Integrating prevention in residential and community care settings: a multidimensional program evaluation

Abstract

As people with HIV live longer and healthier lives, ongoing prevention with positive individuals has become a new focus of care. Effective prevention with positives interventions are emerging and new interventions continue to be developed. This article discusses the development and evaluation of the prevention for positives intervention developed for a large AIDS service organization in Chicago. The intervention consists of case manager based HIV prevention education and support within residential and community settings. The article describes the intervention and presents the methods and findings of the program evaluation. The multidimensional evaluation includes formative and process evaluation elements as well as qualitative and quantitative measures (N = 94). The article concludes with a discussion of the challenges and opportunities associated with integrating prevention into care.