TY - JOUR
T1 - Challenges and approaches to mobilizing communities for HIV prevention among young men who have sex with men of color
AU - Lin, Alison J.
AU - Dudek, Julia C.
AU - Francisco, Vincent T.
AU - Castillo, Marné
AU - Freeman, Peter
AU - Martinez, Miguel
AU - Sniecinski, Kevin
AU - Young, Kalima
AU - Ellen, Jonathan M.
N1 - Funding Information:
C2P is a research project of the Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions (ATN), which is funded by the National Institutes of Health. All 15 ATN sites throughout the United States and Puerto Rico are implementing C2P. The objective of this research is to determine the effect of community mobilization around HIV prevention on HIV incidence and prevalence among specific subpopulations of youth. Each site completed a community planning process to select a target population within a specific geographic area. This process helped to identify discreet
PY - 2012/4/1
Y1 - 2012/4/1
N2 - Young men who have sex with men (YMSM) of color are disproportionately impacted by HIV/AIDS in the United States. More HIV prevention interventions targeting risk factors of this group are needed, particularly at the structural level. This article focuses on Connect to Protect: Partnerships for Youth Prevention Interventions (C2P), a multisite study employing community mobilization to decrease HIV acquisition and transmission among youth. Seven C2P sites are mobilizing their communities to prevent HIV among YMSM of color. These sites have faced a number of similar challenges. This article uses qualitative data to explore three domains relating to community mobilization at YMSM sitesforming community partnerships, maintaining the coalition, and facilitating structural-level coalition objectives. Challenges and approaches across domains illustrated themes related to stigma and discrimination, mobilization around YMSM of color, coalition participation and funding.
AB - Young men who have sex with men (YMSM) of color are disproportionately impacted by HIV/AIDS in the United States. More HIV prevention interventions targeting risk factors of this group are needed, particularly at the structural level. This article focuses on Connect to Protect: Partnerships for Youth Prevention Interventions (C2P), a multisite study employing community mobilization to decrease HIV acquisition and transmission among youth. Seven C2P sites are mobilizing their communities to prevent HIV among YMSM of color. These sites have faced a number of similar challenges. This article uses qualitative data to explore three domains relating to community mobilization at YMSM sitesforming community partnerships, maintaining the coalition, and facilitating structural-level coalition objectives. Challenges and approaches across domains illustrated themes related to stigma and discrimination, mobilization around YMSM of color, coalition participation and funding.
KW - HIV prevention
KW - coalitions
KW - community mobilization
KW - stigma
KW - young men who have sex with men of color
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U2 - 10.1080/10852352.2012.660125
DO - 10.1080/10852352.2012.660125
M3 - Article
C2 - 24188355
AN - SCOPUS:84859794609
SN - 1085-2352
VL - 40
SP - 149
EP - 164
JO - Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community
JF - Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community
IS - 2
ER -