Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:

During a 5-year period beginning July 1, 2010, The Community Wellness Project (CWP), a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, with offices in St. Louis, Missouri and East St. Louis, Illinois, proposes to develop and implement HIV prevention programming under Category A consisting of two evidence based interventions and an essential supporting service targeting African Americans at high risk for HIV infection:
  1. Eight cycles per program year, of the Sisters Teaching Sisters about Topics on AIDS (SISTA) intervention for 80-96 high risk, heterosexually active African American women ages 18 to 29 years
  • HERMANA: The HERMANA Project is a social-skills training intervention for Latina women. It is aimed at reducing sexual risk behavior for HIV and other STDs. It is comprised of five 2-hour sessions, delivered by peer facilitators in a community-based setting. The sessions are gender specific and culturally relevant and include behavioral skills practice, group discussions, lectures, roleplaying, prevention video viewing, and take-home exercises.  The intervention is based on Social Learning theory as well as the theory of Gender and Power.  The HERMANA Project for Hispanic women has been adapted from the SISTA Intervention for African American women.

    Please visit:  www.Effectiveinterventions.org to review SISTA:  Resource guide for adapting SISTA for Latinas.

    For more info on please see available flyer Un Grupo para Mujeres Latinas

  1. Six cycles per program year, of the Many Men, Many Voices (3MV) intervention for 60-72 high risk African American men who have sex with men ages 18 and older; and


  2. HIV prevention counseling, testing and referral (CTR/RT) services to 480 high risk African American individuals per program year.

All three program components will be offered to individuals residing in St. Louis City, St. Louis or St. Charles counties in Missouri, and in Madison and St. Clair counties in Illinois.

To register for SISTA or 3MV please select one of the Links below.

SISTA Registration Form

Many Men Many Voices (3MV) Registration Form