National Dissemination Effort

The CDC recently embarked on a multi-million-dollar, multi-site initiative to disseminate effective behavioral intervention programs in STD/HIV prevention. VOICES/VOCES is being
disseminated nationally through the CDC’s Diffusion of Effective Behavioral Interventions Project (DEBI).

“ We are committed to strengthening our program’s capacity to develop targeted, sustained, and evidence-based HIV prevention interventions through our technology transfer efforts. HIV prevention technology transfer is a process by which effective interventions are identified, disseminated and implemented in the field,” says Robert Janssen, MD, director of the division of HIV/AIDS prevention at the CDC.


To begin this national dissemination campaign, the CDC Technology Transfer Project produced a satellite broadcast highlighting VOICES/VOCES and three other effective behavioral interventions, reaching a national viewing audience of community based agencies and programs. CDC and other staff across the country will be trained in delivering the VOICES/VOCES curriculum and will receive technical assistance to address implementation issues.

VOICES/VOCES is already being implemented by a variety of community-based programs. In Boston, Action for Boston Community Development has used the program in jails, shelters for battered women, house parties, and hair salons. In Texas, Families Under Urban and Social Attack implemented the program at a school for African American barbers.