| Ranking |
Evidence-Based Practice |
| Description |
The goal of the Real AIDS Prevention Project (RAPP) is to help women and their partners decrease their risk for HIV infection. RAPP has two phases: 1) community assessment and 2) community involvement. The goal of the community assessment is to find out more about the environment in which program participants live and for program leaders to understand the risks for HIV infection particular to that setting. The risk reduction activities are targeted and directed toward the population based on the findings in the community assessment.
During project implementation, peer networkers and community outreach staff have one-on-one discussions with women about safer sex decisions. The material for these discussions are based on each woman's stage of readiness to change, and stories about safe sex told by members of the community who are role model are printed and distributed.
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| Goal / Mission |
The goal of the Real AIDS Prevention Project is to help women and their partners reduce their risk for HIV infection. |
| Results / Accomplishments |
Compared to the control communities, women in the intervention communities attempted to get their partner to use a condom 11% more often, a difference significant at p=0.01. Also, there was a 13% greater decrease in the intervention community than the control community among women who said they never talk with their main partner about condoms p=0.03. |
| Categories |
Health / Immunizations & Infectious Diseases
Health / Women's Health
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| Source |
Diffusion of Effective Behavioral Interventions (DEBI) |
| Date of Publication |
2000 |
| Date of Implementation |
1991 |
| Geographic Type |
Urban |
| Location |
City: Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, PA and Portland, OR |
| Primary Contact |
Jennifer Lauby
Philadelphia Health Management Corporation
260 S. Broad St., 18th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Jennifer@phmc.org
http://www.effectiveinterventions.org/en/HighIm...
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| For more details |
http://ajph.aphapublications.org/cgi/content/ab...
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| Target Audience |
Women |
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