title: Assessing the HIV prevention capacity building needs of community-based organizations.
abstract: Community-based organizations (CBOs) have been providing HIV prevention services to priority populations for many years. Recent research suggests that CBOs could benefit from capacity building to strengthen their public health prevention knowledge and skills, including ability to access and use behavioral science to guide prevention efforts. A cross-sectional survey of 316 CBOs was conducted to assess desire and preferences for training, support for training at the organizational level, motivation for training at the individual level, barriers to training, and factors associated with the perceived need for training. Results suggest the need for a national training initiative to increase CBO capacity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Promotion and Education School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA.
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Richter
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Prince
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Potts
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Reininger
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Fraser
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Fulmer
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003153:Community Health Services; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004496:Education, Continuing / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States