Developing STD/HIV Training
Capacity Among Spanish
Speaking Community Prevention
Providers
Presenter: Alberto Pérez
Co-Authors: Jasmin Delgado, MPH; Amy V. Smith,
MPH; Alice Gandelman, MPH
National STD Conference
Philadelphia, PA
March 8th, 2004
www.stdhivtraining.org
Background
Requests for California STD/HIV Prevention
Training Center (STD Overview for Non-
clinicians in Spanish)
Bilingual staff experienced in working with
monolingual Spanish speaking clients gave
insight into community needs.
January 2001, work plan was prepared.
Learning Objectives for STD Overview
Goal: Participants will be able to successfully
integrate STD risk-reduction into
teaching or counseling about sexual
and reproductive health.
Objectives: By the end of the training participants
will be able to:
Describe common STDs and their symptoms;
Summarize STD trends locally and nationally;
Describe the relationships between HIV and
other STDs;
(Objectives, continued …)
Describe which behaviors are high-risk for STD
transmission;
Explain how some methods of STD risk
reduction may differ from that of pregnancy and
sexually transmitted HIV;
Describe the negative effects of STD infections
– especially for women and newborns;
Provide clear and simple risk-reduction
messages about STDs to clients/students at
sexual risk for pregnancy and HIV.
Resumen de Enfermedades
Transmitidas Sexualmente:
Dándole Un Sabor Latino
Interactive games
Learning activities addressing cultural
myths & values associated with them
Setting a tone with music & icons
Training Sessions
California
• 10 trainings since November 2001
• 175 participants
Mexico
• 5 Trainings in Mexico since January
2002
• 141 participants
Who Participated?
(Total = 316) # %
Health Educators 67 (21)
Counselors, Soc Workers & Case Mgrs 63 (20)
No Response 50 (16)
Other 37 (12)
Nursing Personnel 25 (08)
Physicians & Physician Assistants 24 (08)
Drug & Alcohol Counselors 12 (04)
Administrators 12 (04)
Community Health Outreach Workers 9 ( 03)
First Pilot Course (Fresno, CA, November, 2001)
Training Participants with Trainers Alberto Pérez
and Norma Martínez-Rubin
First Training in Mexico (Tijuana, January, 2002)
Training Participants
Retrospective Pre/Post
Evaluation Results (n=171)
5
4.63 4.64 4.8 4.8
4 4.4
3
Mean
2.9 2.9 3.0 3.0
2.4
2
1
0
Integrate STD Describe STD STD Trends STD/HIV Offer RR
in Work Symptoms Interaction Messages
Before After
Una Técnica:
Games/Juegos
Lotería de Pasiones
Bingo de Bacterias y Sus
Compañeras, las ETS
Lotería De Pasiones
Virus Bacterias Popurri Datos de
Riesgo
100 100 100 100
200 200 200 200
300 300 300 300
400 400 400 400
500 500 500 500
VIRUS ENFERMEDAD
PAPILLOMA PÉLVICA SÍFILIS INFECCIÓN VIRAL
HUMANO (VPH) INFLAMATORIA
(EPI)
EMABARAZO HERPES HEPATITIS B ESPACIO GRATIS
ECTÓPICO
INFECCIÓN
VIH CLAMIDIA BACTERIAL LATENTE
GONORREA SINTOMAS ASÍNTOMATICO TRICOMONAS
Future Direction
Continue local courses in California
& Mexico
Continue to update the course with
current data and new information
Training of Trainers to increase local
capacity
How To Contact Us
Alberto Pérez (562) 570-4380
Bilingual Behavioral Interventions Trainer
California STD/HIV Prevention Training Center
Long Beach, CA
aperez1@dhs.ca.gov
Further Information:
California STD/HIV Training Center
1947 Center Street, Suite #201
Berkeley, CA 94708
(510) 883-6642
www.stdhivtraining.org