Partnership for Health uses message framing, repetition, and reinforcement during patient visits to increase HIV positive patients' knowledge, skills, and motivations to practice safer sex. The program is designed to improve patient-provider communication about safer sex, disclosure of HIV serostatus, and HIV prevention. Implementation of PfH includes development of clinic and staff "buy-in" and training. Staff training consists of the following:
1-2 hr Orientation (occurs 2-4 weeks before clinic training): to introduce staff and providers to the intervention
4.5 hour Clinic Training: to prepare clinic providers and staff with the necessary skills to provide the PfH intervention to every patient at every clinical visit.
2- 4hr Booster Session ( occurs 4-6wks after the clinic training ): provides opportunities for clinic providers and staff to refresh there understanding and skills related to PfH and to introduce topics related to the intervention such as helping patients build safer sex skills and disclosure skills.
To learn more about the PfH intervention go to: www.effectiveinterventions.org or contact Jen Shockey, MPH at jen.shockey@cdph.ca.gov or call 510-625-6039.