TY - JOUR
T1 - Targeting Structural Change for HIV Prevention
T2 - A Process and Tool for Community Application
AU - Willard, Nancy
AU - Chutuape, Kate
AU - Stewart-Campbell, Rachel
AU - Boyer, Cherrie B.
AU - Ellen, Jonathan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, Society for Public Health Education.
PY - 2015/11/1
Y1 - 2015/11/1
N2 - To address the persistent HIV epidemic in the United States, prevention efforts are focusing on social determinants related to HIV risk by targeting systems and structures, such as organizational and institutional policies, practices and programs, and legislative and regulatory approaches to modify features of the environment that influence HIV risk. With limited evidenced-based examples, communities can benefit from strategic planning resources that help them consider developing structural-level changes that target root causes of HIV risk. In this article, we present the Connect to Protect® project that outlines a process and a tool to move from general ideas to specific structural changes. Examples from 14 coalitions are also provided. Using the process and tools presented here can provide a launching pad for other coalitions seeking to build an HIV prevention agenda and for practitioners seeking to incorporate structural changes for community health promotion.
AB - To address the persistent HIV epidemic in the United States, prevention efforts are focusing on social determinants related to HIV risk by targeting systems and structures, such as organizational and institutional policies, practices and programs, and legislative and regulatory approaches to modify features of the environment that influence HIV risk. With limited evidenced-based examples, communities can benefit from strategic planning resources that help them consider developing structural-level changes that target root causes of HIV risk. In this article, we present the Connect to Protect® project that outlines a process and a tool to move from general ideas to specific structural changes. Examples from 14 coalitions are also provided. Using the process and tools presented here can provide a launching pad for other coalitions seeking to build an HIV prevention agenda and for practitioners seeking to incorporate structural changes for community health promotion.
KW - HIV prevention
KW - coalition capacity building
KW - strategic planning
KW - structural change and HIV
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U2 - 10.1177/1524839915574831
DO - 10.1177/1524839915574831
M3 - Article
C2 - 25776019
AN - SCOPUS:84945183500
SN - 1524-8399
VL - 16
SP - 837
EP - 848
JO - Health promotion practice
JF - Health promotion practice
IS - 6
ER -