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Research Studies is a compilation of published research articles funded by AHRQ or authored by AHRQ researchers.
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1 to 4 of 4 Research Studies DisplayedRenfro T, Johnson E, Lambert DN
The MEDIA model: an innovative method for digitizing and training community members to facilitate an HIV prevention intervention.
This article describes an effort to train lay community members within predominantly Black churches in Atlanta, GA, to implement an HIV-prevention intervention using digital media. Lay educators were trained by translating a face-to-face Training of Facilitators (TOF) to a digital platform using the MEDIA (Motivate-Engage-Digitize-Implement-Assess) model. The research team worked with topical experts and a production company to develop storyboards for core curriculum activities, which were scripted and filmed. A user guide, toolkit, and program website were also developed as supplemental materials to accompany the video training. The article concludes that creating digital media can be a time-consuming process, that pilot testing in the new format is necessary even for previously tested interventions, and that the structure provided by facilitators in face-to-face training must be embedded within the format of the digitized trainings.
AHRQ-funded; HS022059.
Citation: Renfro T, Johnson E, Lambert DN .
The MEDIA model: an innovative method for digitizing and training community members to facilitate an HIV prevention intervention.
Transl Behav Med 2018 Nov 21;8(6):815-23. doi: 10.1093/tbm/iby012..
Keywords: Health Promotion, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Prevention, Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Women
Rice WS, Logie CH, Napoles TM
Perceptions of intersectional stigma among diverse women living with HIV in the United States.
This study conducted 76 interviews with diverse women with HIV from varied socioeconomic backgrounds in Birmingham AL, Jackson MI, Atlanta GA, and San Francisco CA, who were enrolled in the Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS). The purpose was to examine perceptions of intersectional stigma among women living with HIV. The women interviewed shared their perceptions of the various forms of stigma and discrimination they had experienced, most commonly related to gender, race, income level, as well as their incarceration histories and weight. The study’s findings highlight the complexity of the social processes of marginalization, and the need for public health strategies to promote wellbeing among women living with HIV and to reduce social structural and health disparities.
AHRQ-funded; HS013852.
Citation: Rice WS, Logie CH, Napoles TM .
Perceptions of intersectional stigma among diverse women living with HIV in the United States.
Soc Sci Med 2018 Jul;208:9-17. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.05.001..
Keywords: Disparities, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Social Stigma, Women
Calabrese SK, Earnshaw VA, Krakower DS
A closer look at racism and heterosexism in medical students' clinical decision-making related to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP): implications for PrEP education.
In this survey study of 115 US medical students, researchers examined associations between biases (racism and heterosexism) and PrEP clinical decision-making and explored prior PrEP education as a potential buffer. They concluded that prior PrEP education did not buffer any indirect effects. Also, heterosexism may compromise PrEP provision to MSM and should be addressed in PrEP-related medical education.
AHRQ-funded; HS022986.
Citation: Calabrese SK, Earnshaw VA, Krakower DS .
A closer look at racism and heterosexism in medical students' clinical decision-making related to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP): implications for PrEP education.
AIDS Behav 2018 Apr;22(4):1122-38. doi: 10.1007/s10461-017-1979-z.
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Keywords: Shared Decision Making, Education: Academic, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Prevention, Racial and Ethnic Minorities
Behler RL, Cornwell BT, Schneider JA
Patterns of social affiliations and healthcare engagement among young, black, men who have sex with men.
This study investigates how individuals’ social affiliations affect their knowledge of and engagement with public health services. A sample of 618 young black men who have sex with men (YBMSM) in Chicago were used to identify connections within their social networks. Men who had stronger affiliations with the Chicago gay community had more knowledge of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), while men who had stronger affiliations with the black community had improved HIV treatment outcomes.
AHRQ-funded; HS024167.
Citation: Behler RL, Cornwell BT, Schneider JA .
Patterns of social affiliations and healthcare engagement among young, black, men who have sex with men.
AIDS Behav 2018 Mar;22(3):806-18. doi: 10.1007/s10461-016-1668-3..
Keywords: Disparities, Healthcare Delivery, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Men's Health, Racial and Ethnic Minorities