The Development and Implementation of Theory-Driven Programs Capable of Addressing Poverty-Impacted Children's Health, Mental Health, and Prevention Needs: CHAMP and CHAMP+, Evidence-Informed, Family-Based Interventions to Address HIV Risk and Care
Year: 2014
Type: article
Abstract: This article describes a program of prevention and intervention research conducted by the CHAMP (Collaborative HIV prevention and Adolescent Mental health Project; McKay & Paikoff, 2007 ) investigative team. CHAMP refers to a set of theory-driven, evidence-informed, collaboratively designed, family-based approaches meant to address the prevention, health, and mental health needs of poverty-impacted African American and Latino urban youth who are either at risk for HIV exposure or perinatally infected and at high risk for reinfection and possible transmission. CHAMP approaches are informed by theoretical frameworks that incorporate an understanding of the critical influences of multilevel contextual factors on youth risk taking and engagement in protective health behaviors. Highly influential theories include the triadic theory of influence, social action theory, and ecological developmental perspectives. CHAMP program delivery strategies were developed via a highly collaborative process drawing upon community-based participatory research methods in order to enhance cultural and contextual sensitivity of program content and format. The development and preliminary outcomes associated with a family-based intervention for a new population, perinatally HIV-infected youth and their adult caregivers, referred to as CHAMP+, is described to illustrate the integration of theory, existing evidence, and intensive input from consumers and healthcare providers.
Authors: Mary McKernan McKay, Stacey Alicea, Laura Elwyn, Zachary R. B. McClain, Gary Parker, Latoya A. Small, Claude Ann Mellins
Language: English
Subfield: General Health Professions
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
Awards: G1392789578, COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP TO PREVENT URBAN YOUTH HIV RISK, G174288462, G2496905960, VUKA Family Program: Supporting Perinatally HIV-infected Youth in South Africa, Adapting CHAMP+ for South Africa: Supporting HIV-Infected Youth and Families, CHAMP+: Supporting HIV-infected youth and families, Using CHAMP to Prevent Youth HIV Risks in S.A. Township, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies
OpenAlex ID: W2038092128