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Development and evaluation of a tablet-based, communityhealth worker delivered HIV/STI prevention intervention

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Start Date: 23/06/2011- End Date: 01/01/2013


Project Lead(s): Carmen Logie

Issue

Internally displaced women are at elevated risk for HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), due to limited access to health services, heightened poverty and social network breakdown.

The lack of HIV/STI prevention initiatives for internally displaced women in Leogane, the epicentre of Haiti’s 2010 earthquake, led to an increase in HIV and sexually transmitted infections.

Solution

The FASY (Famn an Aksyon Pou Sante’ Yo – Women Taking Action For Their Health) study examined the effectiveness of a peer health worker-delivered psycho-educational HIV/STI pilot study with internally displaced women in Leogane, Haiti.

This was a non-randomized cohort pilot study. Participants completed a computer-assisted pre-test program, followed by an HIV/STI educational video-based session and a six-week psycho-educational group program of weekly meetings. Participants completed a post-test upon completion of group sessions.

Outcome

Delivery of peer health worker psycho-educational HIV/STI information via computer programs resulted in improved HIV knowledge in this study population.

The study also showed significant improvement post-intervention in STI knowledge, condom use, social support, resilient coping, depression and relationship control.

The study helps provide an understanding of the feasibility and scientific impacts of HIV prevention strategies in disaster contexts, and supports testing the approach for applicability with similar populations globally.

Work on the project appeared in the journals BMJ Open, BMJ Sexually Transmitted Diseases, the  International Journal of Security and Development, Global Public Health, Global Social Welfare, and PLOS One.

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    Program

    Stars in Global Health

    Institution

    University of Calgary

    Institution Country

    Canada

    Implementation Country

    Haiti

    Implementation Region

    Latin America and Caribbean

    Priority

    Displacement, HIV, Humanitarian, Infectious Diseases, Sexually Transmitted Infections except HIV, Traumatic Context

    Platform

    Information and Communications Technology, Non-health provider training

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