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The UCSF Alliance Health Project (AHP), formerly the AIDS Health Project, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provides mental health and wellness services for the HIV/AIDS and LGBTQ communities in San Francisco. It is part of the University of California, San Francisco Department of Psychiatry. In addition to direct service to individuals, it also undertakes HIV prevention and LGBTQ mental health research and educates mental health and health care providers about best practices. AHP describes its mission as, “to support the mental health and wellness of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) and HIV-affected communities in constructing healthy and meaningful lives.” It has 100 part and full-time staff and serves more than 6500 clients each year. Its budget is approximately $7 million per year.〔Louise Rafkin, ("AIDS Project Cofounder Works to Transform Treatment, Perceptions" ), ''The Bay Citizen'', June 25, 2012〕 As a program of the University of California, AHP’s governing board is the Regents, but for 22 years, AHP has constituted a Community Advisory Board (CAB), which meets monthly to advise the AHP Executive Committee on community needs and program development. ==History== In 1984, a group of mental health providers, including current Executive Director James Dilley, founded the AIDS Health Project at San Francisco General Hospital. At that time, AHP focused on mental health support for people living with AIDS and prevention counseling for gay men. In 1985, after the HIV antibody test became available, AHP developed and implemented a pre- and post-test counseling protocol, which became a model for HIV testing in the United States and internationally.〔Jim Dilley, The University of California at San Francisco AIDS Health Project: A community psychiatry approach to the AIDS epidemic, Psychiatric Clinics of North America Vol. 16 No. 1, March 1994〕 AHP’s was the world’s first high volume HIV counseling and testing program.〔("UCSF Recognizes 11 for Extraordinary Contributions ) Gay News Today, May 16, 2013〕 It also pioneered mobile HIV testing and in June 2013 expanded its reach with a dedicated mobile testing van.〔Cynthia Laird, ("News Briefs: HIV Testing Day Observed in SF ), ''The Bay Area Reporter'', June 27, 2013〕 Since then, AHP’s work has grown to include a large range of mental health crisis services, support groups, therapeutic programs, and substance abuse counseling. After New Leaf, San Francisco's LGBT mental health clinic, closed, AHP expanded its mission to provide non-HIV, as well as HIV-related, mental health and wellness services for the entire LGBTQ community. In September 2010, the organization changed its name to Alliance Health Project to reflect this broadening of the organization’s focus.〔Heather Cassell, ("AIDS Health Project to Change Name, Take on New Leaf Interns" ), ''The Bay Area Reporter'', September 9, 2010〕 In 2012, Dr. Dilley was awarded the Levi Strauss & Co. Pioneer Award for his work with AHP.〔("The Accidental Activist" ), Levi Strauss & Co., June 19, 2012〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「UCSF Alliance Health Project」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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