The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) would like to thank the following persons who worked diligently over a number of years to research, write, and compile the information presented in this document. Special appreciation is extended to Susan E. Dietz, RN, MS, Chief, Training and Education Branch, Division of STD/HIV Prevention, National Center for Prevention Services.  Ms. Dietz monitored this document's conceptualization and development.  It is hoped that the document will prove useful to those persons working in STD/HIV disease prevention programs.

Octavia Brown
Janet Cleveland, MS
Amy DeGroff
Adolfo Mata
Mary Spink Neumann, PhD
Annie Faye Prescott, BA
Marise Rodriguez, MA
Jo Valentine, BSW
Mary Willingham

The following consultants reviewed various parts of the document and made many valuable suggestions.  Their insightful and expert contributions are greatly appreciated.

Jose O. Arrom, MA
Midwest Hispanic AIDS Coalition

Leslie D. Baker, MS
City of Chicago Department of Health

Frankie G. Barnes, MPH
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

James D. Beall, MA, BA
Indiana State Department of Health

Mary Ann Borman, PhD
United Migrant Opportunity Services, Inc.

Benjamin P. Bowser, PhD
California State University

Darryl Burnett, MPH
University of Maryland

Robert Darga, MD
National Association of People with AIDS

Renee L. DeMarco
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Alicia Diez
New Jersey Department of Community Affairs

Wilma Fajardo, BS
ASPIRA Inc. de Puerto Rico

Vicki Freimuth, PhD
University of Maryland

Mizzette Fuenzalida, MEd
Fuenzalida and Associates

Dean M. Goishi, BS
Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention Team

Marla J. Gold, MD
Philadelphia Veteran Affairs Medical Center

Yvonne J. Graham, RN, MPH
Caribbean Women's Health Association

Patricia Grindel, MA, BA
AID Atlanta

Mike Hanrahan, BS
Seattle-King County Health Department

Bill Harrison, BA
Virginia Department of Health

Ravinia Hayes-Cozier
New York City Department of Health

Marshia Herring, MPH
San Francisco Department of Public Health

Dennis Jarvis, MPH, CHES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

John Katz, BA
Iowa Department of Public Health

Andrew Lentz, MPA
Baltimore City Health Department

Rita LePicier
KCET-TV Educational Enterprises

Steve Lew
GAPA Community HIV Project

Lynn Lisella, MS
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Carol Marquez-Baines
American Indian Health Care Association

Doug McBride, BA
Texas Department of Health

Ann McLendon, MEd, CHES
Connecticut Department of Public Health

Henry Montes, MPH
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Henry Murdaugh
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control

Judy Norton
Arizona Department of Health Services

Tim Offutt, MPA, BS
San Francisco Department of Public Health

Lorenzo Olivas, BS, CHE
New Mexico Health Department

Concha Orozco, MA
National Coalition of Hispanic Health and Human Services Organizations

Maurico Palacio, MSH Ed
Colorado Department of Health

Les Pappas, MPA
San Francisco AIDS Foundation

Thomas A. Peterman, MD, MSc
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Randall Pope, BS
Michigan Department of Public Health

Jeanne Pruyn, MS, CHE
Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services

Linda Robb, MSW
City of Philadelphia Department of Public Health

Hart Roussel, MDiv
Whitman-Walker Clinic, Inc.

Ronald M. Rowell, MPH
The National Native American AIDS Prevention Center

Idalia Sanchez, MPH
Connecticut Department of Public Health and Addiction Services

Tonia Schaeffer, MPH
Chicago Department of Health

Carol Schechter, MA, MPH
Academy for Educational Development

John F. Schunhoff, PhD
Los Angeles Department of Health Services

Richard Scott, PhD
Philadelphia Department of Health

Michael J. Siska, MS, BS
Leo Burnett Company, Chicago, Illinois

Bonnie B. Sitko, MPH
State of Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services

Walter Smith
Austin, TX

Nancy Kay Sullivan, MPH, CHES
Mississippi State Health Department of Health

S. F. Tomajczyk
New Hampshire Division of Public Health Services

Ronald O. Valdiserri, MD, MPH
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Robert R. Waller, DDS, MPH
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Claudia Webster
Oregon State Health Division

Reginald Williams
National Task Force on AIDS Prevention

Toni Young
National Women and HIV/AIDS Project