Module 4: Foundation of a Prevention Program

Goal of Module 4: To provide methods, examples, and tools with which to carry out your HIV/AIDS prevention program.

In order to provide an effective HIV prevention intervention for Native people, you will need to lay a strong community foundation and apply intervention programs in a culturally meaningful way. One option is to tailor existing interventions to fit the unique needs of your Native community. This module includes an overview of program components, information on CDC’s Advancing HIV Prevention Initiative, descriptions of evidence-based interventions, and an introduction to storytelling as a prevention strategy.
Contents

Module 4 Exercises
1. Components of a Comprehensive Prevention Program:

2. Advancing HIV Prevention Initiative:
3. Evidence-Based Interventions:
4. Introduction to Storytelling as a Prevention Strategy:
  1. Review CDC’s Advancing HIV/AIDS Prevention Initiative. Think about an appropriate activity for your focus population. Once you have done this, identify the information that you will need to carry out the activity. For example, if you wanted to incorporate HIV testing at powwows or local gatherings, you would need contacts with local testing providers. Or, you might decide to get the necessary training and lab support to deliver the program. NNAAPC’s community assessment tools may provide assistance—you can access them here and here.
  1. Review the evidence-based interventions website (http://www.effectiveinterventions.org). Identify an intervention that can be tailored and adapted to meet the needs of your community. Why is this intervention the most appropriate?
  1. Think about the ways that storytelling and ceremony add power and meaning to an intervention. Does your community have a story that can be used as an example? One Alaskan community views HIV as a wolf (enemy) that enters in stealth and attacks people one by one. It is a tangible idea that stirs the community to fight the enemy as a group.