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Abstract
Social offenders are rarely consulted in the development, implementation, and evaluation of HIV/AIDS prevention programs designated for them. The presence of bottom-up planning in health education for STD/HIV prevention is relatively new, and has not been programmatically implemented among incarcerated populations. Recruitment of populations at-risk to provide design input prior to implementation of prevention programs recently has attracted attention from preventionists and behavioral scientists. This innovation in prevention technology is derived from traditional ethnographic methodology. Use of elicitation interviews permits exploration of group norms and group expectations for designing appropriate educational interventions. This article addresses the utility of a rapid Ethnographic Needs Assessment (ENA) approach in acquiring input from inmates and administrators at four different correctional institutions. The input provided was essential to development of HIV/AIDS prevention programs for incarcerated social offenders.