Document 0200
 DOCN  M9480200
 TI    AIDS prevention struggles in ethnocultural neighborhoods: why research
       partnerships with community based organizations can't wait.
 DT    9410
 AU    Stevenson HC; White JJ; University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of
       Education,; Psychology in Education Division, Philadelphia 19104-6216.
 SO    AIDS Educ Prev. 1994 Apr;6(2):126-39. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94289147
 AB    Community based AIDS prevention programming and research in minority
       neighborhoods are growing. The AIDS epidemic has demoralized many
       minority communities and has added to enormously stressing social
       conditions. Obstacles to effective AIDS prevention programming must be
       removed before stable, accessible, and culturally relevant services can
       be provided. A pilot study was conducted to identify the obstacles to
       AIDS research or intervention in ethnic minority neighborhoods.
       Twenty-nine administrators and counselors from Community Based
       Organizations completed questionnaires concerning reasons for entering
       the field of AIDS prevention, enjoyment of work, hopefulness towards
       AIDS efforts, priority of AIDS funding, and opinions about most and
       least helpful prevention efforts in minority communities. Barriers
       identified as most problematic include insufficient funds, lack of
       culturally relevant materials, denial of the epidemic in minority
       communities, distrust of majority culture institutions, and
       myths/beliefs regarding AIDS contraction, transmission, and origin.
       Future research ideas are identified to improve culturally relevant AIDS
       prevention interventions in ethnocultural neighborhoods.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*PREVENTION & CONTROL/
       PSYCHOLOGY/TRANSMISSION  Attitude of Health Personnel  Communication
       Barriers  *Community Health Services  *Cultural Characteristics  *Health
       Education  Human  Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice  Minority
       Groups/*EDUCATION/PSYCHOLOGY  *Patient Care Team  Social Environment
       Support, Non-U.S. Gov't  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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