TY - JOUR
T1 - Changing hearts and minds
T2 - Results from a multi-country gender and sexual diversity training
AU - Poteat, Tonia
AU - Park, Chulwoo
AU - Solares, Diego
AU - Williams, John K.
AU - Wolf, R. Cameron
AU - Metheny, Noah
AU - Vazzano, Andrea
AU - Dent, Juan
AU - Gibbs, Ashley
AU - Nonyane, Bareng Aletta Sanny
AU - Toiv, Nora
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PY - 2017/9
Y1 - 2017/9
N2 - Engaging key populations, including gender and sexual minorities, is essential to meeting global targets for reducing new HIV infections and improving the HIV continuum of care. Negative attitudes toward gender and sexual minorities serve as a barrier to political will and effective programming for HIV health services. The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), established in 2003, provided Gender and Sexual Diversity Trainings for 2,825 participants including PEPFAR staff and program implementers, U.S. government staff, and local stakeholders in 38 countries. The outcomes of these one-day trainings were evaluated among a subset of participants using a mixed methods pre- and post-training study design. Findings suggest that sustainable decreases in negative attitudes toward gender and sexual minorities are achievable with a one-day training.
AB - Engaging key populations, including gender and sexual minorities, is essential to meeting global targets for reducing new HIV infections and improving the HIV continuum of care. Negative attitudes toward gender and sexual minorities serve as a barrier to political will and effective programming for HIV health services. The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), established in 2003, provided Gender and Sexual Diversity Trainings for 2,825 participants including PEPFAR staff and program implementers, U.S. government staff, and local stakeholders in 38 countries. The outcomes of these one-day trainings were evaluated among a subset of participants using a mixed methods pre- and post-training study design. Findings suggest that sustainable decreases in negative attitudes toward gender and sexual minorities are achievable with a one-day training.
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U2 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0184484
DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0184484
M3 - Article
C2 - 28926568
AN - SCOPUS:85029578618
SN - 1932-6203
VL - 12
JO - PloS one
JF - PloS one
IS - 9
M1 - e0184484
ER -