1 / 5

MAINSTREAMING HIV AND AIDS AT WORK

MAINSTREAMING HIV AND AIDS AT WORK. Levi Strauss & Co.'s multi-country experience comparing HIV and AIDS stand-alone vs. integrated workplace initiatives. THPDD0102. AUTHORS: J . Lim-Pousard 1 , O . Chang 2 , D. Peters 3 , J. Coetzee 4

maddy
Download Presentation

MAINSTREAMING HIV AND AIDS AT WORK

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. MAINSTREAMING HIV AND AIDS AT WORK Levi Strauss & Co.'s multi-country experience comparing HIV and AIDS stand-alone vs. integrated workplace initiatives THPDD0102 AUTHORS: J. Lim-Pousard1, O. Chang2, D. Peters3, J. Coetzee4 1Levi Strauss & Co., San Francisco, California, United States, 2Pangaea Global AIDS Foundation, Oakland, California, United States, 3United Impact, Berlin, Germany, 4Matchboxology, Cape Town, South Africa

  2. BACKGROUND You have a mature HIV workplace program… What next? • Mainstreaming HIV/AIDS into a corporation's existing structures is key to sustaining HIV workplace programs • Levi Strauss & Co. (LS&Co.) compared impact of such efforts against stand-alone workplace HIV initiatives on employee: • HIV knowledge • Access • Workplace concerns

  3. DESCRIPTION How about MAINSTREAMING? • Since 2008, LS&Co.'s HIV workplace policy is supported by global education and access efforts • In 2012, in addition to stand-alone HIV activities, HIV-related messages were integrated into other corporate structures • Between Dec 2012-Jan 2013, 6,892 surveys were administered to LS&Co. employees in 43 countries • Multivariable analyses conducted to assess the impact of employee “exposure” to each activity on proxy results • Risk ratios and 95% confidence intervals were calculated to compare outcomes between groups

  4. LESSONS LEARNED BUT DOES IT WORK? Most activities were significantly associated with improved access, workplace support, manager support, confidentiality and engagement. Participation in activity significantly associated with higher proxy scores (p<0.05) Participation in activity not associated with significantly different proxy scores Participation in activity significantly associated with lower proxy scores (p<0.05) KEY: KNOWLEDGE ACCESS NON-DISCRIMINATION ANTI-STIGMA WORPLACE SUPPORT MANAGER SUPPORT CONFIDENTIALITY ENGAGEMENT

  5. CONCLUSIONS YES, MAINSTREAMING WORKS, HOWEVER… At this critical juncture in the global HIV response, focused, stand-alone HIV education initiatives are critical to improve HIV knowledge, and reduce workplace stigma and discrimination. learn more To learn more about LS&Co.’s Employee HIV/AIDS Program, visit www.hivaids.levi.com or email hivaids@levi.com. Literature cited Swedish Workplace HIV/AIDS Program, 2008. Reaching Sustainability of Workplace Programmes on HIV and AIDS: Outcomes of the 2008 SWHAP Regional Conference. Web. <http://www.swhap.org/wp-content/ uploads/2012/02/Regional_Conference_2008_-_etiketter_final_version1.pdf> Accessed 2014 January 13. Acknowledgments • We thank Pangaea Global AIDS Foundation for statistical analysis; United Impact and Matchboxology for program development and facilitation; and LS&Co. leaders and employees around the world for embracing this program and supporting our company’s pioneering commitment in the fight against HIV/AIDS.

More Related