Knowledge and Perception of STI/HIV Risk Among Rural African-American Youth: Lessons Learned in a Faith-Based Pilot Program

2008 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie A. Baldwin ◽  
Ellen Daley ◽  
Emma J. Brown ◽  
Euna M. August ◽  
Candace Webb ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Hiv Risk ◽  
African American Youth ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Pilot Program ◽  
Faith Based

Exploring HIV Risk and Ex-Offender Status Among African American Church Populations: Considerations for Faith-Based Settings

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 230-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcie Berman ◽  
Jannette Berkley-Patton ◽  
Alexandria Booker ◽  
Carole Bowe-Thompson ◽  
Andrea Bradley-Ewing
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Hiv Risk ◽  
African American Church ◽  
Faith Based

scholarly journals A Contextualized Approach to Faith-Based HIV Risk Reduction for African American Women

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (7) ◽  
pp. 819-836 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer M. Stewart ◽  
Christopher K. Rogers ◽  
Dawn Bellinger ◽  
Keitra Thompson
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
African American Women ◽  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Hiv Risk ◽  
Adult Women ◽  
Young Adult Women ◽  
American Women ◽  
Hiv Risk Reduction ◽  
Faith Based ◽  
Hiv Risk Reduction Interventions

HIV/AIDS has a devastating impact on African Americans, particularly women and young adults. We sought to characterize risks, barriers, and content and delivery needs for a faith-based intervention to reduce HIV risk among African American women ages 18 to 25. In a convergent parallel mixed methods study, we conducted four focus groups ( n = 38) and surveyed 71 young adult women. Data were collected across four African American churches for a total of 109 participants. We found the majority of women in this sample were engaged in behaviors that put them at risk for contracting HIV, struggled with religiously based barriers and matters of sexuality, and had a desire to incorporate their intimate relationships, parenting, and financial burdens into faith-based HIV risk-reduction interventions. Incorporating additional social context–related factors into HIV risk-reduction interventions for young African American women is critical to adapting and developing HIV interventions to reduce risk among young adult women in faith settings.

scholarly journals African-American Youth and Exposure to Community Violence: Supporting Change from the Inside

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anita Jones Thomas ◽  
Devin Carey ◽  
Kia-Rai Prewitt ◽  
Edna Romero ◽  
Maryse Richards ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
African American ◽  
Community Violence ◽  
African American Youth ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Child Health Outcomes ◽  
Exposure To Community Violence ◽  
Children’S Exposure

Children’s exposure to community violence and its effects on child health outcomes have become a major public health concern in this country, and African-American youth are at greatest risk. Participatory action research, as a vehicle for promoting social justice, is one tool that can be used to address community violence. This article describes the use of focus groups as a way to give African-American youth a voice in providing solutions to violence exposure through the revision of curricula (coping skills and civic engagement). Participants reported a variety of stressors, including exposure to violence, and a lack of coping strategies and adult support for processing violence. Suggestions for curriculum revisions are included. The process of conducting groups, lessons learned from the process, and implications for researchers interested in promoting social justice are discussed.

Neighborhood Risks and HIV Risk Among African American Youth

2009 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. S6
Author(s):  
Scyatta A. Wallace ◽  
Torsten B. Neilands ◽  
Kathy Sanders-Phillips
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Hiv Risk ◽  
African American Youth

scholarly journals Engaging African American Pastors in COVID-19 Research During a Pandemic: Lessons Learned

2021 ◽  
pp. 154230502110625
Author(s):  
Traci Hayes ◽  
LaWanda Baskin ◽  
Tanya Funchess ◽  
Samaria Lowe ◽  
Susan Mayfield-Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
African American ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Health Programs ◽  
Faith Based ◽  
African American Pastors ◽  
Study Implementation ◽  
Health Related

African American pastors are recognized as trusted information sources for their communities. The pastors willing to address health-related concerns such as preventing the spread of the coronavirus are invaluable for leading their congregation through relevant health programs. Underlining the importance of religion, spirituality, and faith-based leaders in addressing and furthering health promotion research, the article discusses lessons learned during the study implementation and the recommendations for engaging minority pastors in research during a global health pandemic.

scholarly journals HIV Information and Behavioral Skills Moderate the Effects of Relationship Type and Substance Use on HIV Risk Behaviors Among African American Youth

2013 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 342-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Mustanski ◽  
Gayle R. Byck ◽  
Michael E. Newcomb ◽  
David Henry ◽  
John Bolland ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
African American ◽  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Hiv Risk ◽  
African American Youth ◽  
Hiv Risk Behaviors ◽  
Behavioral Skills ◽  
Relationship Type

scholarly journals Lessons Learned From Focus Groups and Community Education Provision in the African American Community

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 464-464
Author(s):  
Robbin Frazier
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Community Education ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Community Outreach ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
African American Community ◽  
Major Theme ◽  
Cultural Considerations ◽  
Faith Based

Abstract The present symposium will synthesize themes derived from eight different projects designed to better understand dementia in Minnesota (MN) within the African American community (where individuals are disproportionately susceptible to dementia and the tolls of dementia care). These projects included focus groups, community outreach, community education, networking with aging service providers, and community forums. Projects were funded by and conducted in partnership with the MN Department of Human Services, the Alzheimer’s Association, the MN Board on Aging, and the MN Leadership Council on Aging’s Diverse Elders Coalition. Themes included the unique ways that African American elders share their viewpoints and the importance of faith-based outreach. Another major theme, which connects to the other symposium talks, was the importance of three S’s: Stigma, Shame, and Silence as cultural considerations in the African American, West African, and Latino/a/x/e communities as they apply to access to information and training to better understand AD/ADRD.

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