Conduct focus groups with priority groups to understand people’s knowledge and understanding of STIs (e.g., partner notification, medication adherence) using culturally relevant language

Pillar: Prevent
Goal: Reduce by 75% the number of new HIV diagnoses in by 2025
Strategy: Conduct focus groups with priority groups to understand people’s knowledge and understanding of STIs (e.g., partner notification, medication adherence) using culturally relevant language.
Target: African American adolescents, Discordant couples, Latinx adolescents, Older adults, PWH, Transgender

Key Activities:

High Priority and Disruptively Innovative

  1. Recruit key participants for focus groups.
  2. Create focus groups to identify general health literacy.
  3. Offer more inclusive (hetero) PrEP education.
  4. Offer “Talk to the Pharmacist” training (with Walgreens) about how medications affect patients.

Key Partners

LCHN frontline staff, FQHCs, Graphic artists, HL community advisory group, HIV Care & Prevention (Ryan White planning body) members, HH constituents, Local health departments, Nontraditional gathering places, OM constituents, PEAS, Inc. Community Advisory Group, Priority population gatekeepers, Social behavior researchers (University of Memphis, School of Public Health), Social media groups, Universities/colleges, Walgreens

Potential Funding Sources

  • RWHAP
  • State and/or local funding
  • Public and private funding sources

Estimated Funding Allocation

  • 8 focus groups @ 1,000/ea. = $8,000. Costs include meeting space, supplies, materials, incentives. Training
  • Coordinator =.FTE ($50,000)

Total: $58,000

Outcomes

(Reported annually, locally monitored more frequently)

  • # of Pharmaceutical Trainings
  • # of Focus Group implemented

Monitoring Data Source

  • STI surveillance data
  • EMR