Safety Counts Implementation Materials

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The materials on this site are designed for HIV/AIDS prevention with persons at risk for acquiring or transmitting HIV. They are meant to be resources used by HIV prevention providers such as health departments and community-based organizations so as to provide the best evidence-based HIV prevention services.

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Once you are logged into the Implementation Materials section, you will have access to the intervention Program Manual, Technical Assistance Guide, implementation forms, and useful resources and links. Access to the implementation materials are intended for individuals who have successfully completed a Safety Counts training. If you need the user name and pass word to this section, please email us at interventions@aed.org  

Safety Counts is an HIV/viral hepatitis prevention intervention for out-of-treatment active injection and non-injection drug users aimed at reducing both high-risk drug use and sexual behaviors. It is a behaviorally focused, seven-session intervention, which includes both structured and unstructured psycho-educational activities in group and individual settings. This intervention is based on the National Institute on Drug Abuse-funded research of Fen Rhodes, Ph.D. (P.I.) and Michele Wood, M.S. at the Center for Behavioral Research and Services at California State University, Long Beach.

Jonny F. Andia, Charles Collins, Camilla Harshbarger, and the members of the Safety Counts Continuous Quality Improvement Team (Carla Galindo, Nelson Colon-Cartagena, DaDera Moore, and JoAna Stallworth), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Intervention Research and Support, gave their support to this project.

Important Information for Users

This HIV/STD risk-reduction intervention is intended for use with persons who are at high risk for acquiring or transmitting HIV/STD and who are voluntarily participating in the intervention. The materials in this intervention package are not intended for general audiences.

The intervention package includes implementation manuals, training and technical assistance materials, and other items used in intervention delivery. Also included in the packages are: 1) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) fact sheet on male latex condoms, 2) the CDC Statement on Study Results of Products Containing Nonoxynol-9, 3) the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMRW) article “Nonoxynol-9, Spermicide Contraception Use-United States, 1999,” 4) the ABC’s of Smart Behavior, and 5) the CDC guidelines on the content of HIV educational materials prepared or purchased by CDC grantees (Content of AIDS-Related Written Materials, Pictorials, Audiovisuals, Questionnaires, Survey Instruments, and Educational Sessions in CDC Assistance Programs).

Before conducting this intervention in your community, all materials must be approved by your community HIV review panel for acceptability in your project area. Once approved, the intervention package materials are to be used by trained facilitators when implementing the intervention.

Disclaimer
The materials on this site are designed for HIV/AIDS prevention with persons at risk for acquiring or transmitting HIV. They are meant to be resources used by HIV prevention providers such as health departments and community-based organizations so as to provide the best evidence-based HIV prevention services.