Roberts MW; National HIV Prevention Conference (2003 : Atlanta, Ga.).
Abstr Book 2003 Natl HIV Prev Conf July 27 30 2003 Hyatt Regency Atlanta Hotel Atlanta Ga Natl HIV Prev Conf 2003 Atlanta Ga. 2003; abstract no. T2-E1001.
Academy for Educational Development, Washington, DC
ISSUE: Workplace-based HIV/AIDS prevention education and care and support programs -- and policies at the national and enterprise levels -- can help reduce HIV transmission, stigma, and discrimination. Establishing effective and sustainable programs requires engaging business managers, labor representatives, and government officials -- which in itself is a challenging process.SETTING: Workplaces in six developing countries: Dominican Republic, Haiti, Nigeria, Ukraine, Vietnam, and Zimbabwe.PROJECT: The SMARTWork [Strategically Managing AIDS Responses Together] workplace program is a program of the Academy for Educational Development (AED), with funding provided by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control.RESULTS: The program is less than two years old and results are still preliminary. Early results indicate that a tripartite framework -- involving business, labor, and government -- for policy and program development can be forged, even where such relationships are novel or historically conflictual. However, creation of such a framework requires considerable time, and is likely to be delayed by political and/or economic crises. Project provided technical assistance also needs to be tailored to the cultural and workplace contexts, as well as to the evolving understanding of needs and goals of the tripartite partners.LESSONS LEARNED: Workplace-based programs and policies that are developed with meaningful involvement of business, labor, and government representatives offers greater potential for creating effective programs that reach all employees with HIV/AIDS prevention education and care and support skills than do previous workplace approaches that typically target only private sector managers.
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Keywords:
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Commerce
- Developing Countries
- Dominican Republic
- Government
- HIV Infections
- HIV Seropositivity
- Haiti
- Health Education
- Health Services Needs and Demand
- Nigeria
- Private Sector
- Public Policy
- Ukraine
- United States
- Vietnam
- Workplace
- Zimbabwe
- education
Other ID:
UI: 102262023
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