TY - JOUR
T1 - Bringing Evidence-Based Sexual Health Programs to Adolescents in Black Churches
T2 - Applying Knowledge From Systematic Adaptation Frameworks
AU - Weeks, Fiona H.
AU - Powell, Terrinieka W.
AU - Illangasekare, Samantha
AU - Rice, Eric
AU - Wilson, James
AU - Hickman, Debra
AU - Blum, Robert W.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, © 2016 Society for Public Health Education.
PY - 2016/12/1
Y1 - 2016/12/1
N2 - Previous studies have documented Black churches’ receptivity to implementing adolescent sexual health programs within their congregations. Some authors have argued for new sexual health programs to be designed specifically for churches, similar to the development of school- and community-based interventions. However, strategies and curricula used in secular settings may also be effective in influencing sexual behaviors among youth in churches. The current study examined the ways in which the phases of two theorized intervention adaptation frameworks were reflected in the desired key components of a church-based sexual health program. Participants in this community-based participatory research project were youth, parents, and faith leaders from nine Black churches in Baltimore, Maryland. Our findings suggest that the priorities of church stakeholders are consistent, rather than discordant, with the current paradigms of evidence-based sexual health programs and intervention adaptation. Future research and practical implications are discussed.
AB - Previous studies have documented Black churches’ receptivity to implementing adolescent sexual health programs within their congregations. Some authors have argued for new sexual health programs to be designed specifically for churches, similar to the development of school- and community-based interventions. However, strategies and curricula used in secular settings may also be effective in influencing sexual behaviors among youth in churches. The current study examined the ways in which the phases of two theorized intervention adaptation frameworks were reflected in the desired key components of a church-based sexual health program. Participants in this community-based participatory research project were youth, parents, and faith leaders from nine Black churches in Baltimore, Maryland. Our findings suggest that the priorities of church stakeholders are consistent, rather than discordant, with the current paradigms of evidence-based sexual health programs and intervention adaptation. Future research and practical implications are discussed.
KW - adolescent health
KW - community-based participatory research
KW - faith-based
KW - qualitative
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U2 - 10.1177/1090198116633459
DO - 10.1177/1090198116633459
M3 - Article
C2 - 26956571
AN - SCOPUS:84994641681
SN - 1090-1981
VL - 43
SP - 699
EP - 704
JO - Health Education and Behavior
JF - Health Education and Behavior
IS - 6
ER -