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Special Treatment and Research Program (STAR)STAR Health Center: The STAR Health Center provides clinical care and support services for HIV positive individuals. Care includes full gynecological services, patient education, social work/case management, nutritional counseling, medication adherence counseling, substance use counseling, and psychiatry consultation. Patients have twenty-four hour telephone access to clinic staff for medical consultation, and can be seen for emergency evaluations for hospital admission as needed at any time. The clinic also provides confidential HIV counseling and testing for adults. The STAR Health Center is the ambulatory care site for the University Hospital of Brooklyn's (UHB) Designated AIDS Center, as certified by the New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute. It is funded by Ryan White Title III through Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and by University Hospital.Brooklyn Group Support Project (BGSP): BGSP provides support groups for individuals infected and affected by HIV both at University Hospital and Kings County Hospital Center. It offers seven weekly long-term HIV support groups in English and Haitian Creole, including five groups for adults with HIV/AIDS and two groups for family members. Funding is provided by Ryan White Title I through the Medical and Health Research Association of New York City, Inc. Project HOPE: Project HOPE (Helping Others Through Personal Experience) provides case management through individual and group counseling to teens of individuals who are HIV positive. The program utilizes art, recreation, and verbal group therapy as well as brief family therapy to help teens deal with the psychological implications of their parents' illness. Funding for this program is also provided by Ryan White Title I. |