HIV Counseling and Testing (HCT) Unit 2 HIV Care and ART: A Course for Healthcare Providers.
Assessing Immediate Outcomes of HIV Prevention Testing and Counseling Training
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Assessing Immediate Outcomes of HIV Prevention Testing and Counseling Training
HIV Early Intervention Services Program
Stephanie Beane, M.Ed., SEATECMarie Sutton, CEO Imagine HopeShenee Reid, MPH, MPA, SEATEC
August 16, 2011
Division of Addictive Diseases
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Why Test?
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Testing High Risk Populations
• To identify positives and reduce HIV transmission among high risk populations, the CDC recommends integration of substance abuse treatment and HIV testing and prevention.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2002. HIV in the United States. Retrieved February 8, 2011 from
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/factsheets/idu.htm
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HIV Early Intervention Services
• HIV Early Intervention Services (EIS) is a program of Georgia's Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities / Division of Addictive Diseases.
• Over 100 EIS counselors and nurses serve clients in substance use treatment sites throughout Georgia.
• Imagine Hope manages the program on behalf of the Division, and customized the curriculum to meet the specific needs of EIS workers.
Division of Addictive Diseases
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Testing• From July 2010 - June 2011, Georgia's EIS workers
conducted 9,000 HIV tests - primarily amongst substance use clients.
• 95% of those tested received results.
• 100% of those diagnosed HIV-positive received their results.
Division of Addictive Diseases
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3 Pronged Strategy
Client Centered Education
Prevention
Testing
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Training and Evaluation Collaboration
• The HIV Prevention Counseling and Testing course is designed to prepare EIS workers to provide clients with HIV prevention counseling and testing.
• Imagine Hope (on behalf of the Georgia DBHDD/Division of Addictive Diseases) produces the training in collaboration with SEATEC.
• SEATEC, using an Audience Response System, provides evaluation in the form of immediate feedback during each module.
Division of Addictive Diseases
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Participants and Duration
Trainees
• EIS Counselors• Nurses• Social workers
Trainer
• Licensed psychologist• Specializing in testing counseling
Duration• Two-day workshop
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Training Description
• CDC client-centered prevention counseling• Pre- and post-test counseling strategies• Harm reduction techniques• OraSure testing
Topics
• Didactic presentation • Role play• Skills building activities• OraSure testing demonstration
Modalities
Training Success!!
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Evaluation Method• During two 2-day workshops pre and post-test data were
collected from 35 training participants using a 22 item instrument administered via Audience Response System (ARS).
Instrument Constructs
Client centered
counseling
HIV transmission routes and prevention
Testing and result
interpretation
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Evaluation Results: Average % of Correct Responses
67%
85%
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Pre-Test Post-Test
18% Increase
Post-test scores (M=18.8, SD=.259) were significantly higher than pre-test scores (M=14.8, SD=.388), t(34) = 10.461, p<.01, d=1.53.
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Evaluation Results: Follow-Up Survey
85% agree that patient/client education skills improved. (15% neither agree or disagree)
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Conclusions
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2003. HIV in the United States. Retrieved February , 2011 from http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5215a1.htm
EIS workers gained knowledge and skills necessary to provide prevention counseling and testing to clients.
Advancing the CDC’s call for increasing HIV prevention by testing in untraditional settings.