Taking Care of Me is an HIV and STI prevention intervention designed for patients in STI clinic waiting rooms with an updated animation sequence designed by HealthHIV.

The 30-minute video-based intervention is designed to address stigma, increase communication, and empower people to know their status and take control of their health. In addition to the video, supplemental materials are provided to promote the intervention and to provide safer sex information for clients.

Taking Care of Me can be easily integrated into the clinic waiting room, requires very little staff time to set up with no disruption to clinic flow, and requires no counseling or small-group facilitation.

Essential Elements:

• Effective in increasing ART initiation and adherence;
• Promotes communication between patients and their healthcare providers;
• Easy to use with no special training or space requirements;
• Highly replicable and requires very little staff time, with no disruption to routine clinic flow;
• Inexpensive;
• Brief enough for patients to see most or all of it before they are called to their exam; and
• Appealing to diverse audiences.