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HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau's
Special Projects of National Significance [1994 - 1999]:
Center for Community Health Education and Research
Completed By:
Eustache
Jean-Louis, M.D., M.P.H.
Last Updated:
July 1999
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1. Lesson Learned: Creating a research mindset within a small community-based agency is a long process and can't happen overnight. Staff often wear so many hats within the agency that they are often devoted to providing hands-on services to meet the needs of consumers instead of being data-driven evaluation- or research-oriented. |
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How related to achievements: Not specified. |
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2. Lesson Learned: Providing psychosocial counseling to Haitian consumers living with HIV is a complex process and one that takes time, effort, and has many challenges. Consumers bring many burdens with them as well as other survival issues that may be higher priority. |
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How related to achievements: Flexibility and adaptation is key. |
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3. Lesson Learned: Creating a curriculum and implementing a project of this magnitude takes much time and effort, often times, significantly longer then anticipated. CCHER did not enroll clients into the project until the end of year 2, after two years of the project development process, longer than anticipated and planned. |
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How related to achievements: Not specified. |
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4. Lesson Learned: Be humble. Reducing barriers, changing behaviors, promoting adherence among target population happens in small increments and take a long period of time. Outcomes that may not seem significant to the larger field of HIV providers, but have nonetheless tremendous significance to those of us here at CCHER working all day with Haitian consumers. Quantitative data alone will not capture the whole story. Qualitative data, especially among the target population, is necessary to fully understand the impact the program has had on our consumer group. |
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How related to achievements: Not specified. |
| 5. Lesson Learned: Consumers need continued reinforcement and long term counseling to address many issues that are going to promote and sustain the kinds of changes necessary to prevent HIV transmission among the Haitian community. This project and the informal short term counseling it has provided is just the groundwork for continued efforts needed in the community. |
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Achievements from this Project
Project Index for Achievements and Lessons Learned
Center for Community Health Education and Research
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