Rapid Assessment Response and Evaluation (RARE)

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Rapid Assessment Response and Evaluation
(RARE)

• Mario J. Pérez
• Director, Prevention Services Division
• Office of AIDS Programs and Policy
• Dean M. Goishi
• CDC Grant Manager and RARE Liaison
• Planning and Development Division
• Office of AIDS Programs and Policy
• May 27, 2003

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An Initiative of DHHS

• Implemented by
• Office of HIV/AIDS Policy
• Office of Public Health Services
• Result of
• Congressional Black Caucus
• Congressional Hispanic Caucus
• Minority AIDS Initiative
• Responds to Disproportionate HIV Impact
• African-Americans
• Latinos
• Other Racial Ethnic Minority Communities

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Project Methodology

• Rapid Assessment
• Describes Local HIV/AIDS Epidemics
• Monitors Effects on Populations
• Rapid Response
• Implements Evidence Based Interventions
• Maximizes HIV Prevention Opportunities
• Increases Access to Care
• Rapid Evaluation
• Monitors the Impact of Interventions on
• Target Populations
• Public Health Planning, Programming, and Outcomes

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Project Period

• May 2003 through October 2003

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Project Progress-to-Date

• Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Request
  RARE Project
• RARE Liaison (OAPP) Appointed
• RARE Liaison Attendance at 2-Day Orientation in
  DC
• Community Advisory Group Identified

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Project Progress-to-Date

• Study Sites Identified
• Field Team Coordinator Identified
• Field Team Investigators Identified

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Community Advisory Group Responsibilities

• Attend Orientation and Three Meetings
• Review Collection Methodology, Assessment Data
  and Data Analysis
• Action Plan
• Oversee Development
• Identify Recommendations
• Present to Elected Officials, Other Stakeholders

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Community Advisory Group Timeline

• Week 1 Orientation
• Week 6-7 Mid Project Review
• Preliminary Presentation
• Preliminary Assessment(s)
• Preliminary Data Collection and Analysis
• Suggest Directions for Recommendations
• Week 13 Project End Review
• Review Presentation
• Finalize Recommendations
• Week 14 Final Action Plan
• Review and approve plan
• Submit to Board of Supervisors

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Three Assessment Sites

• East Los Angeles
• East First Street at Soto Street
• Leimert Park Area
• Crenshaw Boulevard at 43rd Street
• Santa Monica Blvd. Corridor
• Between La Brea Avenue and Martel Avenue

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East Los Angeles
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Leimert Park Area
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Santa Monica Blvd. Corridor
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Assessment

• Observe Activities of Target Groups in Target
  Areas
• Identify and Document Risk Behavior
• Develop Snapshot(s) of Prevalent Risk Behavior
• Identify Patterns of Substance Abuse and Impact
  on Sexual Risk Behavior
• Document Hours When Activity Is Most and Least
  Active

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Assessment

• Current Prevention Services
• Type ?Source
• Impact ?Gaps
• Potential Risks of Delivering Services
• Law Enforcement
• Sex Work Customers
• Code Violations
• Differences
• Cruising Areas and Practices by Population(s)

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Assessment

• Pickup Points and Strategies
• Proximity to Sites Where Risk Behavior Practiced
• Service Hours Compared to Service Need Hours

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Community Advisory Group

• Goal 1 10-15 members
• Goal 2 Diverse composition
• Law Enforcement
• Neighborhood
• Clergy
• Service Providers
• Business Owners
• Still Need Clergy, Police, Neighborhood
  Representatives

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Next Steps and Next Meeting

• Mid-Project Presentation
• July 14, 2003 (Proposed)

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Questions