August 27, 2024 – New Support Groups Beginning Fall 2024

We are starting two new support groups for persons living with HIV. Persons interested in participating should contact SCOTT by calling 336.292.0665. We will determine time, place/location, and/or format (in-person or virtual) based upon interest, availability, and access to virtual platforms.

Positive Aging: A Support Group for Older Men (55+) Living with HIV. Using the book Aging with HIV by James Masten, Ph.D., LCSW, as a primary resource, this group offers an upbeat, down-to-earth approach for adapting to change, whether driven by age, HIV/AIDS, or both. As a group, we will confidentially explore:

      • Managing physical and psychological changes
      • Spotting unhealthy coping mechanisms
      • Adopting 10 strategies for optimal aging with HIV

      Participants DO NOT have to purchase the book.

      Positive Peers: A supportive gathering of young men (18-24) living with HIV. Living with HIV can be challenging. Persons newly diagnosed can feel overwhelmed and confused. This peer support group will bring together young men living with HIV in a safe and confidential setting so you can ask questions, share your experience, and experience the support of others on a similar journey.

      • What is “viral suppression”?
      • Is taking a pill every day for the rest of my life the only treatment out there?
      • What does U=U mean?
      • How do I tell my family? my partner? my friends?

      These are just a few of the questions your peers will help you work through.

      April 24, 2024 – Triad Health Project helps bring testing for sexual health to every corner of the state.

      Corey Higgins, is the director of Outreach and Prevention, helping provide contraceptives, testing and support for those with HIV for the Triad Health Project. THP was started almost 40 years ago through a group of friends battling the stigma and discrimination of friends with HIV and AIDS. 

      “I’m from Greensboro, born and raised, and finding out this position was open, it meant so much to me because as a queer person of color or more likely to receive HIV, and I wanted to help my community as best as I can receive the resources that I didn’t always have access to,” Higgins said. 

      See Corey Higgins’ ‘full interview on Spectrum News by clicking here.

      December 2023 – HIV transmission rates are at an all-time high in North Carolina, experts say. Click on the image (HIV transmission) to view an interview with Nurse Practitioner Stephanie Dixon. She is a provider at the Moses Cone Regional Center for Infectious Disease (RCID) clinic and a CCHN board member.

      Central Carolina Health Network Helps North Carolinians. Two years ago, when Marty Walden learned that she was HIV positive, she knew nothing about any resources available to her. Because CCHN provides so many resources in one place, her life-changing diagnosis was not life-ending. Click on Marty’s picture (right) to hear Marty’s story which aired on FOX 8 in August 2023. Also, you can subscribe to Marty’s YouTube channel “Encouraging Hurt Women With Hope” by clicking here.