FJ's New HIV Prevention Training Curriculum
FJ Launches New Training Curriculum in HIV Prevention
Newsletters - Fall 2009 Newsletter
Community PROMISE is an effective community-led HIV prevention program that relies on role model stories and peer advocates (community volunteers). However, many times organizations have difficulty finding, training, and keeping their peer advocates. To remedy this, CDC asked Farmworker Justice to design a coaching session that would help organizations improve their peer advocate programs. So, in May 2009, FJ successfully piloted an intensive one-day complimentary Community PROMISE coaching session in Houston, TX.What is unique about this coaching session is that it is adapted to the needs of the organization and allows the trainers to mold the training to fit the strengths and weaknesses of their participants. Two organizations from Houston participated in the pilot training: Families Under Urban and Social Attack (FUUSA) and Montrose Counseling Center. The participants spent 8 hours analyzing the strengths of their current peer advocate program, learning how to use these strengths to better other aspects, and gaining skills to improve their recruitment, retention, and training of peer advocates. The participants were given the opportunity to showcase some of these skills and receive feedback from the coaches through the process of teach-backs (this is where participants demonstrate their understanding through role plays).
The pilot went very well and the feedback provided by the two agencies allowed FJ to make valuable improvements. The curriculum was then finalized and sent to the CDC for use by future organizations providing technical assistance in this HIV prevention program.
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