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Real AIDS Prevention Project (RAPP)

An 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 is 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.

Goal / Mission

The goal of the Real AIDS Prevention Project is to help women and their partners reduce their risk for HIV infection.

Impact

Community-level interventions may be an effective way to reach large numbers of women and change their condom-use behaviors, particularly their behaviors with regard to communication with main sex partners.

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 the p=0.01 level. 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).

About this Promising Practice

Organization(s)
Public Health Management Corporation
Primary Contact
Jennifer Lauby
Public Health Management Corporation
Centre Square East
1500 Market Street
Suite 1500
Philadelphia, PA 19102
jennifer@phmc.org
Topics
Health / Immunizations & Infectious Diseases
Health / Women's Health
Organization(s)
Public Health Management Corporation
Source
CDC Effective Interventions
Date of publication
Feb 2000
Date of implementation
1991
Geographic Type
Urban
For more details
http://ajph.aphapublications.org/cgi/content/abstr...
http://www.phmc.org/site/newsroom/newsevents/29-ne...
Target Audience
Women

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An Evidence-Based Practice meets the following HCI criteria:

  1. The program description includes at a minimum: the sponsoring organization, program goals, program implementation steps, and outcomes that have demonstrated program success in achieving the program goal in one or more localities.
  2. The results from an evaluation of the program include quantitative measures showing improvement in the outcome(s) of interest after the implementation of the program (i.e. increase in smoking cessation, not just the delivery of a smoking cessation program). The outcome measure(s) is/are compared at relevant time periods before and after the intervention or program implementation. Alternatively, the evaluation study compares the outcome(s) between an intervention group and an appropriate control group.
  3. The study is of peer-review quality and presents numbers in a scientific manner; measurements of precision and reliability are included (e.g. confidence intervals, standard errors), results from statistical tests show a significant difference or change in the outcome measure(s), and relevant point estimates and p-values are presented. Note: if the results from an evaluation of a program are presented in a scientific manner and the outcome measure is improved compared to the baseline measurement or the control group but the difference is not statistically significant, the practice is classified as effective and not evidence-based.
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