NOTE: These FAQs contain links to both CAPS and non-CAPS resources.
- What TA and CBA do CAPS and Pacific AIDS Education and Training Center (PAETC) offer?
- How do I access TA or CBA services?
- I think I might have been exposed to HIV! Can you tell me if I’m at risk?
- Where can I get basic information about HIV transmission?
- How can I volunteer for a study?
- I’m writing a paper and I need some information.
- Do you have any survey instruments or evaluation resources?
- Do you have any educational materials (videos, posters, pamphlets, etc) that can be used in prevention programs?
- Where can I get AIDS/HIV statistics?
- Do you have model programs that work for specific populations?
- How do I become an HIV prevention researcher?
1. What TA and CBA do CAPS and Pacific AIDS Education and Training Center (PAETC) offer?
- AETC National Evaluation Center
- Center of Excellence for Transgender Health
- Capacity Building Assistance project
- Mpowerment Project
- Technology and Information Exchange (TIE) Core
- Transitions Project
2. How do I access TA or CBA services?
- Review the websites listed above to see if your program is eligible and make contact.
- Give the TA or CBA provider information about your needs.
- Gather more information, talk to more people in your agency, review materials, or respond to suggestions from the provider.
- Call or email the provider again to ask more questions, discuss progress, or to get help solving problems. Our goal as providers as to develop a relationship with you and to become a source of support and encouragement as you do your difficult work.
3. I think I might have been exposed to HIV! Can you tell me if I’m at risk?
- Please speak to a trained HIV/AIDS counselor who can give you a personalized answer to your question. Call the National AIDS Hotline 24 hours a day/7 days a week at 1-800-CDC-INFO or 1-800-232-4636 for both Spanish and English, or call your state’s AIDS Hotline.
- If you’d rather ask on-line, write to the trained counselors at Go Ask Aliceor The Body
4. Where can I get basic information about HIV transmission?
5. How can I volunteer for a study?
- Please read about studies currently recruiting.You may or may not fit the study’s requirements.
6. I’m writing a paper and I need some information.
- Check out the HIV InSite Knowledge Base, with everything you need to know about HIV/AIDS from prevention to treatment to transmission to policy.
- If you’re interested in academic journal articles, check out the National Library of Medicine’s PubMed, a searchable database of articles.
7. Do you have any survey instruments or evaluation resources?
- CAPS survey instruments
- AIDS Education and Training Centers National Evaluation Center
- Population Council
- Center for HIV Identification, Prevention, and Treatment Services (CHIPTS)
- The Measurement Group
8. Do you have any educational materials (videos, posters, pamphlets, etc.) that can be used in prevention programs?
- CAPS Fact Sheets, Manuals, and Reports
- CDC’s National Prevention Information Network
- ETR Associates (fee for materials)
9. Where can I get AIDS/HIV statistics?
- CDC Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention
- National Center for Health Statistics
- Census Bureau
- WHO/UNAIDS - Report on the Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic
10. Do you have model programs that work for specific populations?
- CAPS Model Programs
- CDC’s Diffusion of Effective Behavioral Interventions (DEBI)
- California Collaborations in HIV Prevention Research Dissemination Project
- Sociometrics (fee for materials)
- Best Practices in Mexico (large PDF document)
11. How do I become an HIV prevention researcher?
CAPS offers several domestic and international training programs.
- Traineeships in AIDS Prevention Studies (TAPS) Program
- The Collaborative HIV Prevention Research in Minority Communities Program
- International Traineeships in AIDS Prevention Studies (I-TAPS)
- The ICOHRTA Brazilian Scientists Program
Last modified: February 7, 2011