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Tools for Building Culturally Competent HIV Prevention Programs With CD-ROM

Published by Springer Publishing Company, 2007, 200pp, Softcover, ISBN 978-0-8261-1517-1
Josefina J. Card, PhD, Julie Solomon, PhD, Jacqueline Berman, PhD

Tools for Building Culturally Competent HIV Prevention Programs comprises sciencebased, practitioner-friendly resources designed to increase HIV prevention professionals' capacity to conduct effective, culturally competent program planning, implementation, and evaluation.

The guide shows practitioners everything they need to launch an effective program: from identifying program goals and objectives, to developing program models, to recruiting and retaining staff, and finally to conducting evaluations and reporting results. Throughout, Tales from the Field provide illuminating case studies from other successful programs implemented in a variety of cultural settings.

Table of Contents

Section I: Introduction: What Is Culture?

  • Defining Culture
  • Where Does Culture Come From?
  • What Does Culture Have To Do with HIV?
  • What Is Cultural Competence?
  • What Does Cultural Competence Have to do with HIV Prevention
  • Building Culturally Competent Programs
  • Defining Your Terms
  • References
Section 2: Culturally Competent Program Planning
  • Assessing Needs and Assets
  • Identifying and Involving Community Leaders
  • Defining the Problem
  • Applying Formal Social and Behavioral Theories
  • What Are Formal Theories? Identifying Goals and Objectives
  • Planning Program Components
  • Developing and Using Program Models
  • Replicating Existing Programs versus Developing New Programs
  • Adapting Programs
  • Recruiting and Training Staff
  • References
Section 3: Culturally Competent Program Implementation
  • Involving Community Leaders in Implementation
  • Recruiting and Retaining Program Participants
  • Responding to Target Population Needs
  • Addressing Language Barriers
  • Retaining Program Staff
  • Practicing Culturally Competent Program Management
  • References
Section 4: Culturally Competent Program Evaluation
  • Integrating Community Leaders into Culturally Competent Program Evaluation
  • Protecting Human Subjects
  • Distinguishing Process Evaluation from Outcome Evaluation
  • Conducting a Culturally Competent Process Evaluation
  • Using Process Evaluation Results
  • Assessing Readiness for Culturally Competent Outcome Evaluation
  • Conducting a Culturally Competent Outcome Evaluation
  • Reporting Outcome Evaluation Findings
  • Using Outcome Evaluation Findings
  • References
  • Glossary

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