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Community Involvement Toolbox

The Community Involvement Toolbox is intended to serve as a resource site for HPTN Community Educators and Community Advisory Board (CAB) members. It includes useful materials that support community education and training efforts and access to technical assistance. Community Educators are also encouraged to contribute to the toolbox, to encourage information exchange.

• Frequently Asked Questions – includes common questions and answers about community involvement in HPTN research and microbicides 

  • Community FAQs

  • Microbicide FAQs

• Community Involvement Program Presentations – Power Point presentations of the HPTN Community Working Group (CWG):

  • HPTN Overview
  • Community Consultation – Lessons Learned in HIV Community-Based Research, Ron Strauss
  • Enhancing Community Participation in HIV Prevention Research, Steve Morin
  • Report by the CWG to the Executive Committee from the February, 2002 Strategic Planning  Meeting, Janet Fröhlich and Steve Morin

• Community Advisory Board Guidelines – guidance for CAB development and operation

• HIV/AIDS Global Timeline (pdf) – a timeline of significant events and developments in HIV/AIDS since 1980, including HIVNET and HPTN – specific milestones

For Technical Assistance contact the HPTN CORE Community Program Staff:
Jonathan Lucas, Community Program Manager, FHI
Rhonda White, Community Program Manager, FHI
Charlyne Rich, Community Program Administrative Assistant, FHI

Send any questions or comments regarding this site to: hptn@fhi.org
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