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.

We strongly recommend that 2-3 staff members per organization attend the 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.