Clinician Resources |Overview
Boston HAPPENS works with youth-serving organizations on HIV prevention and intervention strategies and collaborates with agencies and professionals who work with HIV infected, homeless and at-risk youth. HAPPENS also brings together health care providers to network and support one another.
The HAPPENS Program provides:
- Youth oriented HIV counseling and testing
- Primary care and treatment of HIV infected youth
- Clinical consultation and/or ongoing specialized HIV care and treatment for HIV infected youth and young adults receiving primary care elsewhere
- Sexual and reproductive health services for HIV infected youth and young adults
- Case management and support services
- Mental health services
- Peer outreach and education
- Risk reduction counseling, family planning services and GYN care to HIV infected youth
- Access to clinical trials
- Services and support for at-risk youth
- Consultation about non-occupational post-exposure prophylaxis (N-PEP), sexual assault follow-up
- Consultation and education about Pre-Exposure Prophlyaxis (PrEP)
- Technical assistance, consultation and staff in-service trainings
- Training for youth-serving providers and providers working with HIV infected youth
- Collaboration with community agencies
- Individual and group therapy for youth living with HIV
- Youth support groups
Working with Us
Outreach Services:
Boston HAPPENS would like to work with you to assist in the care and support for HIV infected, homeless and at-risk youth that you care for at your site. We facilitate transitions from pediatric to adolescent, and adolescent to adult care. You can reach us at 617-355-2735.
Community Collaboration:
We collaborate with Community Partners working with young people and youth-serving programs in Boston neighborhoods, where youth are at highest risk of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.
If you are from a community-based agency or a youth-serving organization and are interested in community collaboration for HIV prevention and intervention strategies, please contact us at 617-355-2735. Please feel free to contact us about any issues for which we can offer support or for access to any of our services.
Professional Affiliations:
The Boston HAPPENS Program is based at the Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine Program at Boston Children's Hospital.