Tag: HIV/AIDS

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Free Online Course: Using New Media Strategically in response to HIV

Free Online Course

Using New Media Strategically in response to HIV

URL:   http://bit.ly/V9KbXU

John Snow, Inc. and JSI Research & Training Institute – JSI has developed a self-directed, on-demand, online course that introduces social media tools for HIV prevention andhow to develop, monitor, and evaluate a social media strategy.

The course is intended to introduce the most common social media tools and ways that they can be used in response to HIV prevention. The online course also providesguidance on how to develop a social media strategy and ways to monitor and evaluate social media activities.

The course has been created as part of a JSI capacity building assistance project that helps community-based organizations improve the delivery and effectiveness of HIVprevention services for high risk and/or racial/ethnic minority populations.

 

Posted on in Career, Research

Call for papers on sexual health in the Caribbean

The editors of the journal Sexuality Research and Social Policy is requesting article submissions for a special issue on Sexual Health in the Caribbean.

This special issue is intended to showcase the work researchers are doing to address the multiple areas of sexual health in the Caribbean* and the Caribbean diaspora. We encourage authors to submit their work in the areas of sexuality education, sexual rights, social determinants of sexual health, sexual health promotion, HIV and other STIs, sexual diversities – including gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender groups, sexual dysfunctions, among others. We are particularly interested in papers that address the implications of sexual health research to inform policies. Submissions that advance the theoretical and methodological discussions of sexual health research and policy in the Caribbean region are also encouraged.

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Posted on in Career, Research, Social Marketing

PANCAP call for applications to review the interpersonal communications (IPC) strategies of social marketing organisations

CARISMA-PANCAP is requesting applications from suitably qualified consultant(s) to document and review the interpersonal communications (IPC) strategies for HIV prevention and sexual health promotion of social marketing organisations (SMOs) with selected populations in two Caribbean countries (St Lucia and the Dominican Republic), from April – September 2012. This will involve working closely with SMOs who are part of the CARISMA programme.

The deadline for submission of proposals is 21st May 2012 at 17.00 (London time)

Full proposal information, including guidelines for submission and evaluation can be found at: http://pancap.org/en/media-resources/news-group/notices/955-invitation-to-application-including-terms-of-reference-for-the-services-of-a-consultant-s-to-document-and-review-interpersonal-communications-strategies-for-hiv-prevention-and-sexual-and-reproductive-health-promotion-st-lucia-and-the-dominican-republic.html

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Videos from 2011 Caribbean HIV Conference – Sheryl Lee Ralph ‘Sometimes I Cry’

For those of us who were unable to make last years’ Caribbean HIV Conference, the organizers have placed videos of the conference on Youtube. You can video the majority of the conference, from the opening Flag ceremony to the closing remarks.

In the video below, actress/AIDS activist Sheryl Lee Ralph gives a powerful performance of her one-woman show “Sometimes I Cry“, which details the lives, loves and losses of women infected and affected by HIV and AIDS.

Posted on in ICTs, New Media

Join Andre Robb and CrowdOutAIDS

 A few days ago, we posted about Andre Robb’s participation in drafting UNAIDS secretariat strategy. Soroya Julian followed up with him to find out how people across the region can participate in in the process.Through crowdsourcing–a process that enables mass collaboration–the secretariat hopes to engage more young people and others historically left out of strategy development.

So, how does Andre plan to make sure the Caribbean and its specific needs are well represented in the strategy? Here’s what he had to say:

“As far as I understand the CrowdOutAIDS process, the drafting committee is really an aggregator and refiner of the sentiments voiced throughout the process. So at this point, my role may not necessarily be to represent specific needs, as much as it is for me to stay true to the realities experienced by Caribbean young people. I will ensure that in situations where a regional perspective is needed, that I reflect views and insights that have been shared by participants, my own experience and the experiences of those I have access to during the process. The document is being publicly drafted and there is a solutions app on the site, so Caribbean youth and youth all over  the world, continue to have an opportunity to guarantee good representation – isn’t that awesome?!”

Want to get involved? Want to know more about the solutions app that Andre mentioned? Go to the website at CrowdOutAIDS.org of visit their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/pages/CrowdOutAIDS-North-America-Western-Central-Europe/207451279324304.