Macro-Level Approaches to HIV Prevention among Ethnic Minority Youth: State of the Science, Opportunities, and Challenges

Autor/inn/en	Prado, Guillermo; Lightfoot, Marguerita; Brown, C. Hendricks
Titel	Macro-Level Approaches to HIV Prevention among Ethnic Minority Youth: State of the Science, Opportunities, and Challenges
Quelle	In: American Psychologist, 68 (2013) 4, S.286-299 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0003-066X
DOI	10.1037/a0032917
Schlagwörter	Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS); Prevention; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Behavioral Sciences; Minority Groups; Ethnic Groups; Youth Opportunities; Youth Problems; Youth Programs; Performance Factors; Epidemiology; Disease Incidence; Holistic Approach; Best Practices; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Prävention; Vorbeugung; Sexual transmitted disease; Geschlechtskrankheit; Ethnische Minderheit; Ethnie; Jugendsofortprogramm; Leistungsindikator; Epidemiologie; Holistischer Ansatz; USA
Abstract	The HIV epidemic continues to disproportionately affect ethnic minority youth. These disconcerting health disparities indicate that although existing HIV preventive strategies for ethnic minority youth have been efficacious, they have not significantly reduced the impact of the epidemic in this population. Macro-level interventions, such as structural or policy interventions, have the potential to impact the HIV epidemic at a population level, and thus reduce the HIV health disparities that exist among ethnic minority youth and other segments of the U.S. population. This article calls for a paradigm shift to develop, evaluate, and disseminate interventions that target upstream/macro-level factors or that, at a minimum, integrate both a macro and individual level perspective. The article also discusses the challenges in developing and evaluating such interventions. Psychologists and other behavioral scientists can play a critical role in reducing the impact of HIV on ethnic minority youth by integrating macro-level approaches to future HIV prevention strategies. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10