Distance Communication Transfer of HIV Prevention Interventions to Service Providers
Jeffrey A. Kelly,1*
Anton M. Somlai,1
Eric G. Benotsch,1
Timothy L. McAuliffe,1
Yuri A. Amirkhanian,1
Kevin D. Brown,1
L. Yvonne Stevenson,1
M. Isa Fernandez,2
Cheryl Sitzler,1
Cheryl Gore-Felton,1
Steven D. Pinkerton,1
Lance S. Weinhardt,1
Karen M. Opgenorth1
Most acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) service providers
are in countries with little access to scientific developments
relevant to their programs. It is critical to transfer advances
from the scientific arena to service providers on a global scale.
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention organizations
in 78 countries were randomized to receive either a control
condition or a technology transfer condition with an interactive
distance learning computer training curriculum and individualized
distance consultation. Of 42 nongovernmental organizations in
the technology transfer condition, 29 adopted the science-based
program in their communities or trained other agencies to also
use it. Advanced communication technologies can create a cost-effective
infrastructure to disseminate new intervention models to service
providers worldwide.
2 Department of Public Health, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33101, USA.
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: kdemming{at}mcw.edu
