HIV/Aids Prevention in the African American Community

An Integrated Community-Based Practice Approach

Bibliographic Data

ID6077310
AuthorsIrene Luckey (Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, corresponding author)
Year1996
Volume2
Issue4
Pages71-90
Publication date1996-05-27
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Community Practice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1070-5422 • E-ISSN: 1543-3706
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1300/j125v02n04_05
OpenAlexW2130157129
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited10

The high rate of AIDS cases among African Americans, especially women, suggests that HIV risk reduction behavior change programs and messages have not been highly successful in preventing HIV transmission among this population. This paper recommends that the situational and environmental context of African Americans' lives, and their responses to HIV/AIDS be addressed and incorporated into HIV prevention programs in an effort to make these programs more relevant to high risk African Americans. A multilevel system intervention approach grounded in an ecosystem perspective which focuses on the community as the primary target level of intervention is proposed to increase the effectiveness of HIV prevention efforts among African Americans

Behavior change · Context (archaeology · Environmental health · Family medicine · Geography · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Intervention (counseling · Perspective (graphical · Population · Psychological intervention · Situational ethics · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Social Psychology · Gerontology

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