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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
Nicole M. Gordon, MSW, LSW, The Den, To Our Children's Future With Health, Inc., 1628 West Venango Street, Philadelphia, PA 19140, 215-223-5140, tocfwh@hotmail.com and Marsha Zibalese-Crawford, PhD, School of Social Administration, Temple University, 1501 Cecil B. Moore Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19122.
This presentation examines outcomes of a culturally-competent community-based program that provides youth with information that: (1) increases knowledge about AIDS, (2) guides them in recognizing the benefits of adopting new health promoting behaviors, (3) produces real benefits that youth feel outweigh barriers to adopting new behaviors and (4) increases their skill-base in using self-protective behavior. Other program activities have been developed to teach self-efficacy, promote individual responsibility regarding engaging in high-risk behaviors and to encourage goal planning. Specifically, the presentation includes: 1.A review of issues that impact on high-risk African-American teens; 2. Review of an assessment process that determines gaps in services provided to distressed communities; 3. A discussion of how interventions tend to be isolated when addressing issues facing African-American adolescents; the Adolescent HIV Prevention Project will be examined as a multi-faceted model. 4. An in-depth exploration of the interventions or services (e.g. The Den, community collaboration, school-based prevention education/training, access to services, drop-in activities). 5. Peer leadership and its role in program success (e.g. liaisons between staff and program participants). Peer educators demonstrate behaviors that help set community norms and promote HIV/AIDS prevention. They inspire and encourage other teens to adopt healthy behaviors through common experience: HIV risk reduction training and The Den. 6. A brief overview of the training curriculum (Be Proud! Be Responsible!) and preliminary results from the training. This presentation will demonstrate how a multi-faceted program can prepare high-risk African-American teens to function safely and effectively, and improve the overall quality of their lives.
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Keywords: HIV/AIDS, Youth
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.