Deeje Hancock (QAHC) discusses a pilot risk reduction project with sexually adventurous men. This presentation was given at the AFAO/NAPWA Gay Men's HIV Health Promotion Conference in May 2012.

1. Queensland “Secret” SAM
A Peer to Peer Education
Pilot
Deeje Hancock
via
Chris Clementson

2. History
• Ross Duffin at this 2010 Conference
• VAC/GMHC initiative & partnership
• ARCHS research & analysis
• Queensland partnerships with
– Queensland Health,
– QPP
– Bootco &
– Clinicians

3. What we did
• Well-known SAM developed the work
• Spoke with about 100 SAM initially
• Established three target groups:
– Initiates
– Established players
– ‘Straight’ boys into sex fun

4. Experimental Responses
• Real time intervention – live SAM acts at
Rigid party
• Online community – Secret SAM
– Men ask each other esoteric sex questions
– Moderator is SAM worker

5. How we are learning
Monitoring & Evaluation
• Community & sector reference group
• Focus groups – check what SAMS want
• Pilot report by independent consultant

6. What we are learning?
• SAM learn well from each other
• Risk reduction HIV prevention makes sense
• Peer to peer education is a skill ‘established’
HIV educators could benefit from
• Secret SAM may be ‘geographic’ SAM
intervention so:
Perhaps Secret SAM can be tried in each
jurisdiction