From the *Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA; †Education Development Center, Newton, MA; ‡Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA; §Bureau of STD, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY; and ¶Division of Transplantation, Healthcare Systems Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, Rockville, MD
The authors thank their partners in research, whose efforts made the project possible. New York City: Alana Carnegie (Public Health Educator); Franz Desire (Clinic Manager Consultant); Millicent Freeman (Director, STD Health Education Unit); Aurea Hernandez (Manager, Central Harlem STD Clinic); Ken Hutcherson (Public Health Advisor); Mark Naftel (Public Health Educator); Grace Pabaru (Public Health Educator); Steve Rubin (Deputy Director, Bureau of STD Control); Yi-Ci ‘Mary' Shao (STD Surveillance); John Thacker (Chief, STD Education Unit); Susan Wright (Director, STD Field Services). San Juan, Puerto Rico: Nilda Cruz Escribano (Assistant Health Educator); Carlos Gadea (Director of CLETS); Sandra Gavillán Sanchez (Health Educator); Arturo Geigel-Bunker (Administrator of CLETS); María I. Goyco (Health Educator); Angeles Rodriguez (Executive Director of the Central Office for STD/HIV, San Juan Department of Health); Manuel Rodriguez Bidot (STD Surveillance); Elbia Tirado. Education Development Center, Inc: Richard Duran (Field Supervisor); Athi Myint-U (Senior Research Associate).
Supported by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, contract 200–2201–00132.
The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Correspondence: Mary Spink Neumann, PhD, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-E37, Atlanta, GA 30333. E-mail: [email protected].
Received for publication March 23, 2010, and accepted July 1, 2010.