The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Abstract #40868

Rodolfo R. Vega, PhD¹, Liza Molina, ScD, MPH¹, Thomas W Mangione, PhD², Kim S. Watson, BA³, Jackie Nolan, MPH⁴, Lucille Perez, MD⁵, and Fabian Eluma, MD, PhD, MPH⁵. (1) JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc., 44 Farnsworth Street, Boston, MA 02210-1211, 617.482.9485, rvega@jsi.com, (2) Survey Research Group, JSI Research and Training Institute, Inc, 44 Farnsworth St, Boston, MA 02210, (3) Survey Research Group, JSI Research and Training Institute, 44 Farnsworth Street, Boston, MA 02210, (4) JSI Research and Training, 44 Farnsworth Street, Boston, MA 02210, (5) Medical and Clinical Affairs, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, SAMHSA, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockwall II, Rockville, MD 20857

A core goal of the SAMHSA/CSAP's Integrated HIV and Substance Abuse Prevention Initiative is to strengthen community capacity to implement HIV and substance abuse prevention strategies. To evaluate the outcome of this goal, the present study examined the interorganizational relations between each of the 47 funded programs comprising the Initiative and local AIDS and substance abuse providers delivering services in 17 prevention categories. Interorganizational relations were examined in terms of frequency of contacts, referral patterns, resource exchange, types of collaborations, perceived trust, and perceived cultural competency. Elements of social capital theory and social network methodology informed both the methodology and the data analysis. The programs reported on the development and/or maintenance of interorganizational relations with over 500 HIV and substance abuse prevention services providers. The study concludes that the presence of prevention resources in a community, along with the pattern of interorganizational relations among service providers strengthens the community capacity to respond to the dual threat of HIV and substance abuse problems. The service products of these resources serve as the HIV/AIDS and substance abuse prevention capital of minority communities.

Learning Objectives: At the end of this presentation participants will be able to

• identify basic components of community-based prevention
• articulate the relation between comunity capacity and interorganizational relations
• describe the relation between social capital and social network theory

Keywords: HIV/AIDS, Community Capacity

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I have a significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.
Relationship: JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. is the Program Coordinating Center for the CSAP MAI.