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The Impact of Being a Peer Sexual Health Educator: Lessons Learned from Mobilizing African American Adolescents against HIV in Flint, Michigan
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Senteio, Charles R.; Yoon, Deborah B.; Wang, Yiwei; Jinka, Swetha; Campbell, Terrance; Elizabeth, Palena – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2018
Although peer-led health education is common, the long-term impact of being a peer educator is under-studied. The purpose of this qualitative study is to investigate the long-term impact of being a peer sexual health educator. The sample consists of African American young adults who had served in this role. Being a peer sexual health educator had…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Health Education, African Americans, Young Adults
Ecodevelopmental Trajectories of Family Functioning: Links with HIV/STI Risk Behaviors and STI among Black Adolescents
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Córdova, David; Heinze, Justin E.; Mistry, Ritesh; Salas-Wright, Christopher P.; Zimmerman, Marc A. – Developmental Psychology, 2016
We examined the effects of family functioning trajectories on sexual risk behaviors and STI in adolescents. A sample of 850 predominantly (80%) Black adolescents from Michigan, United States, was assessed at baseline, 12, 24, and 36 months postbaseline. Adolescents were from working-class families with a mean age of 14.9 years (SD = 0.64, Range =…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Correlation
From Statehouses to Schoolhouses: Eradicating Environmental Racism
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Hartlep, Nicholas Daniel – Online Submission, 2010
Written through the prism of Critical Race Theory (CRT), this paper addresses the question, "How can schoolhouses best serve the students within them?" The author begins by introducing "environmental racism" through a review of the literature. The author argues that CRT proponents, by allying with whites and using geographic…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Racial Discrimination, Whites, Geographic Information Systems
YOUR Blessed Health: A Faith-Based CBPR Approach to Addressing HIV/AIDS among African Americans
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Griffith, Derek M.; Pichon, Latrice C.; Campbell, Bettina; Allen, Julie Ober – AIDS Education and Prevention, 2010
Despite substantial federal, state, and local efforts to reduce the transmission of HIV/AIDS, African Americans experience higher rates of infection than any other ethnic or racial group in the United States. It is imperative to develop culturally and ecologically sensitive interventions to meet the sexual health needs of this population.…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), African Americans, Health Needs, Participatory Research
The Continuing Problem of Asthma in Very Young Children: A Community-Based Participatory Research Project
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Nelson, Belinda Wilburn; Awad, Daniel; Alexander, Jeffrey; Clark, Noreen – Journal of School Health, 2009
Background: Asthma is a chronic health condition that has a disproportionate effect on low-income minority children who reside in large urban areas. African American children report significantly higher rates than the general population of children and have more-severe asthma and poorer outcomes. This article describes the prevalence of asthma in…
Descriptors: African American Children, African Americans, Participatory Research, Disadvantaged Youth
Sexual Relationship Power, Intimate Partner Violence, and Condom Use among Minority Urban Girls
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Teitelman, Anne M.; Ratcliffe, Sarah J.; Morales-Aleman, Mercedes M.; Sullivan, Cris M. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2008
This study examined the association between sexual relationship power, intimate partner violence, and condom use among African American and Hispanic urban girls. In this sample of 56 sexually active girls, 50% did not use condoms consistently and therefore were at higher risk for acquiring HIV or sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Teens who…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Violence, Antisocial Behavior, Females