caa a22 4500 463244761 CHVBK 20180405153322.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20070301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10935-007-0083-y doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10935-007-0083-y Altering Key Characteristics of a Disseminated Effective Behavioral Intervention for HIV Positive Adults: The "Healthy Relationships” Experience [Elektronische Daten] [Seth Kalichman, Charsey Cherry, Denise White, Howard Pope, Demetria Cain, Moira Kalichman] HIV prevention programs targeted to people living with HIV/AIDS are the US national HIV prevention priority. Healthy Relationships is a nationally disseminated HIV prevention program for HIV positive adults. Key characteristics of the intervention package include gender separated groups facilitated by a mental health professional and a HIV positive peer counselor, both of which cause considerable barriers to implementation. We examined an alteration of the original Healthy Relationships intervention (HR-O) that delivered the intervention to mixed gender groups by non-mental health and non-HIV positive facilitators. Process measures from the altered Healthy Relationships intervention (HR-A) were compared to the same measures taken in the HR-O trial. Intervention completion rates were better in the HR-A model (84%) than HR-O (70%). Results showed that HR-A was comparable to HR-O in social support, group cohesion, and group openness. Facilitators in HR-A were viewed somewhat more positive than in HR-O. We found no empirical basis for conducting separate groups by gender or for constraining the facilitators in terms of their professional and HIV statuses. Research is needed to test the assumptions of other evidence-based HIV prevention programs. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2007 HIV/AIDS prevention nationallicence behavioral interventions nationallicence technology transfer nationallicence Kalichman Seth University of Connecticut, 06269, Storrs, CT, USA aut Cherry Charsey University of Connecticut, 06269, Storrs, CT, USA aut White Denise University of Connecticut, 06269, Storrs, CT, USA aut Pope Howard University of Connecticut, 06269, Storrs, CT, USA aut Cain Demetria University of Connecticut, 06269, Storrs, CT, USA aut Kalichman Moira University of Connecticut, 06269, Storrs, CT, USA aut The Journal of Primary Prevention Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; http://www.springer-ny.com 28/2(2007-03-01), 145-153 0278-095X 28:2<145 2007 28 10935 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10935-007-0083-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10935-007-0083-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kalichman Seth University of Connecticut, 06269, Storrs, CT, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cherry Charsey University of Connecticut, 06269, Storrs, CT, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- White Denise University of Connecticut, 06269, Storrs, CT, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Pope Howard University of Connecticut, 06269, Storrs, CT, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cain Demetria University of Connecticut, 06269, Storrs, CT, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kalichman Moira University of Connecticut, 06269, Storrs, CT, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The Journal of Primary Prevention Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; http://www.springer-ny.com 28/2(2007-03-01), 145-153 0278-095X 28:2<145 2007 28 10935 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer