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American Public Health Association
133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
APHA 2005
 
Session: Building Evidenced-based Practice for HIV Prevention
4057.0: Tuesday, December 13, 2005: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Oral
Building Evidenced-based Practice for HIV Prevention
HIV prevention is urgently needed in rural Malawi where over 80% of the population resides. Peer groups based on social learning are effective in changing HIV risk behaviors, but have not spread to rural areas due to lack of evidence-based strategies for implementation. A network of respected health workers with strong community ties is already present in rural areas. Using the World Health Organization’s primary health care model, we are mobilizing health workers as HIV prevention leaders using a peer group intervention. The health workers then work with the research team to initiate community peer group interventions for adults and youth. The first presentation describes how we have collaborated with the community of health workers, village leaders and rural adults and adolescents to develop this program of rural HIV prevention.
Learning Objectives: 1. To identify the importance of building an evidence base for the content and delivery mechanisms of an HIV prevention intervention. 2. To describe how a research project has collaborated with health workers and the community to develop an evidence base for a peer group intervention for HIV prevention in rural Malawi.
Moderator(s):Sharon Starr, MSN
8:30 AMHealth worker-community collaboration: A model for a rural peer group intervention for HIV prevention in Malawi  [ Recorded presentation ]
Kathleen F. Norr, MA, PhD, Chrissie P. N. Kaponda, PhD RN, Sitingawawa Kachingwe, MSc, Diana Jere, MSc, RN, Mary Mbeba, MSc RN, Linda L. McCreary, PhD, RN, Marie L. Talashek, EdD, RN
8:48 AMCollaborating with rural health workers in Malawi to develop interventions, policies, and procedures for universal precautions  [ Recorded presentation ]
Marie L. Talashek, EdD, RN, Diana Jere, MSc, RN, Mary Kalengamaliro, BSc RN, Mary Mbeba, MSc RN, Chrissie P. N. Kaponda, PhD RN, Kathleen F. Norr, MA, PhD
9:06 AMCultural context for condom use in Malawi: Implication for development of an evidence-based HIV prevention intervention  [ Recorded presentation ]
James L. Norr, PhD, Kathleen S. Crittenden, PhD, Chrissie P. N. Kaponda, PhD RN, Clara Chipeta, BSc
9:24 AMCollaborative development of process evaluation for an evidence based peer group HIV prevention intervention  [ Recorded presentation ]
Linda L. McCreary, PhD, RN, Kathleen F. Norr, MA, PhD, Chrissie P. N. Kaponda, PhD, RNM, Ursula Kafulafula, MS, RNM, Diana N. Jere, MS, RNM
9:42 AMDevelopment of an evidence-based HIV risk reduction intervention for Malawian rural adolescents  [ Recorded presentation ]
Barbara Dancy, PhD, RN, FAAN, Chrissie P. N. Kaponda, PhD RN, Sitingawawa Kachingwe, MSc, Kathleen F. Norr, MA, PhD
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Public Health Nursing
Endorsed by:Community Health Planning and Policy Development; Community Health Workers SPIG; Epidemiology; Maternal and Child Health; Public Health Education and Health Promotion
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA