Collaboration with Urban Parents to Deliver a Community-Based Youth HIV Prevention Program
Year: 2013
Type: article
Abstract: This article draws on the unified theory of behavior change to examine adult community members' participation in a collaborative, community-based HIV prevention program for inner-city youth. Specifically, the impact of a training and mentorship process is examined with a sample of parent facilitators hired to deliver an evidence-based HIV prevention program in Bronx, New York. Findings indicate that the training program impacted four of five key constructs (environmental constraints, habitual behavior, social norms, and self-concept) expected to be related to parents' ability to deliver the program constructs significantly beyond any increase evidenced by the control group (HIV knowledge increased in both groups). Community-level training programs may therefore be an effective medium for increasing caregivers' intention to collaborate in community-based prevention programs.
Authors: Jenifar Chowdhury, Stacey Alicea, Jerrold M. Jackson, Laura Elwyn, Anita Rivera-Rodriguez, Ana Miranda, Janet Watson, Mary M. McKay
Institutions: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York University
Language: English
Subfield: General Health Professions
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2145987004