Px Wire is AVAC’s quarterly update covering the latest in the field of biomedical HIV prevention research, implementation and advocacy. As this issue of Px Wire went to press, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced its approval of daily oral TDF/FTC for PrEP. The issue reviews global PrEP developments and presents an infographic summarizing progress towards beginning to end the AIDS epidemic. In addition, this issue includes a list of prevention research-related sessions at AIDS 2012.
Px Wire July-September 2012, Vol. 5, No. 3
GPP Training Session 5: The GPP journey
Training Session #5 from AVAC’s Good Participatory Practice (GPP) Training Curriculum. It provides instructions to a GPP trainer for conducting a session examining the most optimal stakeholder engagement practices using short vignettes linked to the 16 GPP topic areas.
GPP Training Session 6: Case studies
Training Session #6 from AVAC’s Good Participatory Practice (GPP) Training Curriculum. It provides instructions to a GPP trainer for conducting a session where participants examine several case studies and respond with potential GPP strategies for engaging stakeholders.
GPP Training Session 7: GPP cabbage
Training Session #7 from AVAC’s Good Participatory Practice (GPP) Training Curriculum. It provides instructions to a GPP trainer for conducting a session where participants answer questions about GPP concepts, building skills in explaining stakeholder engagement.
GPP Training Session 8: Where do we fall on the grid
Training Session #8 from AVAC’s Good Participatory Practice (GPP) Training Curriculum. It provides instructions to a GPP trainer for conducting a session where participants learn about the principle of mutual understanding. They practice determining whether certain individuals need to increase understanding of research and/or the surrounding environment.
GPP Training Session 9: Stakeholder layers
Training Session #9 from AVAC’s Good Participatory Practice (GPP) Training Curriculum. It provides instructions to a GPP trainer for conducting a session where participants examine various layers of research stakeholders, giving examples of each, and examining why each may be important to the research process.
GPP Training Session 10: Hot seat
Training Session #10 from AVAC’s Good Participatory Practice (GPP) Training Curriculum. It provides instructions to a GPP trainer for conducting a session where participants practice answering questions of increasing level of difficulty about GPP in order to build their skills as trainers and GPP experts. This session is optimal for a GPP Training of Trainers workshop or an advanced level training.
GPP Training Session 11: Facilitate your discussion
Training Session #11 from AVAC’s Good Participatory Practice (GPP) Training Curriculum. It provides instructions to a GPP trainer for conducting a session where participants practice facilitating a discussion around a key, sensitive, or more difficult GPP topic. This session is optimal for use in a GPP Training of Trainers or advanced level training workshop.
GPP Training Session 12: Action planning
Training Session #12 from AVAC’s Good Participatory Practice (GPP) Training Curriculum. It provides instructions to a GPP trainer for conducting a session where participants develop a plan for future GPP-related trainings or activities. This session is meant for use primarily with participants who are responsible for engagement activities.
GPP Training Session 13: Close of GPP training and post-test
Training Session #13 from AVAC’s Good Participatory Practice (GPP) Training Curriculum. It provides instructions to a GPP trainer to lead participants through the closing of a training and the post-test.