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New York Harm Reduction Educators (NYHRE)
UPRISE Peer Training Program
Uniting Peers for the Rights of Injectors and Sex Workers Everywhere
9th National Harm Reduction ConferenceNovember 16, 2012
NYHRE is the largest syringe exchange program on the east coast and provides integrated health and social services to active and former substance users and sex workers in East Harlem and the South Bronx. Our participants are some of the most marginalized & stigmatized individuals in our society. They suffer unemployment, unstable housing, high incarceration rates and a higher than average incidence of negative health issues.
Our participants are male, female and transgender adults, mostly people of color: 67% Latino/a; 25% African American; 5% Caucasian.
UPRISE is both a return to NYHRE’s activist rootsand a next step in addressing community needthrough peer-based efforts. UPRISE Peers are individuals who belong(ed) tosocial networks of substance users and sex workers. They are able to easily engage other individualswithin these social networks, provide themwith information and help them to live healthier andmore stable lives.
UPRISE works with participants in a way that respects and honors their autonomy and individuality while also creating a very real foundation for self-empowerment and self-efficacy.
UPRISE provides the opportunity to educate and empower substance users and sex workers to be health educators in addition to activists and advocates—responding to inequities in public benefits administration, homelessness and affordable housing provision, substance use treatment, and the criminal justice process.
1) To provide opportunities for our participants to learn comprehensive information about harm reduction, public health, and community advocacy and outreach.
2) To help our participants and communities gain the
knowledge and experience to effectively participate in the democratic political process in order to affect change in the areas that are important to them.
3) To create formal leadership positions from which
UPRISE Peers can continue their community advocacy and outreach work with and outside of NYHRE.
NYHRE participants who have received services forat least 3 months prior to applying. Includes: participation with the syringe exchangeprogram, attendance of groups, attendance of politicalevents, use of harm reduction counseling or mentalhealth services, use of acupuncture services, orparticipation in structured interventions. Interviews are conducted with 20 applicants – 10applicants are selected for the upcoming Cycle.
Peer Training and Education
Participation in 15-week, 30-session workshops
Pre-test & post-test with passing score of 80% or higher
6-month Field Practicum
UPRISE Peers work approximately 10 hours a week (2-3 shifts/week) during practicum, and are compensated with a stipend of $7 per hour & unlimited Metro card.
UPRISE Peers may utilize syringe exchange services, harm reduction counseling & mental health services, and all other NYHRE services throughout training program.
Workshops:
Held bi-annually on Tuesdays, from 10am to 5pm for 15 weeks.
Up to three sessions can be missed, provided the peer trainee take the initiative to make them up before the post-test is administered.
Workshop Topics: Orientation, paper work, pre-test,
assessment 1 Harm Reduction Drugs 101 Safer Injection Use Opioid Overdose Response/prevention and
Naloxone Administration Buprenorphine Drug Treatment & Drug Use Management
Workshop Topics: Sex Positive Sexual Health and Anatomy Safer Sex and STIs HIV—History, Risk & Prevention; Treatment
& Resources Hepatitis C—Risk and Prevention,
Symptoms, Progression and Treatment Sex Work Working with LGBQT participants
Workshop Topics: Legislative Process; Testimony/Presentation Peer & Participant Action; Public Speaking Know Your Rights Social Determinants & Health De-Escalation Basic Referrals and Paperwork
Workshop Topics: Working as a Peer Needlestick, Biohazard Materials, and SEP
paperwork Social Movement and Organizing Domestic Violence, Physical & Sexual Abuse Test Review Supervised Street Site Outreach Post-test; assessment 2; workshop evaluation
Field Practicum Activities:
Working with SEP staff on the mobile sites Conducting street-based outreach and PDSE
services Participating in community building and organizing
efforts Providing program support to Harm Reduction
Counseling team Attending bi-monthly peer group meetings Participating in monthly individual supervision
sessions Participating in monthly NYC Peer Network
meetings
Guest presenters: VOCAL-NY, Bronx Defenders, the NYC Peer Network, the Harm Reduction Coalition, Positive Health Project, Rainbow Coalition, and other community organizations.
Field Practicum support: UPRISE Peers are
scheduled to work with VOCAL on a monthly basis to get involved in efforts to affect change in legislative policies.
Level of participation in workshops Completion of supervised Field Practicum shifts Level of participation in community organizing
and outreach activities Completion additional community trainings or
beginning further education Level of additional responsibility the Peer
trainees undertake Level of participant satisfaction in the program Improved self-advocacy skills & increased
connection to community at the end of Field Practicum
UPRISE Cycles 1-5 Total of applicants 335Total of peers enrolled 41 Total of peers completed workshop 29*Total of peers completed practicum 24* *Cycle 5 is not included in these numbers
[On week 5 of workshops]
Community Organizing & Outreach 2012
911 Good Samaritan Law meetings, press conferences, and survey development
National People Action Conference in Washington D.C. (3 days)
Public Health rallies at City Hall NYC PDSE Conference
We Can End AIDS March in Washington DC during International AIDS Conference
Community Organizing & Outreach 2012 (cont.)
VOCAL March Against Congressman Grimm International Overdose Awareness Day Occupy Wall Street Anniversary/Robin Hood Tax
March Rally & lobbying to Support the Community Safety
Act Hearings on the Community Safety Act at Civil
Rights Committee (York College)
Community Trainings 2012
Understanding Drug-Related Stigma HRC HIV 101 NYC DOHMH T-Tap Program Syringe Access Services & Engaging with Law
Enforcement HRC Mental Health Wellness: Reintegration of LGBT With
Histories of Incarceration HRC 2012 Statewide Viral Hepatitis Conference NY State
DOH Hepatitis C Prevention: Beyond the Basics HRC HIV Testing Module 1&2 Course NYC DOHMH T-Tap
Program
Community Trainings 2012 (cont.)
Motivational Interviewing 201 HRC Delivering HIV Positive Test Results NYC
DOHMH T-Tap Program Understanding Viral Hepatitis A,B & C NYC
DOHMH T-Tap Program Incorporating Customer Service into HIV
Prevention HRC Opioid Overdose Prevention HRC Self-care, Boundaries and Preventing Burnout
HRC
Cycle 3 & 4 Workshop Evaluations [n=12]
Overall rating for the UPRISE workshops [1-10]9.65
Did the training provide you with a better understanding of harm reduction?
100% YES Do you feel that the training improved your ability to
provide comprehensive and non-judgmental services to drug users and sex workers?
100% YES
UPRISE is the only Harm Reduction Peer program focusing on both health education & participant action as a comprehensive training curriculum
UPRISE has been used as a template for
NYCDOH peer network meetings & trainings
UPRISE is well-positioned to lead discussions about Peer certification efforts with upcoming health care reform requirements
1 UPRISE Peer is now NYHRE Peer & Community Development Associate
4 UPRISE Peers are now NYHRE Peer Harm Reduction Counselors
1 UPRISE Peer is now NYHRE Peer SEP Educator1 UPRISE Peer is now NYHRE Peer Data Assistant2 UPRISE Peers are now NYHRE Front Desk
Assistants1 UPRISE Peer is now NYHRE Office Maintenance
Assistant1 UPRISE Peer is now working with VOCAL-NY1 UPRISE Peer is now working in Puerto Rico