A Preliminary Evaluation of a Community-Based Campaign to Increase Awareness of Concurrency and HIV Transmission in African American and African-Born Communities

摘要: We evaluate an innovative grassroots community-based campaign in Seattle, WA focused on educating African American and African-born communities about concurrent partnerships HIV transmission. Respondents completed a short self-administered questionnaire handheld personal digital assistant to the reach, acceptability preliminary efficacy of campaign. Of those who remembered seeing materials (82 %), social networks were most common source exposure (80 %). rated very visually attractive (86 %), interesting (91 %), important for themselves (90 %) their community (93 %). reported that increased knowledge concurrency (84 %), changed attitudes it (77 %), 65 % said was likely or they would change behavior as result. This inexpensive demonstrated extensive reach local black and was able move beyond individual into networks.