Video Opportunities for Innovative Condom
Education & Safer Sex: A group-level, single-session video-based
intervention designed to increase condom use among heterosexual African
American and Latino men and women who visit STD clinics.
VOICES/VOCES Videos (Available): including supplemental videos
VOICES/VOCES Videos & Video Guide:
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the
Educational Development Center (EDC), with assistance from the Academy
for Educational Development (AED), held three one-hour VOICES/VOCES Net Meetings during June - August 2009.
The net meetings served as an orientation to four VOICES/VOCES videos:
- Do it Right (for African American heterosexual adults)
- Se Trata de Ti (entirely in Spanish for Latino heterosexual adults)
- It's About You (the English version of Se Trata de Ti)
- Safe in the City (for adults at risk for HIV/STDs)
There were discussions around several
of the scenes in the videos to demonstrate how to use each video and
how to trigger discussions during small-group facilitation. The
presenters provided on-the-spot technical assistance to implementers
and answered questions about the intervention.
- VOICES/VOCES Net Meetings -- (Archived) (click here)
How to request the VOICES/VOCES Videos & Video Guide:
The videos & video guide are available for preview, download and order from this site. However, only agencies that have participated in a CDC-sponsored VOICES/VOCES
training and are currently implementing the VOICES/VOCES intervention
are eligible to receive the original videos & video guide through the mail. As of April 2009, we have responded to more than 500 agencies implementing VOICES/VOCES.
If you are currently implementing the intervention and your agency has not received a mailer with the four VOICES/VOCES videos, please complete the VOICES/VOCES Video Request Form and include the date and location of the VOICES/VOCES training that you attended. Due to anticipated heavy volume of emails, please
allow 2-3 weeks to receive the mailer.
Supplemental VOICES/VOCES Videos:
Seven Supplemental VOICES/VOCES Videos have been approved by the CDC for use as alternative videos for the V/V Intervention. These videos were developed by the Miami-Dade County Health Department, Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital and the Broward County Health Department to target specific populations in addition to those addressed in the original V/V videos. The seven supplemental videos are:
- Es tu vida, cuidate (for heterosexual Latino men and women)
(Developed by Miami-Dade County HD) - Paisanos (for Latino migrant farm workers)
(Developed by Miami-Dade County HD/EMS) - Quien te protégé te merecee (for Hispanic MSMs)
(Developed by Miami-Dade County HD) - Love Exchange II (for heterosexual African American men and women)
(Developed by Florida Dept. of Health, Bureau of HIV/AIDS Prevention Section) - Second Chances (for African American re-entry populations)
(Developed by Broward County Health Department with SAMHSA funds--produced by MiaVision) - Poukisa? Paske! (for Haitian heterosexual men and women)
(Developed by Miami-Dade County HD) - POP(Put on Protection) Guys (for disabled persons)
(Developed by the Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital & Robinson Films, Inc.)
How to request the Supplemental VOICES/VOCES Videos:
The supplemental videos are available for preview, download and order from this site. All agencies are eligible to receive the supplemental videos. Unfortunately, we are only able to provide one copy of each DVD. You may reproduce additional copies, as needed. Please complete the
Supplemental VOICES/VOCES Videos Request Form. Due to anticipated heavy volume of emails, please allow 2-3 weeks to receive the mailer.
Please note that we are not distributing the VOICES/VOCES kits,
which individuals received at the training. The original VOICES/VOCES
kit has not been revised.
If you have any questions, please contact Stephanie Upton at
supton@danya.com Thank you!
General Training Information
We strongly recommend that 2-3 staff members per organization attend a VOICES/VOCES training:
Staff Required to Attend:
Group facilitators (or any staff)
who will facilitate the VOICES/VOCES sessions.
Staff Recommended to Attend:
Program Coordinators who provide oversight or supervision to the
Group Facilitators and are responsible for coordination of the
VOICES/VOCES intervention.
and/or
Program Manager or
Executive Director to facilitate agency internal capacity building and
commitment to the VOICES/VOCES intervention.
Participants,
grouped by gender and ethnicity, view an English or Spanish video on
HIV risk behaviors and condom use and take part in a facilitated
discussion.
The VOICES/VOCES program targets African-American and Latino adult men and women clinic clients.
Research and Development
O'Donnell, C.R., O'Donnell, L., San Doval, A., Duran, R., Labes, K.
(1998). Reductions in STD Infections Subsequent to an STD Clinic Visit:
Using Video-based Patient Education to Supplement Provider
Interactions. Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 25 (3), 161 – 168.
Program Review Panel Information
The CDC requires all CDC-funded agencies using the VOICES/VOCES
intervention to identify, or establish, and utilize a Program Review
Panel and complete Form 0.1113 to document this activity. The
intervention researchers and developers are not involved in this
activity. This is a CDC requirement for their grantees, and all
questions in this regard should be directed to your agency's CDC
Project Officer or to the health department funding your agency's
implementation of the intervention.
The Program Review Panel guidelines, instructions for completion of Form 0.113, and the form itself are available under the Related Links section of this website.
CDC Policy on Youth Peer Outreach Workers
CDC funded (directly or indirectly) agencies using youth (either paid
or volunteer) in program outreach activities, it is very important that
said organizations use caution and judgment in the venues/situations
where youth workers are placed. Agencies should give careful
consideration to the "age appropriateness" of the activity or venue.
Additionally, agencies should comply with all relevant laws and
regulations regarding entrance into adult establishments/environments.
Laws and curfews should be clearly outlined in required safety
protocols developed and implemented by agencies directly and indirectly
funded by CDC.
If you have specific questions, please contact your CDC project officer.