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Developing STD/HIV Training Capacity Among Spanish Speaking Community Prevention Providers

Developing STD/HIV Training Capacity Among Spanish Speaking Community Prevention Providers. Presenter: Alberto Pérez Co-Authors: Jasmin Delgado, MPH; Amy V. Smith, MPH; Alice Gandelman, MPH National STD Conference Philadelphia, PA March 8 th , 2004 www.stdhivtraining.org. Background.

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Developing STD/HIV Training Capacity Among Spanish Speaking Community Prevention Providers

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  1. Developing STD/HIV Training Capacity Among Spanish Speaking Community Prevention Providers Presenter: Alberto Pérez Co-Authors: Jasmin Delgado, MPH; Amy V. Smith, MPH; Alice Gandelman, MPH National STD Conference Philadelphia, PA March 8th, 2004 www.stdhivtraining.org

  2. Background • Requests for California STD/HIV Prevention Training Center (STD Overview for Non-clinicians in Spanish) • Bilingual staff experienced in working with monolingual Spanish speaking clients gave insight into community needs. • January 2001, work plan was prepared.

  3. Learning Objectives for STD Overview Goal: Participants will be able to successfully integrate STD risk-reduction into teaching or counseling about sexual and reproductive health. Objectives: By the end of the training participants will be able to: • Describe common STDs and their symptoms; • Summarize STD trends locally and nationally; • Describe the relationships between HIV and other STDs;

  4. (Objectives, continued …) • Describe which behaviors are high-risk for STD transmission; • Explain how some methods of STD risk reduction may differ from that of pregnancy and sexually transmitted HIV; • Describe the negative effects of STD infections – especially for women and newborns; • Provide clear and simple risk-reduction messages about STDs to clients/students at sexual risk for pregnancy and HIV.

  5. Resumen de Enfermedades Transmitidas Sexualmente:Dándole Un Sabor Latino • Interactive games • Learning activities addressing cultural myths & values associated with them • Setting a tone with music & icons

  6. Training Sessions • California • 10 trainings since November 2001 • 175 participants • Mexico • 5 Trainings in Mexico since January 2002 • 141 participants

  7. Who Participated?(Total = 316) # % • Health Educators 67 (21) • Counselors, Soc Workers & Case Mgrs 63 (20) • No Response 50 (16) • Other 37 (12) • Nursing Personnel 25 (08) • Physicians & Physician Assistants 24 (08) • Drug & Alcohol Counselors 12 (04) • Administrators 12 (04) • Community Health Outreach Workers 9 ( 03)

  8. First Pilot Course (Fresno, CA, November, 2001) Training Participants with Trainers Alberto Pérez and Norma Martínez-Rubin

  9. First Training in Mexico (Tijuana, January, 2002) Training Participants

  10. Retrospective Pre/Post Evaluation Results (n=171)

  11. Una Técnica: Games/Juegos • Lotería de Pasiones • Bingo de Bacterias y Sus Compañeras, las ETS

  12. Lotería De Pasiones

  13. Future Direction • Continue local courses in California & Mexico • Continue to update the course with current data and new information • Training of Trainers to increase local capacity

  14. How To Contact Us Alberto Pérez (562) 570-4380 Bilingual Behavioral Interventions Trainer California STD/HIV Prevention Training Center Long Beach, CA aperez1@dhs.ca.gov Further Information: California STD/HIV Training Center 1947 Center Street, Suite #201 Berkeley, CA 94708 (510) 883-6642 www.stdhivtraining.org

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