title: Community-based, culturally sensitive HIV/AIDS education for Aboriginal adolescents: implications for nursing practice.
abstract: Research is an essential component of effective, evidence-based nursing practice. Limited scientific data have been published on Canadian Aboriginals, and even less information is available on HIV prevention efforts aimed at Aboriginal youth. The need for more research on HIV and AIDS among Aboriginals, and especially Aboriginal youth, is highlighted throughout the article as a means to improving prevention interventions for this vulnerable population. At the same time, insights gained from a culture-sensitive, HIV/AIDS educational program that targeted a group of Aboriginal adolescents from a local First Nations community in Ontario are discussed. Implications for future HIV/AIDS peer-based prevention efforts using the train-the-trainer technique are also considered.
authors.affiliation: System-Linked Research Unit (SLRU), Community-Linked Evaluation AIDS Resource Unit (CLEAR), McMaster University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario.
authors.forename: Basanti B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Majumdar
authors.forename: Tracey L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Chambers
authors.forename: Jacqueline
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Roberts
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016497:Adolescent Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American / Q000193:education* / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D009864:Ontario / Q000453:epidemiology; D015397:Program Evaluation; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D021841:Safe Sex / Q000208:ethnology; D012657:Self-Help Groups / Q000458:organization & administration; D012736:Sex Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000208:ethnology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D035862:Vulnerable Populations / Q000208:ethnology