- Author
- Drysdale, Robyn
- Title
- Franco-Australian Pacific Regional HIV/AIDS and STI Initiative: Behaviour Change Communication: Training Needs Assessment Report
- Editor
- Secretariat of the Pacific Community
- Imprint
- Secretariat of the Pacific Community, August 2004, 25 pp
- Description
Reproduced with the Secretariat of the Pacific Community's kind permission.
- Abstract
"A role of the Pacific Regional HIV/AIDS and STI Initiative within the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) will be to assist Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) to strengthen their health promotion responses to HIV/AIDS & STI and to strengthen behaviour change initiatives that target risk behaviours. The design document for the Pacific Regional HIV/AIDS Project (PRHP) identified the role of the project in the development of regional behaviour change communication materials and methodologies . A key task is to identify regional training needs in behaviour change communication (BCC) and conduct training for Pacific Island Countries’ government and civil society partners. In order to do so training needs analysis has been undertaken. This needs analysis precedes the development and evaluation of behaviour change strategies and materials and the provision of training in BCC methods. An analysis of training needs in behaviour change communication among government and civil society organizations (CSOs) involved in HIV prevention programs was undertaken to assess the current level of knowledge and skills on BCC in the region, to provide an overview of the guide the development of a training program in BCC. The training needs analysis also provides data on other training / capacity development needs (outside of BCC) for the Pacific Regional HIV/AIDS Initiative and other technical and regional agencies."