SBIR-STTR Award

Hiv/Aids Prevention For Women In Drug Treatment
Award last edited on: 6/5/08

Sponsored Program
SBIR
Awarding Agency
NIH : NIDA
Total Award Amount
$99,863
Award Phase
1
Solicitation Topic Code
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Principal Investigator
Rita D Strombeck

Company Information

Healthcare Education Associates (AKA: HCEA)

1729 East Palm Canyon Drive Suite A
Palm Springs, CA 92264
   (760) 323-4032
   rstromb@cs.com
   N/A
Location: Single
Congr. District: 36
County: Riverside

Phase I

Contract Number: 1R43DA013065-01A1
Start Date: 00/00/00    Completed: 00/00/00
Phase I year
2000
Phase I Amount
$99,863
Healthcare Education Associates proposes to develop and evaluate an educational program that targets women in drug treatment for HIV/AIDS prevention. The program will take the form of an educational package that includes four 15-minute broadcast quality videos and a group leader's guide that contains material needed to present a program, including participant handouts. The goal of the program is twofold: 1) to prevent women in treatment from becoming infected; and 2) if already infected, to teach behaviors that will prevent them from transmitting the virus. The overall objectives of the proposed program are to increase women's: 1) knowledge of HIV/AIDS transmission and prevention; 2) perception of risk; 3) perceived self-efficacy in adopting risk reduction strategies; 4) skills in negotiating safer sex and using condoms; and 5) skills in cleaning injection equipment (among drug injectors). The proposed program is an innovative approach to HIV/AIDS prevention among drug-using women. It is the first commercially available product that provides comprehensive educational programming and materials for women substance abusers in drug treatment settings. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS: To date, no program on HIV/AIDS prevention targeting women in drug treatment is commercially available. This video-based educational package has significant commercial potential for drug treatment facilities, AIDS service organizations, hospitals, and community health centers and clinics.

Public Health Relevance:
This Public Health Relevance is not available.

Thesaurus Terms:
Aids Education /Prevention, Communicable Disease Transmission, Disease /Disorder Proneness /Risk, Drug Abuse Therapy, Education Evaluation /Planning, Female, Intravenous Drug Abuse Communicable Disease Control, Condom, Educational Resource Design /Development, Needle Sharing, Safe Sex, Women's Health

Phase II

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Start Date: 00/00/00    Completed: 00/00/00
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Phase II Amount
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