scholarly journals HIV Related Knowledge, HIV Testing Decision-Making, and Perceptions of Alcohol Use as a Risk Factor for HIV among Black and African American Women

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (9) ◽  
pp. 4535
Author(s):  
Angela Wangari Walter ◽  
Cesar Morocho
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
African American ◽  
Risk Factor ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Hiv Testing ◽  
African American Women ◽  
The United States ◽  
American Women ◽  
Hiv Aids

The HIV/AIDS epidemic disproportionately affects Black and African American women in the United States. This study examined the extent of HIV related knowledge, HIV testing decision-making, and perceptions of alcohol use as a risk factor for HIV among Black and African American women in urban and suburban communities. Seven focus groups were conducted with 37 women aged 18 to 49 residing in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Women participating in focus groups had a wide breadth of HIV related knowledge. Findings suggest the influence of interpersonal relationships and provider–patient interactions on HIV testing, the need for building community capacity and leveraging community resources towards HIV prevention, and the influence of alcohol outlet density on HIV vulnerability and exposure in communities of color. Comprehensive multifaceted evidence informed interventions that are culturally relevant and gender responsive are needed to reduce HIV/AIDS disparities.

Exploring African American Women's Perceptions of a Social Marketing Campaign to Promote HIV Testing

2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 39-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin C. Davis ◽  
Jennifer Uhrig ◽  
Carla Bann ◽  
Doug Rupert ◽  
Jami Fraze
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Hiv Testing ◽  
African American Women ◽  
Social Marketing ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Perceived Effectiveness ◽  
Marketing Campaign ◽  
American Women ◽  
Social Marketing Campaign ◽  
Hiv Aids

We tested the reliability of a new perceived effectiveness scale for HIV testing media messages and examined whether perceived effectiveness of the Take Charge. Take the Test campaign is predictive of downstream outcomes. We used data from an online survey of young, single, African American women ( N = 428), collected from October 2007 to March 2008. Participants were recruited from online web panels maintained by Knowledge Networks and Survey Sampling International. The survey included a baseline and two longitudinal follow-ups at 2 and 6 weeks post-baseline. African American women aged 18 to 24 years, with annual incomes of less than $20,000, children at home, 3 or more sexual partners, and who only occasionally use condoms were more receptive to the materials. Perceived ad effectiveness significantly predicted 6- and 12-month HIV testing intentions at wave 3 of the survey. Perceived ad effectiveness is an important upstream indicator of ad success beyond impact that may occur from exposure alone. Measures of perceived ad effectiveness should be used to quantitatively pretest future HIV/AIDS-focused social marketing campaign messages. This study is also informative for media planning and other similar future interventions in terms of which types of messages and ads may be effective in promoting HIV/AIDS testing intentions and eventual behaviors.

A Descriptive Study of Empowerment and Sexual Decision Making in HIV-Positive African-American Women

2009 ◽  
Vol 104 (2) ◽  
pp. 482-488 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carrie A. Long ◽  
David E. Vance ◽  
Lauren A. Antia
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
African American ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
African American Women ◽  
Unprotected Sex ◽  
Hiv Positive ◽  
American Women ◽  
Sexual Decision Making ◽  
Incarceration History ◽  
Sexual Choices

Empowerment, defined as economic opportunity that lessens dependence, is a unique concept that may affect a woman's sexual decision making. In this analysis taken from a larger statewide study, 91 HIV-positive African-American women were administered a survey to assess factors of empowerment in association with sexual choices. Age, incarceration history, and alcohol use were associated with bartering with sex. Incarceration history and alcohol use were associated with having unprotected sex with someone of unknown serostatus.

scholarly journals Till Death Do Us Part: Lived Experiences of HIV-Positive Married African American Women

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorece Edwards ◽  
Shalon Irving ◽  
Anita Hawkins
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
African American ◽  
African American Women ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Hiv Positive ◽  
Childbearing Age ◽  
American Women ◽  
Demographic Groups ◽  
Hiv Aids

HIV/AIDS disease continues to be an escalating health problem, particularly among women. However, African American women are among the leading demographic groups for HIV prevalence in the United States. The typical woman with HIV/AIDS is young, in her late twenties, economically challenged, and of childbearing age. Participants were recruited from an HIV/AIDS outpatient clinic to explore their perceptions of social support, life experiences and marriage. Data were collected through tape-recorded interviews using a semi-structured guide and journaling. Participants reported that most of their time was spent providing care for their husbands who were HIV-positive. Very often their health and well-being were compromised by providing care to others. Participants reported a lack of social support and challenges managing their self-care.

scholarly journals Structural Violence of Schooling: A Genealogy of a Critical Family History of Three Generations of African American Women in a Rural Community in Florida

Genealogy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
Evelyn Newman Phillips ◽  
Wangari Gichiru
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Family History ◽  
African American Women ◽  
White Supremacy ◽  
Structural Violence ◽  
The United States ◽  
Structural Barriers ◽  
American Women ◽  
Three Generations ◽  
American Children

Through the lens of structural violence, Black feminism and critical family history, this paper explores how societal structures informed by white supremacy shaped the lives of three generations of rural African American women in a family in Florida during the middle to the late twentieth century. Specifically, this study investigates how disparate funding, segregation, desegregation, poverty and post-desegregation policies shaped and limited the achievement trajectories among these women. Further, an oral historical examination of their lives reveals the strategies they employed despite their under-resourced and sometimes alienating schooling. The paper highlights the experiences of the Newman family, descendants of captive Africans in the United States that produced three college-educated daughters and a granddaughter despite structural barriers that threatened their progress. Using oral history interviews, archival resources and first-person accounts, this family’s story reveals a genealogy of educational achievement, barriers and agency despite racial and gendered limitations in a Southern town. The findings imply that their schooling mirrors many of the barriers that other Blacks face. However, this study shows that community investment in African American children, plus teachers that affirm students, and programs such as Upward Bound, help to advance Black students in marginalized communities. Further, these women’s lives suggest that school curriculums need to be anti-racist and public policies that affirm each person regardless of the color of their skin. A simple solution that requires the structural violence of whiteness be eliminated from the schooling spheres.

“I Don’t Know and I Don’t Want to Know”: A Qualitative Examination of Older African American Women’s Knowledge and Experiences With HIV

2018 ◽  
Vol 44 (7) ◽  
pp. 644-666 ◽  
Author(s):  
Faye Z. Belgrave ◽  
Sarah J. Javier ◽  
Deborah Butler ◽  
Chelsie Dunn ◽  
Joann Richardson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
African American Women ◽  
Black Church ◽  
The United States ◽  
Sociocultural Factors ◽  
Hiv Knowledge ◽  
Female Population ◽  
American Women ◽  
Heterosexual Women ◽  
Older African American Women

While older African American women (e.g., aged 50 years and older) comprise only 11% of the female population in the United States, they account for 50% of HIV diagnoses among women in this age group. Unique sociocultural factors, including a lack of HIV knowledge and stigma, contribute to HIV risk among older African American women. The goal of this qualitative study was to obtain a nuanced perspective from older African American women about HIV knowledge and experiences with HIV using the framework of intersectionality theory. Focus groups were conducted with 35 African American women who were 50 years and older, nonpartnered, and heterosexual. Women were asked what they knew about HIV and if they thought older women were at risk for HIV. A thematic analysis using NVivo 11 yielded two central themes and three subthemes: HIV knowledge, including experiential knowledge, superficial knowledge, and no knowledge, and stigma around HIV in the Black church. Implications for developing HIV prevention programs and testing messages are discussed.

scholarly journals African American Women and Domestic Violence: Addressing their Voice of Silence

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernice Kennedy ◽  
Chalice Rhodes (Former Jenkins)
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Domestic Violence ◽  
African American ◽  
Black Women ◽  
African American Women ◽  
White Women ◽  
The United States ◽  
Slave Owner ◽  
American Women ◽  
Strong Black Women

Abstract Historically, during slavery, the international slave trade promoted normalization of violence against African American women. During slavery, African American women endured inhuman conditions because of the majority race views of them as being over-sexualized, physically strong, and immoral. This perception of the African American women as being highly sexual and more sexual than white women results in slave owner justifying their sexual violation and degrading of the African American women. The stereotypical representations of African American women as strong, controlling, dangerous, fearless, and invulnerable may interfere with the African American women receiving the needed services for domestic violence in the community. The Strong Black Women Archetype has been dated back to slavery describing their coping mechanism in dealing with oppression by developing a strong, less traditionally female role. The authors developed a model: The Multidimensional Perspectives of Factors Contributing to Domestic Violence of African American Women in the United States. This model depicts historically, the factors contributing to domestic violence of African American women in the United States. Also, this model addressed the African American women subscribing to the Strong Black Women Archetype to cope with domestic violence. Despite the increase in domestic violence in African American women, they focused more on the issue of racism instead of sexism in America. African American women have experienced the two obstacles of racism and sexism in America. However, African American women and men believe racism is more critical than sexism. Therefore, domestic violence in the African American population may remain silent because of cultural loyalty. However, the voice of silence of African American females is gradually changing with the upcoming generations.

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