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Section One: Program Preparation and Design
Part 2: Protocol development
Any agency planning to use the social networks strategy should be able to:
Define broad goals of the program (e.g., provide HIV CTR to women of color who are at
risk for HIV but are not receiving CTR through other strategies)
Define the target population that the program is trying to reach with CTR (e.g., African
American men who have sex with men, ages 18-30, in the Tenderloin district of San
Francisco, who have not been tested previously and are not being reached through other
CTR strategies)
Determine significant cultural or social characteristics of the target population
Develop procedures for planning and initiating the program
Develop procedures that will be used to enlist recruiters, recruit network associates,
provide HIV CTR to network associates, and link network associates to services
Develop procedures for record keeping and documentation
Develop procedures for quality assurance
Develop procedures for obtaining necessary local approvals (e.g., local Health
Department regulations)
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