Document 0220
 DOCN  M95B0220
 TI    Development of a culturally, theoretically and developmentally based
       survey instrument for assessing risk behaviors among African-American
       early adolescents living in urban low-income neighborhoods.
 DT    9511
 AU    Stanton B; Black M; Feigelman S; Ricardo I; Galbraith J; Li X; Kaljee L;
       Keane V; Nesbitt R; Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland,
       Baltimore; 21201, USA.
 SO    AIDS Educ Prev. 1995 Apr;7(2):160-77. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/95344907
 AB    The creation of developmentally and culturally appropriate
       data-gathering instruments is necessary as health researchers and
       interventionists expand their investigations to community-based minority
       adolescent populations. The creation of such instruments is a complex
       process, requiring the integration of multiple data-gathering and
       analytic approaches. Recent efforts have delineated several issues to be
       considered in survey design for minority populations: community
       collaboration; problem conceptualization; application of the presumed
       model of behavioral change; and dialect and format of delivery. This
       paper describes the process of creating a culturally and developmentally
       appropriate, theoretically grounded instrument for use in monitoring the
       impact of an AIDS educational intervention on the behavior and health
       outcomes of urban African-American pre-adolescents and early
       adolescents. Three phases of research were involved: preliminary (and
       ongoing) ethnographic research including extensive participant
       observation, as well as, focus group and individual interviews with 65
       youths; construction and testing of the preliminary instrument involving
       two waves of pilot testing (N1 = 57; N2 = 45); and, finalization of the
       instrument including reliability testing and assessment of tool
       constructs and selection of the mode of delivery (involving 2 additional
       waves of pilot testing (N3 = 91; N4 = 351). The essential role played by
       the community in all phases of instrument development is underscored.
 DE    Adolescence  Blacks/PSYCHOLOGY/*STATISTICS & NUMER DATA  Child
       *Cultural Characteristics  Female  Health Surveys  Human  HIV
       Infections/ETHNOLOGY/PREVENTION & CONTROL/PSYCHOLOGY/  *TRANSMISSION
       *Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice  Male  Motivation  Pilot Projects
       Population Surveillance  Poverty/PSYCHOLOGY/*STATISTICS & NUMER DATA
       Risk Factors  Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.  *Urban Population  JOURNAL
       ARTICLE

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