dissemination of a community-level intervention for black msm 1
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Dissemination of a Community-level Intervention for Black MSM
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Part 1: Overview of d-up!
Part 2: The dissemination of d-up!
• First Steps: Choosing d-up!
• Trainings on d-up!
• Support for health departments
Presentation Roadmap
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Purpose of this Presentation
• Present the 2008-09 dissemination plan for d-up!
• The dissemination plan is intended to build the capacity of HDs to train agencies in implementing d-up!
• 1 of 2 presentations: intended to help agencies understand what is involved with the dissemination of d-up!
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Part 1 – OVERVIEW of d-up!
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d-up: Defend Yourself!Cultural adaptation of Popular Opinion Leader (POL):• Developed by and for Black MSM
• Reflects the cultural nuances, communication styles, and preferences of Black MSM
• Same theoretical background & implementation structure
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How d-up! Was Developed
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What is d-up: Defend Yourself!
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Community level intervention designed to change norms around condom use
What is d-up: Defend Yourself!
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Community level intervention designed to change norms around condom use
Directed at Black MSM who are in a social network with other Black MSM
What is d-up: Defend Yourself!
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Community level intervention designed to change norms around condom use
Identifies and trains opinion leaders—trusted and respected members of the targeted social network
Directed at Black MSM who are in a social network with other Black MSM
What is d-up: Defend Yourself!
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Community level intervention designed to change norms around condom use
Opinion leaders are deployed to have conversations with friends and acquaintances to
promote condom use and promote self-worth
Directed at Black MSM who are in a social network with other Black MSM
Identifies and trains opinion leaders—trusted and respected members of the targeted social network
What is d-up: Defend Yourself!
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Community level intervention designed to change norms around condom use
Over time, condom use becomes the social norm among the friendship groups and the
social network as a whole
Directed at Black MSM who are in a social network with other Black MSM
Identifies and trains opinion leaders—trusted and respected members of the targeted social network
Opinion leaders are deployed to have conversations with friends and acquaintances to
promote condom use and promote self-worth
Agency Capacity
At a minimum, an agency seeking to implement d-up! should have:
•Staff trained in recruitment & training
•Experience with Black MSM
•Access to Black MSM
•Access to venues frequented by Black MSM
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Agency Capacity
At a minimum, an agency seeking to implement d-up! should have:
•At least 1 social network of Black MSM with 100 or more members
•Resources to train 15% of each friendship group as opinion leaders
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Implementation Steps
I. Start-up/Pre-implementationa) Assess agency capacityb) Community Discovery to identify, map out, and
target a social network of Black MSM and venue(s)
II. Implementationa) Recruit opinion leadersb) Provide 4-session training of opinion leadersc) Deploy opinion leaders to have 14+ risk
reduction conversations each
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Questions About d-up! the
Intervention?
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Part 2 – DISSEMINATION of d-up!
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I. First Steps: Choosing d-up!II. Trainings on d-up!III. Support for health departments
I. Choosing d-up!
• Two introductory webinars:– The dissemination of d-up!
Nov. 6, 2008– Monitoring d-up!
Nov. 13, 2008
• Intervention overview documents available online
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Four Steps
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Four Steps
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Four Steps
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Four Steps
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Step 1—HD hosts a TOF• Health Departments host Trainings of
Facilitators (TOFs)• HDs request and coordinate TOFs using a
simple online system– http://www.effectiveinterventions.org – http://meetingsmacro.com/profile/web/index.cf
m?PKwebID=0x761fd29&varPage=home
• These TOFs have reserved slots for HD trainers Assign at least 2 trainers now!
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Step 2—Attend a HD-Hosted TOF• TOF is delivered by master trainers• Purpose:
– Build HD capacity to disseminate the intervention
• Expectation:– HDs commit their trainers to attend a TOT and
to subsequently train the intervention
• Slots are reserved for HDs: – 6 seats per TOF reserved for HD trainers
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TOFsTrainings Delivered by Master Trainers:• October: ATL, NYC• Washington, DC – December 2-5, 2008• Chicago, IL – December 9-12, 2008• Florida – January 13-16, 2009• Houston, TX – January 27-30, 2009• Philadelphia, PA February 10-13, 2009• NC currently scheduling• More TOFs by master trainers available for scheduling!
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Step 3—Trainers attend a TOT
• Delivered by master trainers
• Participants must have attended a TOF before the TOT
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TOTs
1. ATL: Week of Feb 23rd
2. Northeastern US, late winter early spring
3. West or Midwest, summer
4. ? Early Fall
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Step 4—HD delivers TOFs
• To begin in March 2009
• All HD-delivered TOFs are to take place by October 1, 2009
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Types of available support
• Online registration for participants
• Help with coordinating TOFs
• Coaching and TA for trainers
• Materials
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d-up! Materials
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Request to host & train your trainers
TODAY!www.effectiveinterventions.org
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Attend Part 2 Webinar on
d-up! monitoring ** Nov. 13 **
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DISCUSSION, Q&A
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CDC Contacts
Capacity Building Branch
David Whittier
Office: (404) 639-3879
Dwayne Banks
Office: (404) 639-3873
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