A Reinforcement Intervention for Increasing HIV Testing Among At-Risk Women

Inclusion Criteria

• •\>6 months experience as a case manager, medical/nursing clinician or mental health/substance use therapist
• •currently work with women at high risk for contracting HIV
• •able to attend a training and participate in the evaluative components
• •willing to conduct both standard HIV referral for testing and orientation to an online training and the same with reinforcement, depending on client's random assignment.
• •female
• •identifies as African American/black or Latina/Hispanic OR is living in poverty based on the most recent year's federal poverty guidelines
• •18 and older
• •one or more high risk factors for HIV: intravenous drug use; or sexually active with past year partners with HIV or of unknown HIV status and no or inconsistent use of condoms
• •English or Spanish speaking
• •passes a quiz related to understanding the informed consent form
• •has an address at which they expect to be able to receive mail and/or a phone to retrieve messages for the next 15 months