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HIV Prevention Programs That Work

HIV Prevention Programs That Work. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Goal. To help you identify CDC assessed HIV prevention programs that will work for you. CDC Criteria. 1. Has narrow focus. 2. Is based on solid theory. 3. Has appropriate goals, methods, and materials.

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HIV Prevention Programs That Work

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  1. HIV Prevention Programs That Work Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

  2. Goal To help you identify CDC assessed HIV prevention programs that will work for you.

  3. CDC Criteria 1. Has narrow focus. 2. Is based on solid theory. 3. Has appropriate goals, methods, and materials. 4. Has interactive methods. 5. Does strengthen individual values and group norms. 6. Does address social pressures. 7. Gives functional knowledge. 8. Uses modeling and practice. 9. Does provide training for teachers and peers.

  4. HIV Prevention Programs That Work • Reducing the Risk • Get Real About AIDS • Be Proud! Be Responsible! • Becoming a Responsible Teen (BART) • Focus on Kids

  5. Target audience Setting Length Students grades 9 - 10 School setting 17 class periods Reducing the Risk

  6. Reducing The Risk Topics: • HIV vulnerability / behavioral risk • Abstinence / protection • Refusal skills • STD information • Protection plan

  7. Reducing The Risk • Outcomes: After 18 months students reported: • less initiation of sexual behavior. • more use of contraception. • more communication.

  8. Target audience Setting Length Students grades 9 - 12 School setting 14 class periods Get Real About AIDS

  9. Get Real About AIDS • Topics: • HIV vulnerability • HIV / STD facts • Avoidance skills • Reality check regarding sex and HIV/AIDS

  10. Get Real About AIDS • Outcomes: • increase in protection • decrease in sexual partners • increase in knowledge • No sexual intercourse delay

  11. Target audience Setting Length 5 hours African American, White & Hispanic youth Inner city schools; community based programs Be Proud! Be Responsible!

  12. Be Proud! Be Responsible! Topics: • Facts about HIV and other STDs • Exploration of personal beliefs • Negotiation and refusal skills • Condom use skills • Self-confidence and use of skills

  13. Be Proud! Be Responsible! Outcomes: Results of all-male study demonstrated: • less risky behavior • less sexual intercourse • fewer sexual partners • greater AIDS / STD knowledge • greater condom use

  14. Target audience Setting Length African American Teens 14 - 18 (by gender) School setting 8 sessions Becoming A Responsible Teen

  15. Becoming A Responsible Teen • Topics • HIV / AIDS information • Sexual pressures • Peer and family HIV / AIDS education • Skills: assertiveness condom use communication decision making

  16. Becoming A Responsible Teen Outcomes: • more condom use • less unprotected vaginal / anal sex • less sexual activity

  17. Target audience Setting Length African American youth, 9-15 years; urban, low income Community / youth center setting 8 sessions/ or one day Focus on Kids

  18. Focus on Kids • Topics: • HIV/ AIDS and STD information • Personal values exploration • Skills: communication condom use negotiation

  19. Focus on Kids Outcomes: Sixth months after program: • greater male condom use. • perceived greater vulnerability. • greater intent to use condoms.

  20. HIV Prevention Programs That Work “Health has made people think about what’s right to do and what’s wrong. And everyday when I’m faced with a decision, I think.” -High school girl, age 15

  21. Resources • Center for Disease Control and Prevention

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