Sage Associates evaluated a pilot HIV education program conducted in five Texas prison facilities that used male and female prisoners as peer educators. Quantitative data, collected via pre- and post- surveys from 242 prisoners, indicated statistically significant increases in knowledge of HIV/AIDS and non-significant improvements in attitudes and beliefs about HIV/AIDS prevention. Qualitative data were
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The MPower Project (aka XCYTE) was an HIV prevention intervention designed to reduce the risk of HIV in young, gay males in Houston, Texas. The project was based upon similar projects in Austin and California and focused on the creation and nurturance of a social support network of peers to reinforce HIV education messages and
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In July of 2002, AIDS Foundation Houston and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice conducted two 1½-day conferences for 161 offenders from 21 institutions across the state. All of these offenders had been previously trained as peer health educators through a collaborative project of AFH, TDCJ, and UTMB. Peer educators were transported to one of
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