DEVELOPMENT OF HIV TESTING PROMOTION PACKAGE FOR IDUS

拟议的项目将编制宣传艾滋病毒检测的材料， 在非裔美国人注射吸毒者中及早发现和治疗艾滋病毒。的 材料将采用工具包的形式，包括战略、 最佳做法和样本材料，旨在增加自愿艾滋病毒 测试率和改变对测试的态度， 被视为预防和维持健康的工具。该套件将 设计用于外展计划、测试/咨询站点，以及 公共卫生部门越来越有兴趣让注射吸毒者参与 艾滋病毒检测和咨询。 在第一阶段，将利用焦点小组研究开发一个原型工具包 与注射吸毒者和外展工作者以及电话采访， 针对注射吸毒者的成功测试项目的负责人。在第二阶段， 将对试剂盒进行实验测试，以确定a）其作为 总体行动指南，B）其对方案设计和创新的影响， 和c）其对注射吸毒者及其伙伴的检测和返回率的影响。一 该工具包的最终版本将被制作、宣传和销售， 市和州卫生部门，艾滋病毒检测和咨询网站，以及 外展计划

The proposed project will develop materials to promote HIV testing and early identification and treatment of HIV among African American IDUs. The materials will be in the form of a kit including strategies, examples of best practices, and sample materials designed to increase voluntary HIV testing rates and to change attitudes about testing so that it is perceived as a preventive and health sustaining tool. The kit will be designed for use by outreach programs, testing/counseling sites, and public health departments with an increasing interest in involving IDUs in HIV testing and counseling. In Phase I, a prototype kit will be developed using focus group research with IDUs and outreach workers as well as telephone interviews with directors of successful testing programs aimed at IDUs. In Phase II, the kit will be experimentally tested to determine a) its usefulness as an overall guide to action, b) its effect on program design and innovation, and c) its impact on testing and return rates for IDUs and partners. A final version of the kit will be produced, publicized, and marketed to city and state health departments, HIV testing and counseling sites, and outreach programs.