Healthy Love

Healthy Love is a single-session, small-group (4-15 women) intervention delivered to pre-existing groups of Black women (e.g., friends, sororities) in settings of their choosing. It delivers HIV prevention information and teaches condom use skills in a highly interactive, festive, and non-judgmental manner.

Funded Contractors:

  • GBAPP, Inc., Bridgeport, CT (203) 366-8255
  • APEX, Danbury, CT (203) 778-2437

NIA

Nia is a video-based motivational skills-building small-group intervention consisting of 6-10 participants in each group. The intervention includes videos, movie clips, and discussion to educate men about HIV/AIDS, elevate their mood, and entertain them while reinforcing information and motivating behavior change.

Funded Contractors:

  • AIDS CT, Hartford, CT (860) 247-2437
  • InterCommunity, Inc., East Hartford, CT (860) 461-0130

MPowerment

MPowerment is a community level intervention for young men who have sex with men (MSM). MPowerment uses a combination of informal and formal outreach, discussion groups, creation of safe spaces, social opportunities, and social marketing to reach a broad range of young gay men with HIV prevention, safer sex, and risk reduction messages.

Funded Contractors:

  • A Place to Nourish your Health (APNH), New Haven, CT (203) 624-0947
  • Hartford Gay and Lesbian Health Collective, Hartford, CT (860) 278-4163

SISTA

SISTA (Sisters Informing Sisters about Topics on AIDS) is a peer-led, skill-building intervention project to prevent HIV infection in African American women. It is delivered in 5 sessions and includes discussions of self-esteem, relationships, and sexual health.

Funded Contractors:

  • InterCommunity, Inc., East Hartford, CT (860) 461-0130