Dr. Shrier is able to serve as a consultant to projects proposing a replication of the Safer Sex Intervention at a rate of $600 per hour for a minimum of 20 hours in the first year of the project (we can discuss any consultancy hours after the first year). If you are interested in having Dr. Shrier consult on your project, please let us know more about you and your proposal by contacting us with information about why you selected the Safer Sex Intervention for replication, what your experience is with conducting behavioral interventions, and who the staff conducting the replication will be.
In the original study, Dr. Shrier trained the health educators (all female nurses or public health students) over several hours through discussion of the underlying health behavior theories, review of the intervention manuals, practice with her and/or other educators, and a mock session with an adolescent girl (a clinic patient volunteer or a peer leader) that was videotaped and reviewed for fidelity to the manual; appropriate use of handouts, condoms, and other tools; flow of the conversation and comfort with the material; and ability to engage and connect with the adolescent. Dr. Shrier is able to consult on training plans. She can also provide trainings, which are scheduled on the basis of interest and need. We offer two types of training: Train the Facilitator for individuals who will be doing the intervention (two days), and Train the Trainer for those who will be training others to do the intervention (three days).
Please fill out our request form or email safersex@childrens.harvard.edu if you are interested in learning more about training and consultancy opportunities. If the hyperlinked request form does not work, try copying this link and pasting it into your web browser: https://forms.gle/UFE5y61qCg7m6L2cA.
