Correlates of Participation in a Family-Based HIV Prevention Program: Exploring African-American Women's Motivations and Understanding of the Program.
This study examines the relationship between contextual factors and attendance in a family-based HIV prevention program for low-income, urban, African-American women and their children. Participants' motivations to become involved, their concerns about discussing sex-related issues with their children, recruiters' perceptions of respondents' understanding of the program, and environmental stressors were examined. Participants' level of motivation and recruiters' success in improving respondents' understanding of the program were significant correlates of attendance. Stressors experienced by the family and concerns around talking with children about sex were not significantly associated with participation. Recommendations to enhance involvement in family-based HIV prevention programs are made.
Pinto
Rogério M
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Rogério M. Pinto, PhD, is with HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, Columbia University/New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY. Mary M. McKay is with Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY. Marla Wilson is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Daisy Phillips, Donna Baptiste, Carl C. Bell, Sybil Madison-Boyd and Roberta L. Paikoff are with the University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL.
McKay
Mary M
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Wilson
Marla
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Phillips
Daisy
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Baptiste
Donna
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Bell
Carl C
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Madison-Boyd
Sybil
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Paikoff
Roberta L
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