CLIENT ENGAGEMENT SEXUAL SAFETY PLANNING

1. HIV & DV INTEGRATED APPROACHES: FRAMING * IMPLEMENTING * SCREENING * ENGAGING * SUSTAINING PROGRAM SUSTAINABILITY CAPACITY BUILDING CLIENT ENGAGEMENT SEXUAL SAFETY PLANNING SCREENING AND ASSESSMENT HIV SCREENING IN DV SETTINGS FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION Amelia Cobb The Wright Group Susan SpencerSusan B. Spencer, Inc. Jenny N. Karp Social Solutions International, Inc. Christine McMillon ENSYNC DMS, Inc THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK GENDER-SPECIFIC Quinn Gentry Messages of Empowerment Productions, LLC

2. THERISECOALITION A THEORY-BASED INTERVENTION DESIGN Presented by Quinn Gentry, Messages of Empowerment, LLC Tiffany Pennick, Messages of Empowerment, LLC The RISE Coalition was developed by Messages of Empowerment Productions, LLC and funded by the DHHS Office on Women’s Health

3. DEFINING BLACK FEMINIST THOUGHT • Black feminist theory provides an interpretive framework for examining how social, political, and economic issues that impact black women in particular. (Hill Collins, 2000). •  Black feminism is generally defined as a pattern of thought that recognizes how systems of power are configured around and maintain socially constructed categories of race, class, and gender (Taylor, 1998).

4. OVERVIEWOF BLACK FEMINIST THEORY

5. OVERVIEWOF THE RISECOALITION R REACHING and I • INTERVENING with S SURVIVORS E • EFFECTIVELY

6. Black Feminist theory and program design

7. Black Feminist theory AND INTERVENTION LEVELS Structure & Agency Self definition & self valuation Unique Experiences

8. Black Feminist theory AND behavior change Black feminist theory enhances behavior change theory (trans-theoretical theory) by making the latter more relevant to women who survive domestic violence and are at risk for HIV. When women have no intention to adopt (and may not even be thinking about adopting) the recommended protective behavior. When there is a firm intention to change in the immediate future, accompanied by some attempt to change the behavior. The period beginning 6 months after behavior change has occurred and during which the person continues to work to prevent relapse. When women have formed either an immediate or long-term intention to adopt the behavior but have not begun to practice that behavior. When the sexual safety plan is being consistently performed but for less than 6 months.

9. Black Feminist theory and social psychology SEXUAL SAFETY WITHIN CONTEXT SELF ACTUALIZATION Personal growth and fulfillment SELF ESTEEM NEEDS Achievement, status, responsibility, reputation, character, respect BELONGINGNESS AND LOVE Family, affection, relationships, teams solidarity SAFETY NEEDS Protection, security, order, law, limits, stability BASIC NEEDS Basic life needs—air, food, drink, shelter, warmth, sleep

10. BlackFeministtheory andgroundedtheory KEY STAGES OF INTIMATE PARTNER RELATIONSHIPS Self-definition and Valuation Race, Class, and Gender Unique Experiences Stage 1: Courtship Low/No Condom Use Building Trust Stage 2: Commitment Low/No Condom Use High levels of Trust Stage 3: Conflict Limited/No Sex Betrayed Trust Stage 4: Compromise Make-up Sex Renegotiate Condom Use Rebuild Trust Stage 5: Conclusion Ending Old Relationship Beginning New Relationship Source: Gentry, Q. 2007. Black Women’s Risk for HIV: Rough living. New York: Haworth Press, Inc.

11. BlackFeministtheory andimplementation The RISE COALITION incorporates 6 core elements into the implementation process using the five themes of black feminist theory.