scholarly journals Increasing Knowledge of HIV Transmission: An Important Ingredient in HIV Risk Reduction among Young African American Women Attending Community College

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keisha Carr Paxton
2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (7) ◽  
pp. 819-836 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer M. Stewart ◽  
Christopher K. Rogers ◽  
Dawn Bellinger ◽  
Keitra Thompson

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.


Author(s):  
Loretta Sweet Jemmott ◽  
Veronica Catan ◽  
Adeline Nyamathi ◽  
Joyce Anastasia

2007 ◽  
Vol 46 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 77-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma J. Brown ◽  
Frances B. Smith ◽  
Mary Angelique Hill

2009 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 577-605 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia B. Wright ◽  
Jean C. McSweeney ◽  
Sarah E. Frith ◽  
Katharine E. Stewart ◽  
Brenda M. Booth

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 824-824
Author(s):  
Andre Brown ◽  
Mark Brennan-Ing ◽  
Steven Meanley ◽  
Sabina Haberlen ◽  
Deanna Ware ◽  
...  

Abstract Psychological sense of community (PSOC) in Black men who have sex with men (BMSM) may facilitate condom and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use to prevent HIV transmission. Understanding BMSM’s PSOC contribution to HIV risk reduction may inform HIV prevention efforts for this population, that is disproportionately affected by HIV. Adjusted for sociodemographic characteristics and HIV status, we conducted logistic regressions to test the association between PSOC and condom use among aging BMSM (n=176). Multivariate analyses exhibited no association between PSOC and condom use (AOR= 0.994, 95% CI= 0.942, 1.049). HIV+ participants had higher condom use odds compared to HIV- participants (AOR= 4.031, 95% CI= 1.723, 9.426). A sub-analysis of HIV- participants (n=61), showed no associated between PSOC and PrEP use (AOR= 1.002, 95% CI= 0.904, 1.112). These results have implications for secondary HIV prevention and future research on alternative aspects of social support that may increase BMSM’s HIV risk reduction behaviors.


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