition for HIV/AIDS Prevention Services (UCHAPS))
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Dea Varsovczky
(Urban Coalition for HIV/AIDS Prevention Services (UCHAPS))
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Sam Rivera
(Urban Coalition for HIV/AIDS Prevention Services (UCHAPS))
Topic Areas
I. Research Collaborations 1.1 Scientific collaborations in geography and urban health 1.2 , VI. Research and action 6.1 Collaboration; interaction of researchers; stakeholders 6.2 S
Session
EFA-O-09 » Evidence for Action in Policy and Programs (08:00 - Monday, 4th April, TBA)
Paper
UCHAPS_Better_Together.docx
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