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Organization:
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PARN - Your Community AIDS Resource Network
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Address:
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60 Hunter St E, 2nd floor
Peterborough, ON
K9H 1G5
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Hours:
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| Mon | 9:30am-5pm | |
| Tue | 1pm-5pm | |
| Wed | 9:30am-5pm | |
| Thu | 9:30am-5pm | |
| Fri | 9:30am-5pm | |
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Executives:
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Dane Record - Executive Director
705-957-3571 * executivedirector@parn.ca
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Service Description:
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A community-based agency providing support and health promotion for people HIV-infected and HIV-affected. PARN provides education for people at risk for HIV and awareness of HIV/AIDS issues to the broader community.
PARN services include:- Individual counseling, peer support and practical help in meeting the needs of people infected and affected (friends, partner, family) by HIV/AIDS.
- Opportunities for people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS to meet together and share information about HIV related issues.
- Informative workshops and education programs delivered in the community on topics which include Harm Reduction, Heterosexism/Homophobia, Gender and Sex, Women, and Youth.
- Weekly on-site clinic services through partnership with the Positive Care Clinic, Lakeridge Health Corporation.
- Prevention – events, training and workshops.
- On-site food bank cupboard for people who access PARN services
- Free education materials and an extensive learning resource centre which features a large collection of HIV/AIDS information open to the general public, including books, videotapes and files.
- Harm Reduction and Needle Exchange Program available on site.
In partnership with Positive Care Clinic Lakeridge Health, HIV and Hep C Clinic services including testing, treatment and care with onsite HIV nurses, social workers, dietician pharmacist and access to infectious disease specialists.
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Eligibility / Target Population:
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An individual must have or be at risk for HIV/AIDS.
People living with or affected by HIV/AIDS.
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Area Served:
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Peterborough (County of)
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