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Client preferences for STD/HIV prevention programs
Evaluation and Program Planning 2002;25:117-124.
Hennessy M, Mercier MM, Williams SP, Arno JN.
Abstract
This paper reports on a formative research study designed to elicit preferences
for STD/HIV prevention programs from clients at a mid-western STD clinic.
Eleven dimensions defined the hypothetical program descriptions: (1) types
of participants in the prevention program, (2) specific intervention content,
(3) associated medical procedures, (4) design of the study in terms of sessions
and follow-up data collection, (5) compensation for participation, (6) availability
of child care, (7) race/ethnicity of the program staff, (8) gender of the
intervention counselor, (9) location of the intervention programs, (10) source
of the program staff, and (11) funding source for the project. Results showed
that potential participants preferred mixed groups or meeting individually
with a counselor, extensive intervention design/data collection options were
less favored than single sessions, incentives help to increase participation,
homogenous ethnicity of staff decreases participation while ‘a mix
of races and ethnicities’ increases the odds of participation.