Back to Annual Meeting Page		American Public Health Association 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA

Abstract #101062

Charles Collins, PhD, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clinfton Road NE, Mail stop E 40, Atlanta, GA 30333, 404-639-0966, cwc4@cdc.gov

Background: Technology transfer from research to practice is critical in building capacity to implement science-based prevention programs and slow the HIV epidemic. Technology transfer must be strategically planned and implemented to build the science base of prevention practice. Method: The Diffusing Effective Behavioral Interventions (DEBI) project diffused eighteen science-based interventions to CBOs, health departments, and other prevention providers throughout the United States. These individual, group, and community level interventions were designed for IDUs, sex partners of IDUs, MSM, heterosexuals at high risk, PLWHIV, and homeless/runaway adolescents. DEBI is a multi-step, multi-partner system for diffusing behavioral interventions. Interventions are diffused through training, materials distribution, and technical assistance. Results: A satellite broadcast brought 7500 viewers and a marketing campaign web site collected over 5000 HIV prevention providers requesting assistance in implementing science-based interventions. A web-site created for intervention resources and information was developed (effectiveinterventions.org). Over 2832 individuals were trained, representing over 1498 agencies, in the first 17 months of implementation. Agency capacity to deliver evidence-based programs is increased. Fidelity scales were developed to ensure that essential elements of the interventions were implemented. Separate diffusion strategies must be developed for each science-based intervention due to complexity of interventions, populations they were designed to reach, outcome behaviors they were designed to impact, and capacities of the partners. Conclusions: The job of diffusing science to practice is best accomplished by organizing the resources and efforts of multiple technical assistance, training, and capacity building providers for systematic diffusion.

Learning Objectives:

• Participants will be able to identify 18 evidenced based interventions with proven behavior change results.
• Participants will have access to training resources on these 18 interventions.
• Participants will have access to technical assistance and capacity building resources on these 18 interventions.

Keywords: Prevention, Evidence Based Practice

Related Web page: effectiveinterventions.org

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

I wish to disclose that I have NO financial interests or other relationship with the manufactures of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services or commercial supporters.

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