Date: 14 May 2013
Time: 12:15-14:00
Presenters: Prof. Linda Richter (Principal Investigator) and Dr Heidi van Rooyen (Project Director) Both presenters are based in the HIV/AIDS, STIs and TB programme, HSRC
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NIMH Project Accept (Hptn 043): A Cluster-Randomized Trial of Community Mobilization, Mobile HIV Testing, Post-Test Support Services and Real-Time Performance Feedback for HIV Prevention in Entire Communities
Project Accept is the first community-randomized trial to test a combination of social, behavioral, and structural approaches for HIV prevention, and to assess the impact of an integrated strategy for HIV prevention on recent HIV infection as well as behavioral and social outcomes at the community level. Project Accept was conducted in 34 communities in Africa (South Africa, Tanzania and Zimbabwe) and 14 communities in Thailand. In South Africa the trial was conducted through the HSRC’s rural field office in KwaZulu Natal and through PHRU in urban Soweto.
Professor Linda Richter (Principal Investigator) and Dr Heidi van Rooyen (Project Director) will discuss the study findings, share lessons learned, and consider the implications of this groundbreaking study for HIV prevention and for conducting large scale implementation research.
This seminar may be attended via video conference in Pretoria, Cape Town and KwaZulu-Natal. Details as below. The speakers will be in KwaZulu-Natal.
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Cape Town: HSRC, 12th Floor, Plein Park Building (Opposite Revenue Office), Plein Street, Cape Town. Contact Jean Witten, Tel (021) 4668004, Fax (021) 461 0299, or JWitten@hsrc.ac.za
Durban: First floor HSRC board room, 750 Francois Road, Ntuthuko Junction, Pods 5 and 6, Cato Manor, Contact Ridhwaan Khan, Tel (031) 242 5400, cell: 083 788 2786 or RKhan@hsrc.ac.za
Pretoria: HSRC Video Conference, 1st floor HSRC Library Human Sciences Research Council, 134 Pretorius Street, Pretoria. Arlene Grossberg, Tel: (012) 302 2811, e-mail: acgrossberg@hsrc.ac.za