TOWARD REDUCING THE SPREAD OF HIV IN NORTHEASTERN THAI VILLAGES - EVALUATION OF A VILLAGE-BASED INTERVENTION

This paper presents results of the evaluation of an intervention desig ned for northeastern Thai villages and particularly for village women. The intervention was based on established principles of behavior chan ge, social learning theory, and community health promotion, and it was grounded in elicitation research. A total of 600 women and 479 men fr om 12 villages participated in the evaluation which used data collecte d from face-to-face knowledge, attitude, practices (KAP) surveys, focu s groups, and village meetings in a quasi-experimental pre- and post-c ontrol group design. Eight of the nine outcome goals set for the inter vention were achieved with significant increases in married women taki ng the initiative in reducing the risk posed to them by the sexual act ivities of their husbands.