WiLLOW
Targeted HIV+ subpopulations: Heterosexual women
The Women Involved in Life Learning from Other Women (WiLLOW) intervention is a small group, skill-training intervention for women living with HIV. Through interactive discussions within groups of 8–10 women, the intervention emphasizes gender pride and informs women how to identify and maintain supportive people in their social networks. The intervention enhances awareness of HIV transmission risk behaviors, discredits myths regarding HIV prevention for people living with HIV, teaches communication skills for negotiating safer sex, and reinforces the benefits of consistent condom use. WiLLOW also teaches women how to distinguish between healthy and unhealthy relationships, discusses the impact of abusive partners on safer sex, and provides information about local shelters for women in abusive relationships.
Content Sources
1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2009 Compendium of Evidence-Based HIV Prevention Interventions. Best-Evidence Interventions. http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/research/prs/best-evidence-intervention.htm#completelist Accessed March 26, 2011.
2. Diffusion of Effective Behavioral Interventions. http://www.effectiveinterventions.org Accessed March 26, 2011.
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