TY - JOUR
T1 - Peer Group Intervention for HIV Prevention Among Health Workers in Chile
AU - Norr, Kathleen F.
AU - Ferrer, Lilian
AU - Cianelli, Rosina
AU - Crittenden, Kathleen S.
AU - Irarrázabal, Lisette
AU - Cabieses, Báltica
AU - Araya, Alejandra
AU - Bernales, Margarita
N1 - Funding Information:
The primary support for this study was provided by the NIH Fogarty International Center (Grant # 1 R03 TW006980 ), “Mobilizing Health Workers for HIV Prevention in Chile.” We also would like to acknowledge the parent grant for this study, “Mobilizing Health Workers in Malawi” ( NIH National Institute for Nursing Research , RO1 NR08058 ), the NIH Grant R01 TW006977 “Testing and HIV/AIDS Prevention Intervention for Chilean Women,” and NIH R01 TW007674 , “Bringing Men Into HIV Prevention in Chile.”
PY - 2012/1
Y1 - 2012/1
N2 - We tested the impacts of a professionally assisted peer-group intervention on Chilean health workers' HIV-related knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors using a quasi-experimental design with a pretest and 3-month posttest. Two Santiago suburbs were randomly assigned to the intervention or delayed intervention control condition. Five community clinics per suburb participated. Interested workers at the intervention (n = 262) and control (n = 293) clinics participated and completed both evaluations. At posttest, intervention clinic workers had higher knowledge and more positive attitudes regarding HIV, condoms, stigmatization, and self-efficacy for prevention. They reported more partner discussion about safer sex, less unprotected sex, and more involvement in HIV prevention activities in the clinic and the community, but they did not report fewer sexual partners or more standard precautions behaviors. Because of these positive impacts, the program will become a regular continuing education unit that can be used to meet health-worker licensing requirements.
AB - We tested the impacts of a professionally assisted peer-group intervention on Chilean health workers' HIV-related knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors using a quasi-experimental design with a pretest and 3-month posttest. Two Santiago suburbs were randomly assigned to the intervention or delayed intervention control condition. Five community clinics per suburb participated. Interested workers at the intervention (n = 262) and control (n = 293) clinics participated and completed both evaluations. At posttest, intervention clinic workers had higher knowledge and more positive attitudes regarding HIV, condoms, stigmatization, and self-efficacy for prevention. They reported more partner discussion about safer sex, less unprotected sex, and more involvement in HIV prevention activities in the clinic and the community, but they did not report fewer sexual partners or more standard precautions behaviors. Because of these positive impacts, the program will become a regular continuing education unit that can be used to meet health-worker licensing requirements.
KW - Chile
KW - Communicable disease prevention
KW - HIV
KW - Health care
KW - Peer group intervention
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84855333201&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jana.2011.02.001
DO - 10.1016/j.jana.2011.02.001
M3 - Article
C2 - 21497113
AN - SCOPUS:84855333201
SN - 1055-3290
VL - 23
SP - 73
EP - 86
JO - Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
JF - Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
IS - 1
ER -