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Connect
To Protect®
Protecting
the health of young people has always come naturally to those
closest to them. Community leaders, local organizations and
service providers, social and faith-based institutions, families
and even youth themselves all have a wealth of knowledge and
experience in caring for these age groups. Similarly, medical
researchers and other health professionals have devoted many
years of hard work and resources to identify the most promising
ways to prevent adolescent and young adult illness and disease.
Independently, communities and researchers have made important
contributions to protecting young people’s health. Imagine
the possibilities if we combined the valuable insight and
skills of both researchers and the community. Through meaningful
collaboration, our partnership can answer critical questions
that will help us to create and enact better solutions to
the health problems our youth face.
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C2P
The researchers involved in C2P are from the Adolescent Medicine
Trials Network (ATN) for HIV/AIDS Interventions, the only
nationwide group devoted to looking at how youth and their
communities are affected by this epidemic. Made up of 15 city
sites throughout the United States and Puerto Rico, the ATN
strives toward:
• Caring for children, teenagers, and young adults with
HIV;
• Searching for ways to keep HIV from spreading among
young people; and
• Making sure that adolescents and young adults are
represented in research ranging from HIV prevention to treatment
and care.
In each city, the C2P team will draw from federal, state and
local resources to identify at-risk youth and at the same
time create a profile of the community resources that are
available to them. By comparing disease and risk rates with
service availability, neighborhood strengths and neighborhood
needs will be revealed, allowing researchers and community
partners to zero in on the prevention strategies that are
most needed to protect the health of their city’s youth.
Prevention Interventions
Connect to Protect’s collaborative effort will
lead to the development of community-specific programs to
reduce the spread of HIV among young people. Prevention plans
can include, but are not limited to:
• Social Marketing Campaigns
• Peer Outreach
• Social Events
• Workshops
• Community Capacity Building
Why Should Your Organization or Institution “Connect
to Protect”?
By partnering with Connect to Protect your organization will
receive:
• Increased local and nationwide awareness of your efforts,
with a comprehensive print and online resource directory that
will include your organization;
• Technical assistance on fund raising, grant writing,
and evaluation;
• Culturally-responsive and scientifically sound HIV
prevention strategies that together we will implement and
evaluate
• User-friendly and up-to-date research and epidemiological
data that will be given to you for use in grant proposals;
• Use of special "connection" services that
can assist your organization in finding volunteers and guest
speakers;
• A supply of compelling fact sheets to offer your community;
and
• The opportunity to engage in a national dialogue on
HIV prevention, including community-based approaches. Send
us an email to hear about Connect to Protect efforts in your
neighborhood.
Current C2P Bronx Partners:
Bronx AIDS Services
31910 Arthur Ave
Bronx, NY 10457
www.basnyc.org
Planned Parenthood of NYC – Bronx
349 E. 149th St
Bronx, NY 10451
www.ppnyc.org
New Settlement Apartments
1512 Townsend Avenue
Bronx, NY 10452
Aspira of New York
345 Brook Avenue
Bronx, NY 10454
www.nyaspira.org
Bronx Defenders
860 Courtlandt Avenue
Bronx, NY 10451
www.bronxdefenders.org
Bronx Community Pride Center
448 E 149th Street- 3rd Floor
Bronx, NY 10455
www.bronxpride.org
Casa Atabex Ache
417 E 140th Street
Bronx, NY 10454
www.casaatabexache.org
Citizen’s Advice Bureau
1130 Grand Concourse
Bronx, NY 10456
www.cabnyc.org
Dominican Sisters Family Health Services
279 Alexander Ave
Bronx, NY 10454
www.dsfhs.org
MIC Women's Health Services
4215 Third Avenue, 2nd Floor
Bronx, NY 10457
Neighborhood Youth & Family Services
601 Tremont Avenue
Bronx, NY 10457
New York City Housing Authority – Butler-Webster Community Center
1368 Wenster Avenue
Bronx, NY 10456
SOBRO (South Bronx Overall Economic Development)
555 Bergen Avenue
Bronx, NY 10455
www.sobro.org
South Bronx Health Center For Children and Familes – The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Medical Center
871 Prospect Avenue
Bronx, NY 10459
www.montekids.org/programs/sbhccf/
ATN
Sites:
California
LOS ANGELES
Children's Hospital of Los Angeles
Veronica Montenegro 323-669-2390
vmontenegro@chla.usc.edu
SAN FRANCISCO
UCSF, Division of Adolescent Medicine
Eiko Sugano 415-476-9622
suganoe@peds.ucsf.edu
District of Columbia
WASHINGTON
Children's National Medical Center
William Barnes 202-884-5789
wbarnes@cnmc.org
Florida
FT. LAUDERDALE
Children's Diagnostic & Treatment Center
Jessica Roy 954-763-5538
jroy@nbhd.org
MIAMI
University of Miami School of Medicine
Kenia Sanchez 305-243-3786
TAMPA
University of South Florida
Georgette King 813-259-8800
gking@hsc.usf.edu
Illinois
CHICAGO
John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital and the CORE Center
Zephyr Beason 312-864-3580
bzephyr27@aol.com
Louisiana
NEW ORLEANS
Tulane University Health Services Center
Sybil Schroeder 504-585-6488
sybilsc@tulane.edu
Maryland
BALTIMORE
University of Maryland Medical School
Bethany Griffin-Deeds 410-706-1936
bgriffin@peds.maryland.edu
New York
BRONX
Adolescent AIDS Program,
Children's Hospital at Montefiore
Michelle Lyle 718-882-0232
mlyle@adolescentAIDS.org
MANHATTAN
Mt. Sinai Medical Center
Meg Jones 212-423-2923
margaret.jones@msnyhealth.org
Pennsylvania
PHILADELPHIA
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Marne Castillo 215-426-5109
castillo@email.chop.edu
Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN
University of Puerto Rico
Carmen Torres 787-759-9595
carrivera@rcm.upr.edu
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