*[advocacy]

Empower, Mentor, Represent!!!

What is a Peer Advocate?

• Peer advocacy consists of a variety of support services provided by a peer with experience in the HIV community. A peer advocate is able to share what they have learned. The support services a peer can provide range from being able to attend a medical appointment with you to telling you about a resource that they have found helpful in the community.
  
  

• A peer advocate can:
  • provide emotional support and encouragement.
  • provide advice and suggestions.
  • provide information about resources and community events.
  • help you to become empowered and more knowledgeable.
  • keep in touch and be there when you need someone to listen
  
  
  

• Case management involves assessment of needs, development of a care plan, and coordination of services identified as being needed. Case management focuses attention on specific problems. A professional trained in the human service or nursing profession generally provides case management services.
  
  
  

• UCSD Mother, Child, & Adolescent HIV Program peer advocacy team includes:
  
  
  • Rosalva Vasquez
    Family Advocate
    (619) 543-8080
    
    
  • Christian Fuentes
    Program Advocate
    (619) 543-8080
    
    
    
    

• There are many other local peer advocates in the San Diego County. Please click on
  
  www.beingalive.org/resources/guidebook.shtml
  
  to see the Being Alive HIV Consumer Guidebook and/or contact any drop-in centers on the San Diego Community Resources link and ask them for their peer advocates or other peer advocacy programs in San Diego County. For GLBTQQ advocacy, please click on GLBTQQ advocacy and call the listed agencies. Also, most drop-in centers will direct you to an advocacy program that will work best for you.
  
  UCSD is not responsible for the information that is found in these web sites. If you have any questions about any information that you find on the web, please talk with your health care provider, case manager, or peer advocate.
  
  
  
• National Advocacy Programs
  
  
  • AIDS Alliance for Children, Youth, & Families
    www.aids-alliance.org
    
  • National Association of People With AIDS
    www.napwa.org
    
  • National Minority AIDS Council
    www.nmac.org
  • Campaign to End AIDS (C2EA)
    www.campaigntoendaids.org
    
  • Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project (CHAMP)
    www.champnetwork.org/
  
  
  Children’s Advocacy
  
  
  • The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
    www.pedaids.org
    
  • The François-Xavier Bagnoud Center
    www.fxbcenter.org

  
  Youth Advocacy
  

  • Advocates for Youth
    www.advocatesforyouth.org
    
  • Youth HIV (An Advocates for Youth project)
    www.youthhiv.org
    
  • California Coalition For Youth
    (California Youth Crisis Line)
    www.calyouth.org
    
  • Health Initiatives for Youth
    www.hify.org
    
  • Hope's Voice
    www.hopesvoice.org
  • Does HIV Look Like Me?
    www.doeshivlooklikeme.org
  • Positive Life
    www.positivelife.net

  
  Women’s Advocacy
  
  

  • Project Inform – Advocacy Department
    www.projinf.org/org/advocacy.html
    
  • WORLD
    www.womenhiv.org