AEGiS-NHIVPC: Translating Evidence-based Interventions for Use by Community-Based Organizations Serving Gay, Bisexual, and MSM Latino and African American Populations

National HIV Prevention Conference

Atlanta, Georgia, USA — July 27 - 30, 2003

Translating Evidence-based Interventions for Use by Community-Based Organizations Serving Gay, Bisexual, and MSM Latino and African American Populations

Natl HIV Prev Conf 2003 July 27-30:abstract no. M1-D0201
Myrick, RK¹; Ayala, G²; Kegeles, SM³; Rebchook, GM³; Aoki, B¹; Truax, S⁴; Lemp, GF¹; Rasmussen, H⁴; Johnson, D⁴
¹Universitywide AIDS Research Program/University of CA/Office of the President, Oakland, CA; ²AIDS Project Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; ³University of California San Francisco, Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, San Francisco, CA; ⁴California State Office of AIDS, Sacramento, CA

ISSUE: There is a critical need to reach gay, bisexual, and MSM of color with effective HIV prevention interventions. Given the paucity of tested interventions that have been developed for these populations, research is needed on how to effectively translate evidence-based interventions to gay, bisexual, and MSM of color. This group oral session will address this issue, and will include presentations from a funder and researchers involved in translation research.

SETTING: Community-based organizations serving gay, bisexual, and MSM Latino and African American populations in California.

PROJECT: The California Prevention Evaluation Initiative (CPEI) - a community collaborative research funding partnership between the Universitywide AIDS Research Program, University of California, Office of the President, and the California State Office of AIDS - is funding a unique research project to study the process of translating and implementing evidence-based HIV prevention interventions for gay/ bisexual/MSM populations who engage in behaviors that may potentially transmit HIV.

RESULTS: Two multi-site projects were selected through a competitive external review process: one project is studying how the Mpowerment Project can be translated for use by organizations serving young, Black, Same Gender Loving men; and one project is studying the process of translating the Street Smart Intervention for use by Latino gay, bisexual, and MSM populations. This panel will include presentations from investigators working on these projects and from the funder, and will focus on the following topics: issues critical for translating research into practice for the above populations; effective processes for developing collaborative relationships among research and community partners; translation strategies that are being used to adapt research based interventions for use by community organizations; and evaluation methods that support translation research.

LESSONS LEARNED: Research on translating research into practice provides much needed information on strategies that can be used to adapt evidence-based interventions for applied use by community organizations. In the context of limited research and tested interventions for gay, bisexual and MSM communities who continue to bear the brunt of the epidemic, such research is critical for a strategic response.

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