"We as drug addicts need that program": Insight from rural African American cocaine users on designing a sexual risk reduction intervention for their community.
This focused ethnographic study examines data collected in 2007 from four gender- and age-specific focus groups (FGs) (N = 31) to inform the development of a sexual risk reduction intervention for African American cocaine users in rural Arkansas. A semi-structured protocol was used to guide audio-recorded FGs. Data were entered into Ethnograph and analyzed using constant comparison and content analysis. Four codes with accompanying factors emerged from the data and revealed recommendations for sexual risk reduction interventions with similar populations. Intervention design implications and challenges, study limitations, and future research are discussed. The study was supported by funds from the National Institute of Nursing Research (P20 NR009006-01) and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (1R01DA024575-01 and F31 DA026286-01).
Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205, USA. bemontgomery@uams.edu
Brooke E E
BE
Montgomery
Katharine E
KE
Stewart
Patricia B
PB
Wright
Jean
J
McSweeney
Brenda M
BM
Booth
D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American; D001131:Arkansas; D019970:Cocaine-Related Disorders / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000628:therapy; D055030:Drug Users; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods*; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D019035:Rural Health Services; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*