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Programs
The Programs We Provide
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Healthy Living Program – A program that provides information designed to educate children and adolescents on how to make healthy choices and develop skills for future wellness. adolescents to combat obesity.
Elderly Assistance Program - A support system in development for the elderly providing referrals for health care, counseling, home care, meals, food, clothing, transportation, and activities. Research HIV/AIDS and Cancer Research - We support an HIV/AIDS Clinical Trial program that enrolls 50 HIV-infected children and adolescents per year in phase I, phase II and phase III trials. Subjects are recruited from existing patient populations and through community outreach efforts by culturally sensitive individuals. Obstetrical and perinatal research is conducted at hospitals allied and/or associated with pediatric hospitals. Pregnant women, children, and adolescents of minority groups, predominately African- Americans and Latinos, comprise close to 90 percent of the patient population and hemophiliac children and adolescents are included in clinical studies. The AIDS Clinical Trials Unit facilitates basic as well as clinical research and provides ancillary services for HIV-infected children, adolescents and their families in addition to fulfilling its primary mission as a clinical trials unit. We also support Cancer research. Dream Programs The HUSH Foundation hopes to add the following programs with adequate funding:
who grew up in those days grew to appreciate the Arts and were able to communicate their feelings and act them out in a musical way. Those children and youth who are given the opportunity to express themselves and develop creatively also excelled in other subjects such as English, Math, Art, and Science. Children and youth today have little or no outlets in the current educational curriculum to express themselves creatively, which is why some act out in other ways. The HUSH Foundation realizes that creative expression is necessary for child development and that music and drama should be put back into our schools. In support of this need, The HUSH Foundation is developing the THF Creative Development Curriculum, which would provide a creative and educational Curriculum (aligned with the standards for California Public Schools) to be offered to Elementary and Middle Schools. This program would help schools implement essential music and drama skills needed to help develop their student's creative growth. Classes would be taught by renowned celebrity Artists and Actors whose expertise, knowledge, and skills would be used to effectively teach student's, ages 5-11, accurate techniques for singing, piano, songwriting, recording, and adding drama to children ages 12-15. This approach would not only develop a healthy creative attribute in a child, it would also build the confidence and self-esteem needed for a child to grow into a healthy, well-balanced, successful adult. In addition, Prodigies of the THF Creative Development Curriculum would be able to utilize their skills and contribute their talent to the music and film industries. Feed The Homeless Babes Program - would provide a support system for homeless children. This program will include providing food, clothing, and referrals for health and housing needs. We have already implemented this program on a small scale. Ultimate Dream Goal The HUSH Foundation's ultimate goal for the future, is to open an HIV/AIDS Center, which will be a comprehensive, multidisciplinary program dedicated to fighting the AIDS epidemic among young people on every front: from education to clinical care to patient outreach to extensive basic and clinical research efforts. Our center will offer the most advanced treatment therapies currently available. By collaborating with hospitals and city institutions, we will be able to provide care for many children and adolescents. Center clinicians will work closely with Hospital specialists in gastroenterology, nutrition, behavioral and neuropsychology, radiology and clinical pharmacology to coordinate comprehensive care for patients. The Center will also be an educational resource, working to increase understanding of HIV/AIDS in the community. Because AIDS is still a uniformly fatal disease, a major focus of the Center’s efforts will be focused on implementing effective prevention strategies among at-risk populations. The Center will address prevention needs among pregnant women hoping of the first to employ pregnant teens to educate them about HIV and other adolescent health risks. The Center's staff will also be committed to educating other health care professionals and community leaders, so that they can apply the most advanced learning in their own work and help eliminate societal barriers to AIDS prevention and treatment. The HIV/AIDS Center will be the leading center for our basic and clinical AIDS research. Basic research efforts will be concentrated on understanding the disease mechanisms involved in HIV/AIDS, a process which ultimately holds the promise of a cure. The effect of HIV infection on the immune system will be a major research focus. Center staff will also hold key roles in several national clinical research programs, including the AIDS Clinical Trials Group and the Adolescent Medicine HIV/AIDS Research Network. The HUSH Foundation's HIV/AIDS Center’s clinical research will be focused on developing appropriate drug therapies for infants, children and adolescents. Clinical research will also investigate the psycho-social effects of living with HIV infection and the disease’ s impact on the health care delivery system. |
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