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Owczarzak, Jill; Dickson-Gomez, Julia – AIDS Education and Prevention, 2011
Since 1999, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have trained over 10,000 service providers from more than 5,000 agencies to implement evidence-based HIV prevention interventions through its Diffusion of Effective Behavioral Interventions DEBI) program. Based on in-depth, semistructured interviews with a convenience sample of 22 HIV…
Descriptors: Intervention, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Disease Control, Prevention
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Lerdboon, Porntip; Pham, Van; Green, Mackenzie; Riel, Rosemary; Tho, Le Huu; Ha, Nguyen Thi Vinh; Kaljee, Linda M. – AIDS Education and Prevention, 2008
In Vietnam, between 2000 and 2006, HIV rates among 15- to 49-year-olds in the general population have increased from 27% to 53%. The HIV epidemic is occurring in a context of rapid socioeconomic changes, which have brought about conflicting ideals and norms between "traditional" and "modern" gender roles. We discuss the…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Socialization, Needs Assessment, Prevention
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Goldstein, Ellen; Wrubel, Judith; Faigeles, Bonnie; DeCarlo, Pamela – AIDS Education and Prevention, 1998
Investigated whether HIV-prevention program planners sought out science in designing interventions and, if not, where they gathered prevention information. Surveys of program mangers nationwide indicated that three important sources of information were peers and colleagues, departments of public health, and the Centers for Disease Control and…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Health Promotion, Information Sources, Prevention
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Mitchell, Christopher G.; Perloff, Judy; McVicker, Jason; Ebbert, Shelly; Petersen, Laird; Oltean, Anthony – AIDS Education and Prevention, 2005
As people with HIV live longer and healthier lives, ongoing prevention with positive individuals has become a new focus of care. Effective prevention with positives interventions are emerging and new interventions continue to be developed. This article discusses the development and evaluation of the prevention for positives intervention developed…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Prevention, Intervention, Health Education
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Brown, Nancy L.; Luna, Veronica; Ramirez, M. Heliana; Vail, Kenneth A.; Williams, Clark A. – AIDS Education and Prevention, 2005
Harm reduction is fundamentally a movement intended to empower the patient and consumer of health services. This project applied harm reduction theory as a strategy to empower collaborating community partners and researchers to overcome their preconceptions about each other in order to create a successful HIV prevention intervention and evaluation…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Females, Drug Abuse, Intervention
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Lesser, Janna; Verdugo, Robert L.; Koniak-Griffin, Deborah; Tello, Jerry; Kappos, Barbara; Cumberland, William G. – AIDS Education and Prevention, 2005
This article describes a two-phase community and academic collaboration funded by the California Collaborative Research Initiative to develop and test the feasibility of an innovative HIV prevention program relevant to the needs of the population of inner-city Latino teen parenting couples and realistic for implementation in community settings.…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Intervention, Health Education, Prevention