On the Horizon -- September 2004
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"On the Horizon" is an electronic news capsule from the Horizons
Program (http://www.popcouncil.org/horizons), a global opera-
tions research initiative designed to:
* Identify and test strategies to improve HIV/AIDS prevention,
treatment, and care services;
* Disseminate research findings and promote their utilization
with the aim of replicating and scaling up successful interven-
tions.
Strengthening Workplace HIV Programs: Findings from Horizons
Studies
Using Incentives to Encourage HIV/AIDS Programs and Policies in
the Workplace: A Study of Feasibility and Impact in Thailand
Examines the role of incentives in encouraging companies in
Thailand to adopt workplace policies and programs that reduce
AIDS-related stigma and discrimination and respond to the needs
of workers for information and services.
Full Report (PDF):
http://www.popcouncil.org/pdfs/horizons/tbcafnl.pdf
Research Summary also available:
http://www.popcouncil.org/horizons/ressum/wrkplc/tbca/tbca_intro.html
Expanding Workplace HIV Prevention Activities for a Highly Mo-
bile Population: Construction Workers in Ho Chi Minh City
Compares two workplace HIV prevention programs for construction
workers: an existing workplace program that utilizes primarily
social work students to deliver HIV prevention education, and a
new peer education model.
Full Report (PDF):
http://www.popcouncil.org/pdfs/horizons/vtnmcnstrwrkrsfnl.pdf
Research Summary also available:
http://www.popcouncil.org/horizons/ressum/wrkplc/vtnmcnstrwrkr/vtnmcnstrwrkr_intro.html
For more information, mailto:horizons@pcdc.org
Additional publications on this and other topics are available
on our website at http://www.popcouncil.org/horizons
Horizons is implemented by the Population Council in partnership
with the International Center for Research on Women, the Inter-
national HIV/AIDS Alliance, the Program for Appropriate Technol-
ogy in Health, Tulane University, Family Health International,
and Johns Hopkins University. Horizons is funded by the U.S.
Agency for International Development (USAID).
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Sherry Hutchinson
mailto:shutchinson@pcdc.org