HIV/AIDS Prevention Program Archive for Developing Countries (HAPPA-DEV)

描述(由申请者提供)：研究表明，艾滋病毒/艾滋病预防计划可以对减少美国成年人和青年中的艾滋病毒危险行为产生重大影响。社会计量公司通过两个广泛使用的、以专题为重点的档案公开了数十个最有希望的美国艾滋病毒/艾滋病预防计划：艾滋病毒/艾滋病预防计划档案(HAPPA，以成人为重点的计划)和性、健康和青少年计划档案(PASHA，以青少年为重点的计划)。 发展中国家的学校、诊所和社区组织没有类似的资源可供使用。社会计量学建议通过创建HAPPA-DEV(发展中国家艾滋病毒/艾滋病预防计划档案)来填补这一空白。HAPPA-DEV将借鉴HAPPA和PASHA使用的成功发展战略。HAPPA-DEV项目将由科学家专家小组根据其有效性和可复制性证据的强度进行选择。HAPPA-DEV中的每个复制试剂盒将包含新站点复制有效计划所需的所有材料。此外，HAPPA-DEV还将增加三项创新：(1)每个HAPPA-DEV复制工具包将包含一份程序适应工作簿，以增强档案用户根据新的目标人群和背景量身定做有效行为程序的能力。(2)每个HAPPA-DEV复制试剂盒都将数字化，以促进具有成本效益和广泛的全球传播。(3)与HAPPA-DEV集合配套的是计划定位器和使用工具(LOCUS)，它将包括：(3a)电子搜索工具，用于查找与给定站点的目标人群、目标和所需方法相匹配的计划；以及(3b)档案中每个计划的多媒体介绍，总结每个计划的目标、方法和特点，并给出计划使用和实施提示。将为没有或有限使用计算机的用户开发一个印刷版的LOCUS。 在该项目的第一阶段，我们将进行广泛的文献搜索，以确定那些对发展中国家与艾滋病毒相关的风险行为产生积极影响的项目，并与科学家专家小组合作，选择有效和可复制的项目，最终公开分发。我们将从选定的原始开发商那里获得支持函，确认他们愿意在第二阶段与我们合作，使他们的程序可供公众分发。我们将获得一个选定的有效方案的方案材料，并与该方案的开发商合作，以印刷版和数字化格式创建原型包的原始语言和英文版本。该套餐将包括一本节目改编工作簿。我们还将开发一个用于Locus的原型。HAPPA-DEV和LOCUS原型将接受来自世界不同地区的测试人员的可用性测试，特别是那些将为HAPPA-DEV贡献有效计划的地区。 公共卫生相关性拟议的档案将促进获得和传播科学证明在至少一个发展中国家有效的艾滋病毒一级和二级预防计划。通过促进有效方案的使用，HAPPA-DEV应该有助于减少使个人面临感染艾滋病毒风险的性行为和与药物相关的行为，从而促进全球公共卫生。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Research has shown that HIV/AIDS prevention programs can have a significant impact on reducing HIV risk behaviors among adults and youth in the U.S. Sociometrics has made several dozen of the most promising U.S. HIV/AIDS prevention programs publicly available through two widely-used topically-focused archives: the HIV/AIDS Prevention Program Archive (HAPPA, adult-focused programs) and the Program Archive on Sexuality, Health, and Adolescence (PASHA, youth-focused programs). No similar resources exist for use in schools, clinics, and community-based organizations in developing countries. Sociometrics proposes to fill this gap by creating HAPPA-DEV (HIV/AIDS Prevention Program Archive for Developing Countries). HAPPA-DEV will draw on the successful development strategies used by HAPPA and PASHA. Programs will be selected for HAPPA-DEV by a Scientist Expert Panel based on the strength of the evidence for their effectiveness and their replicability. Each replication kit in HAPPA-DEV will contain all the materials that a new site would need to replicate the effective program. In addition, three innovations will be added to HAPPA-DEV: (1) Each HAPPA-DEV replication kit will contain a program adaptation workbook to enhance the ability of archive users to tailor effective behavioral programs to new target populations and contexts. (2) Each HAPPA-DEV replication kit will be digitized to promote cost- effective and widespread, worldwide dissemination. (3) Accompanying the HAPPA-DEV collection will be a Program LOCator and USage Tool (LOCUS) that will include: (3a) an electronic search tool to locate programs that match a given site's target population, goals and desired approaches; as well as (3b) a multimedia introduction to each program in the archive that summarizes each program's goals, approach and features, and that gives program usage and implementation tips. A printed version of LOCUS will be developed for users with no or limited access to computers. During Phase I of the project, we will conduct an extensive literature search to identify programs that have demonstrated positive impact on HIV-related risk behavior in developing countries and work with a Scientist Expert Panel to select efficacious and replicable programs for eventual public distribution. We will obtain Letters of Support from selected original developers affirming their willingness to work with us in Phase II on making their program available for public distribution. We will acquire the program materials for one selected effective program and work with the developer of the program to create both original language and English versions of the prototype package, in both print and digitized formats. The package will include a program adaptation workbook. We will also develop a prototype for LOCUS. The HAPPA-DEV and LOCUS prototypes will be subjected to usability testing with testers drawn from diverse regions of the world, especially those regions that will be contributing effective programs to HAPPA-DEV. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE The proposed archive will facilitate access to, and dissemination of, HIV primary and secondary prevention programs that science has shown to be effective in at least one developing country. By promoting the use of effective programs, HAPPA-DEV should help reduce sexual and drug-related behaviors that put individuals at risk of acquiring HIV, thus promoting global public health.