Self-Help in Eliminating LIfe-Threatening Diseases (SHIELD): Training Peer Educators to Conduct HIV Prevention

This information sheet discusses the Self-Help in Eliminating Life-Threatening Diseases (SHIELD) program, an HIV prevention peer-education program. SHIELD is a group intervention that trains current and former drug users to be peer educators and share HIV prevention information among their social networks. The information sheet describes the program, the target population, the process, session topics, core elements, and research results. This program is included in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Diffusion of Effective Behavioral Interventions (DEBI) projects.