Lessons Learned from African American Women about Participation in a Family-Based HIV Prevention Program

2006 ◽  
Vol 87 (2) ◽  
pp. 285-292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rogério M. Pinto ◽  
Mary M. McKay
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Hiv Prevention ◽  
African American Women ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
American Women ◽  
Hiv Prevention Intervention ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Family Based ◽  
The Individual

This study uses qualitative data from individual interviews with low-income, African American women (n = 92) between 19 and 35 years of age who participated in 12 two-hour sessions of a family-focused HIV prevention intervention. The study explores influences on three domains. At the individual domain, development of personal attributes and the perceptions that program staff was fair toward racial minorities appear to influence participation. At the program domain, staff friendliness and monetary incentive also influenced participation. At the social domain, influence of friends and emotional support influenced participation. Training staff to confront racism and to develop a culturally competent and friendly environment has the potential to increase attendance among participants at high risk for HIV exposure.

scholarly journals Diffusing an HIV Prevention Intervention for African American Women: Integrating Afrocentric Components Into the SISTA Diffusion Strategy

2006 ◽  
Vol 18 (supp) ◽  
pp. 149-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia Prather ◽  
Taleria R. Fuller ◽  
Winifred King ◽  
Mari Brown ◽  
Marilyn Moering ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Hiv Prevention ◽  
African American Women ◽  
Prevention Intervention ◽  
American Women ◽  
Hiv Prevention Intervention

The Impact of Perceived Group Support on the Effectiveness of an HIV Prevention Intervention for African American Women

2010 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Faye Z. Belgrave ◽  
Maya Corneille ◽  
Kristina Hood ◽  
Julia Foster-Woodson ◽  
Angela Fitzgerald
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Hiv Prevention ◽  
African American Women ◽  
Group Support ◽  
Prevention Intervention ◽  
American Women ◽  
Hiv Prevention Intervention ◽  
The Impact

Long-Term Breastfeeding in African American Mothers

2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 128-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tyra Toston Gross ◽  
Marsha Davis ◽  
Alex K. Anderson ◽  
Jori Hall ◽  
Karen Hilyard
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
African American Women ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Breastfeeding Support ◽  
American Women

Background: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 39.1% of African American infants are breastfed at 6 months. However, few studies have explored the breastfeeding experiences of African American women who successfully breastfeed to 6 months or longer durations. Research aim: The goal of this qualitative study was to explore the long-term breastfeeding experiences of low-income African American women using the positive deviance approach. Methods: African American women with breastfeeding experience were recruited through Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) breastfeeding peer counselors. Eligibility criteria included being age 18 or older, currently participating in WIC, and having breastfed one child for at least 6 months in the past 2 years. Semistructured, in-depth interviews were conducted with 11 participants. Interviews were audio-recorded and professionally transcribed. Transcripts were then analyzed for emerging themes using thematic analysis in NVivo software. Results: Participants had on average three children each, with an average length of breastfeeding of 10.5 months per child. Four main themes developed: (a) deciding to breastfeed, (b) initiating breastfeeding, (c) breastfeeding long-term, and (d) expanding breastfeeding support. Participants offered culturally tailored suggestions to improve breastfeeding support for other African American women: prenatal discussions of breastfeeding with health care providers, African American lactation support personnel and breastfeeding support groups, and African American breastfeeding promotion in print and digital media. Conclusion: Women who participated in this study breastfed for longer durations than the national average for African Americans. Findings can inform practice and research efforts to improve breastfeeding rates in this population using lessons learned from successful women.

Design of a Faith-Based HIV Intervention

2011 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 823-831 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gina M. Wingood ◽  
LaShun Simpson-Robinson ◽  
Nikia D. Braxton ◽  
Jerris L. Raiford
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Hiv Prevention ◽  
African American Women ◽  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
Hiv Infections ◽  
Behavioral Risk ◽  
American Women ◽  
Hiv Prevention Intervention ◽  
Hiv Intervention ◽  
Faith Based

This article describes the development of a gender-specific and culturally tailored, theoretically derived, faith-based HIV intervention created to reduce HIV vulnerability among African American women. This innovative culturally congruent approach to HIV prevention involves one of the most influential social structures in the African American community—the African American church. Using the ADAPT-ITT model, and principles of community-based participatory research, this faith-based HIV intervention was adapted from a CDC-defined evidence-based HIV prevention intervention for young African American women. Results of data assessing the feasibility of implementing this faith-based HIV intervention suggests that young African American women are receptive and willing to participate in a faith-based HIV intervention. Results show that fidelity to intervention implementation (97%) and participant attendance to both sessions (92%) was high, and the HIV risk behaviors targeted in the faith-based intervention matched the participants’ HIV behavioral risk profile. Given the vulnerability of young African American women to HIV sustainable efforts, in particular, the institutionalization of this intervention within the church structure could halt the persistent increase in HIV infections within this community.

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