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TeenAIDS-Peer Corps Founder John
Chittick, recently set up impromptu HIV test centers using OraQuick kits in two
locations in Newport News, Va.
At City Center, one participant
allowed Chittick’s HIV prevention advocacy group to videotape her test; another
participant requested anonymity.
TeenAIDS offers testing to anyone in
the target age group of 24 and younger who wants it. The group provides
information on how to find confirmatory testing and counseling to anyone who
tests positive.
Chittick also explained that his
group would not record any test that was “starting to go positive,” but he
would take aside any such individual for private consultation. When notified
that they were on private property at City Center, the group asked to complete
the test in progress and then moved on to the Doris Miller Center, their second
site.
Chittick’s methods of public testing
and videotaping have caused concern in some cities, but so far no one has
charged him with doing anything illegal.
The Friends of AIDS Foundation is
dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for HIV positive individuals and
empowering people to make healthy choices to prevent the spread of the HIV
virus.
To learn more about The Friends of
AIDS Foundation, please visit: http://www.friendsofaids.org.
TOGETHER WE REMAIN STRONG!
