Safe in the City

Safe in the City is an HIV and STI prevention intervention designed for patients in STI clinic waiting rooms, developed through HealthHIV’s National HIV E-Learning Training Center which is part of the Capacity Building Assistance for High-Impact HIV Prevention Program Integration.

This 30-minute, video-based intervention aims to increase condom use and other safer sex behaviors in order to reduce infections among patients who view the video. In addition to the video, supplemental materials are provided to promote the intervention and to provide safer sex information for clients.

Safe in the City can be easily integrated into the clinic waiting room, requires very little staff time to set up with no disruption to clinic flow, and requires no counseling or small-group facilitation.

The Capacity Building Assistance Provider Network (CPN) National HIV Classroom and eLearning Centers offers this course through funding from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Essential Elements

The essential elements of this video are to:

• Increase knowledge and perception of HIV/STI risk.
• Promote knowledge of correct condom use.
• Promote positive attitudes toward condom use.
• Increase intentions to use condoms.
• Build self-efficacy for testing, facilitating partner testing, and treatment.
• Build self-efficacy for practicing safer sex and the acquisition, negotiation, and use of condoms.
• Build skills for facilitating partner testing and treatment.
• Build skills for practicing safer sex, and the acquisition, negotiation, and use of condoms.
• Model appropriate behaviors around practicing safer sex.