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Raise 5 Project Evaluation: Implications and lessons learned
Monday, November 17, 2014
: 11:30 AM - 11:50 AM
Sarah Javier, MS
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Department of Psychology, Center for Cultural Experiences in Prevention, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Joshua Brevard, MS
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Department of Psychology, Center for Cultural Experiences in Prevention, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Melanie Paige, BS
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Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Center for Cultural Experiences in Prevention, Richmond, VA
The Raise 5 Project, a multifaceted HIV and substance abuse prevention program, includes evidence-based programs, edutainment sessions, and HIV testing and counseling. The evidence-based interventions are: Sisters Informing Sisters about the Topic of AIDS (SISTA) (targeting women), NIA (targeting men), and Safe in the City (the comparison group). Raise 5 has maintained high levels of participant retention across its interventions, with overall retention of 88% at follow-up. Preliminary findings suggest greater effectiveness of the multi-session interventions (NIA and SISTA). SISTA and NIA participants report higher levels of HIV knowledge (M=5.19, SD =.98) and condom efficacy (M=2.88, SD =.18) at follow-up than the comparison group (HIV knowledge: M=4.66, SD=1.16; condom efficacy: M=1.58, SD=.47). Additionally, there were several improvements among SISTA and NIA participants between pretest and posttest. For example, there was a significant reduction in vaginal sex within the past 30 days from time 1 (M=.94, SD=.66) and time 2 (M=.53, SD=.53). Another significant reduction was found in unprotected vaginal sex from pretest (M=1.46, SD=.53) and posttest (M=1.30, SD=.46), with higher scores indicating more unprotected sex. Further findings include a significant reduction in HIV conspiracy beliefs from time 1 (M=3.30, SD=.89) and time 2 (M=2.97, SD=1.02). Lastly, there was a significant increase in condom efficacy from pretest (M=2.58, SD=.41) and post-test (M=2.87, SD=.20). These findings have direct implications for HIV prevention methods among African-American, young adults. To date, over 800 students have been tested and over 1,000 have participated in edutainment sessions and reported high satisfaction with those program components.
Learning Areas:
Administer health education strategies, interventions and programs
Diversity and culture
Implementation of health education strategies, interventions and programs
Planning of health education strategies, interventions, and programs
Learning Objectives:
Explain the evaluation strategies utilized for the evidence-based interventions, edutainment sessions, testing and counseling
Discuss the evaluation results comparing the multi-session vs. single session evidence-based interventions
Describe reported improvements among participants resulting from the Raise 5 interventions
Keyword(s): College Students, HIV Risk Behavior
Presenting author's disclosure statement:Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have served as a Program Evaluator, Facilitator, and Graduate Research Assistant on the Raise 5 Project for the past two years. Additionally, my research interests focus on health disparities, especially among African Americans.
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines,
and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed
in my presentation.
