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Preliminary Outcomes of a Model Program for Increasing Treatment Access for African American Women Who Use Crack Cocaine and Are at Risk for Contracting HIV

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: In the United States, the threat of HIV/AIDS to African American women's health has become the focus of much concern. This paper describes a federally funded community-based program that provides services to African American women at risk for HIV/AIDS in Nashville, Tennessee. The program provides a culturally relevant set of interventions specific to crack cocaine users aimed at reducing substance use and HIV/AIDS risk behaviors. The model is important for the continued development of culturally relevant interventions aimed at reducing the disproportionate rates of HIV/AIDS within the African American community by ensuring treatment access to all populations.

Source: Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work

DOI: 10.1080/15433710903175874

Authors: Samuel Okpaku, Samuel A. MacMaster, Sheila Dennie, Deon Tolliver, R. Lyle Cooper, Randolph F. R. Rasch

Institutions: Meharry Medical College, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Vanderbilt University

Language: English

Topic: HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk

Subfield: Epidemiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2016497181