AEGiS-14IAC: Critical issues in the replication of HIV prevention interventions for latinos/as in the US and Latin America.

14th International AIDS Conference

Barcelona, Spain - July 7-12, 2002

Critical issues in the replication of HIV prevention interventions for latinos/as in the US and Latin America.

Int Conf AIDS 2002 Jul 7-12; 14:(abstract no. G12539)

Velazquez JC
LLEGO, the National Latina/o Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Organization, Washington,DC, United States

ISSUES: Effective and well planned orientation, training, and coaching are essential to the successful implementation of an intervention for Latino target audiences because they constitute the introduction of an intervention and the skills needed to conduct it. As research-based HIV prevention interventions are translated into practice, issues arise that require adaptation and expansion of the basic functions of training and capacity-building technologies. This is critical to consider as interventions are implemented into Latin American countries such as Mexico, Guatemala, or Honduras.

DESCRIPTION: This paper will identify some of the issues of intervention adaptation by drawing on the experience of capacity-building service providers for Latino populations in the US and Latin America. The pedagogical approach of capacity-building for community-based organizations (CBO) staff is described. This includes extending orientation and training to a broader audience within a CBO, allocating sufficient time to ensure transfer of an intervention, and planning for staff turn over. These issues are explored within the organizational and political context of technology transfer for Latin American organizations.

ISSUES: Consideration must be given to the structural barriers, such as the differences among capacity-building providers, researchers, and CBOs with regard to their individual perspectives on a given intervention and the parameters of their work.

RECOMMENDATIONS: Steps are identified in translating research into practice for the implementation of HIV interventions for Latino target audiences in the US and Latin America that streamline capacity-building technologies so that they can be provided through multiple adaptation points more efficiently and effectively.

Keywords: AEGIS, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, HIV Infections, Technology Transfer, Health Planning, Research, Latin America, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, prevention & control, nursing

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