TY - JOUR
T1 - Lessons Learned from Implementing the SHIELD Intervention
T2 - A Peer Education Intervention for People Who Use Drugs
AU - Davey-Rothwellh, Melissa
AU - Owczarzak, Jill
AU - Collins, Karina
AU - Dolcini, M. Margaret
AU - Tobin, Karin
AU - Mitchell, Frances
AU - Jones, Abenea
AU - Latkin, Carl
N1 - Funding Information:
This project was supported by National Institute of Mental Health (Grant# 1K01MH096611).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2021/11
Y1 - 2021/11
N2 - HIV prevention and care peer education interventions have demonstrated effectiveness at changing HIV risk and care behaviors among a variety of at-risk populations in different settings. However, little is known about the implementation of this type of intervention in community-based settings. Further, there is limited information available regarding the facilitators and barriers to implementing peer education interventions in community-based settings. In this study, we explore implementation facilitators, barriers, and strategies to overcome these barriers among 12 organizations that implemented the SHIELD intervention, an evidenced-based peer education intervention for people who use drugs. Guided by the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research, we identified several facilitators and barriers at the outer, inner individuals, and intervention level of the implementation process. Future evidence-based public health programs should, in addition to addressing effectiveness, be relevant to the needs and lives of clients.
AB - HIV prevention and care peer education interventions have demonstrated effectiveness at changing HIV risk and care behaviors among a variety of at-risk populations in different settings. However, little is known about the implementation of this type of intervention in community-based settings. Further, there is limited information available regarding the facilitators and barriers to implementing peer education interventions in community-based settings. In this study, we explore implementation facilitators, barriers, and strategies to overcome these barriers among 12 organizations that implemented the SHIELD intervention, an evidenced-based peer education intervention for people who use drugs. Guided by the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research, we identified several facilitators and barriers at the outer, inner individuals, and intervention level of the implementation process. Future evidence-based public health programs should, in addition to addressing effectiveness, be relevant to the needs and lives of clients.
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U2 - 10.1007/s10461-021-03275-z
DO - 10.1007/s10461-021-03275-z
M3 - Article
C2 - 33913060
AN - SCOPUS:85105409811
SN - 1090-7165
VL - 25
SP - 3472
EP - 3481
JO - AIDS and Behavior
JF - AIDS and Behavior
IS - 11
ER -