Funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),
through a cooperative agreement with the Association of Schools
of Public Health (ASPH), the CDC/ASPH Institute for HIV
Prevention Leadership is a comprehensive, capacity building
educational program designed specifically for HIV prevention
program managers who work in community-based organizations (CBOs).
The Institute capacity building is focused on a dual track
curriculum that integrates principles of public health
prevention and strategic planning and management.
Key prevention topics include:
Conducting community assessments
Intervention planning and implementation
Monitoring and evaluation
Behavioral and social theory
Key strategic planning and management
topics include:
Strategic planning and management
Social marketing
Media advocacy
Organizational behavior
The curriculum is offered over a period of nine months and
includes four weeks of on-site instruction provided
approximately once a quarter. Instructional methods and
techniques are modeled on adult learning theory and involve
didactic presentations coupled with small group exercises, case
studies, role-play, and group facilitation exercises.
Importantly, the four on-site weeks of instruction are
supplemented by distance learning support via the Internet.
Additionally, between on-site sessions, participants must complete
an Integrative Learning Experience (ILE) by applying what they learn
during each on-site week in their own CBOs. The ILE builds after
each week and by the end of their course of study each participant
produces a strategic plan to address one business/operational priority
and a plan to implement and evaluate an HIV prevention intervention.
It is expected that these plans will be used to enhance future funding
opportunities. In addition to the distance learning support provided,
participants are assigned an advisor who serves as a mentor throughout
the entire course of study.
The 2009 Application is closed.
The Institute for HIV Prevention Leadership is no longer accepting applications for the Class of 2009.
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