Moving Science Into Practice: The Role of Technology Exchange for HIV/STD Prevention

This special supplement to AIDS Education and Prevention describes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) national Diffusion of Effective Behavioral interventions (DEBI) project and discusses the adoption, adaptation, and implementation of evidence-based HIV prevention interventions by health departments and community- based organizations (CBOs). There is much to learn about how to effectively put HIV prevention research into practice and how to establish optimal collaborations among federal, state, and local partners in order to support the diffusion of effective interventions. The articles in this issue describe how CDC staff, health departments, CBOs, researchers, and other partners have created a national system to diffuse effective behavioral interventions. One theme emerges throughout the issue: Community practitioners at the state and local level are demonstrating innovative leadership in this new era of technology exchange in HIV prevention.