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SPECIAL REPORTS
The Hermana Project: A SISTA Adaptation
The Orange County Bar Foundation saw the need to create and implement the HERMANA Project which addressed the need for an intervention that is culturally sensitive to the needs of young Latinas in the correctional system. The HERMANA Project is a cultural adaptation of The SISTA Project which addresses the cultural/ethnic specific risk factors previously mentioned and imparts knowledge, cultural pride, and skills for Latinas to make healthier life choices and actively protect themselves from becoming infected with HIV/AIDS.
Accion Mutua/Shared Action (AM/SA) worked closely with OC Bar Foundation (OCBF) over a one year period providing the technical support to the process and outcome monitoring of the HERMANA Project. AM/SA took the lead in making sure that a comprehensive document was developed which included details of the components that were adapted along with the justification of said adaptations. This report also entails evaluation results from monitoring activities and analysis of client-level process data to demonstrate how OCBF was able to have positive outcomes comparable to the original researched SISTA intervention.
For more information, please read the report that Acción Mutua/Shared Action created. The report captures the presentations and discussions of the summit: The Hermana Project Report (PDF) is available here.
Community PROMISE Summit - Los Angeles, February 2008
The Community PROMISE Summit was held in Los Angeles on February 7 and 8, 2008, at The California Endowment Center for Healthy Communities conference center. The goals of the summit were to create a forum to strengthen working relationships; to share lessons learned in the implementation and training of Community PROMISE; and to discuss the core competencies related to the implementation of CP’s core elements.
Accion Mutua/Shared Action took the lead in organizing this Summit in response to the Technical Assistance Needs Assessment conducted by Jonny Andia of the CDC. The following organizations were represented in the Summit: Academy for Educational Development; California STD/HIV Prevention Training Center; Centers for Disease Control & Prevention; Center for Health and Behavioral Training; Dallas Prevention Center; Denver STD/HIV Prevention Training Center; Farmworker Justice; Hunter College, City University of New York; Latino Commission on AIDS; State of California; Harm Reduction Coalition; The National Native American AIDS Prevention Center; University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; and Yale University.
For more information, please read the report that Acción Mutua/Shared Action created. The report captures the presentations and discussions of the summit: Community PROMISE Summit Report.
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