Capacity Building and Technical Assistance

For more information, please contact 213
553-1847.

Through collaborative partnerships forged with the
Asian Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF)
and the Asian Pacific Islander Wellness Center (APIWC)
in San Francisco, APAIT develops and implements regionally
structure and integrated capacity building systems through
technical assistance programming to national, regional
and local non-governmental organizations.

Services are broken down in three priority areas:

Priority Area #2: Design, development,
implementation and evaluation of effective HIV prevention
interventions for racial/minority individuals whose
behavior places them at risk for acquiring or transmitting
HIV and other STDs.

Examples of Priority Area #2 Capacity Building
Services Provided:
• Service Integration
• Effective health communication message development
• Intervention adaptation or replication
• Priority setting for interventions and target
populations
• Population-based needs assessment
• Collaboration with researchers
• Development of community-based research methods
• Developing effective staff training

Priority Area #3: Improving the capacity
of community stakeholders, including CDC-funded community
based organizations (CBOs) to build and strengthen community
infrastructure for HIV prevention.

Examples of Priority Area #3 Capacity Building
Services Provided:
– Network development
– Policy development and analysis
– Collaboration with health departments
– Media relations
– Community mobilization strategy development
– Community resources inventory development
– Communication network development
– Peer staff support
– Community Organization
– Strategy for community infrastructure development
and implementation

Priority Area #4: Improving the capacity
of community based organizations (CBOs), community members,
and other HIV prevention stakeholders to effectively
participate in the HIV/ prevention community planning
process.

Examples of Priority Area #4 Capacity Building
Services:
– Use of parity, inclusion and representative in the
community planning process
– Use of data for decision making
– Public speaking and persuasion
– Group and meeting facilitation
– Public health policy analysis
– Leadership development
– Use of prioritization strategies
– Assertiveness skills
– Consensus building
– Partnerships and coalition building

Services are prioritized for directly funded CDC community
based organizations; however, any organizations are
welcome to access services. APAIT works with other consultants
and capacity building experts to meet your own unique
needs.

For more information or to ACCESS SERVICES, please
contact (213) 553-1847.