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The 2005 Asian and Pacific Islander West Coast Regional Skills Building Training

Orange County California, March 10 and 11, 2005

Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention Team's Community and Development Research Department, in collaboration with our Capacity Building and Technical Assistance Partners, Asian Pacific Islander Wellness Center and Asian and Pacific Islander Health Forum in San Francisco conducted The 2005 West Coast Regional Asian and Pacific Islander Skills Building Training in Anaheim, California on Thursday and Friday, March 10 and 11, 2005.

The overall goal of this year's training is to increase agencies' and programs' capacity in the area of Program and Organizational Development for Asian & Pacific Islander (A&PIs) HIV prevention programs as well as in community-based organizations (CBOs) across the West Coast Region. API key staff and organizational leaders of HIV prevention interventions programs were invited to attend this event.

This year, this skills building training was focused on area of Management and Effective Communications as well as The Centers for Disease Control's Diffusion of Effective Behavioral Interventions (DEBIs). Participants were provided a series of interactive tools in effective management communications as well as resources in adapting and tailoring CDC recommended interventions into their current organizational structures.

To this end, trainings have been developed to focus on each of the following areas and participants were asked to enhance skills and resources on:

1. Basic DEBI intervention design, adaptation, tailoring, & implementation;
2. Key Tools in relation to Human Resources and the importance of effective communication
3. Networking and Capacity Building and Technical Assistance Services

This event was truly a success with participants from Los Angeles and Orange Counties, Seattle, Santa Clara, San Jose, San Francisco, and even folks from Honolulu, Hawaii.

Got Capacity Building and Technical Assistance questions? Contact Elizabeth Mediano at 714-636-9115 or at elizabethm@apaitonline.org

Participants learning the core elements of a DEBI Intervention

Event photos: (Click on the thumbnails for a larger view)