ADAPT-POL: Planned Parenthood Center of El Paso Adopting and Demonstrating the Adaptation of Prevention Techniques

The proposed project, Adopting and Demonstrating the Adaptation of Prevention Techniques
(ADAPT), has two main goals: first, to assist the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) to better understand the processes needed for adapting evidence-based behavioral
interventions to fit new conditions or target populations; second, to utilize the CDC’s
draft adaptation guidance to adapt Jeff Kelly’s Popular Opinion Leader (POL) for use with
adult, seropositive Hispanic men who have sex with other men (MSM). The target population
will directly participate in all phases of the intervention adaptation process.

ADAPT, known as ADAPT-POL in El Paso, will include formative research and outcome
monitoring. Throughout both periods, the ADAPT-POL staff will conduct process monitoring and
evaluation to assess the delivery of the intervention, and to help the CDC understand how
the draft adaptation guidance procedures work in a real world setting. Representatives of
the target population will participate in focus groups, key informant interviews, and
community advisor meetings during the formative phase; and potentially serve as popular
opinion leaders (POLs) during the implementation phase.

The knowledge obtained during the ADAPT-POL intervention will be diffused to other
interventions and programs at the Planned Parenthood Center of El Paso (PPCEP). This will
allow PPCEP management and staff to make informed decisions about the adoption of
interventions and what steps might be necessary to adapt existing and future PPCEP
interventions that target Hispanic populations. At the conclusion of ADAPT activities, the
CDC-developed draft adaptation guidance will be revised based on lessons learned.