Designing HIV Prevention Interventions for Urban American Indians: Evolution of the Don't Forget Us Program

• Published in: Health & social work Vol. 34; no. 4; pp. 301 - 304
• Main Authors: Wiechelt, Shelly A., Gryczynski, Jan, Johnson, Jeannette L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Oxford University Press 01-11-2009
• Subjects: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS); AIDS; Alaska Natives; American Indians; Case management; Community Programs; Community Relations; Community Surveys; Company business management; Core Curriculum; Cultural Characteristics; Cultural Influences; Data Analysis; Delinquency Prevention; Drug Use; Economic indicators; Evidence; Female; Focus Groups; Government programmes; Health aspects; Health Care Services; Health literacy; Health services; Health Services Needs and Demand; Hepatitis; HIV; HIV Infections - epidemiology; HIV Infections - ethnology; HIV Infections - prevention & control; Human immunodeficiency virus; Humans; Indians, North American; Intervention; Juvenile Justice; Male; Management; Medical Services; Mental health care; Mental Health Programs; Minority & ethnic groups; Native Americans; Needs Assessment; Neighborhoods; Prevention; Program Development; Public health; Race; Referral; Religious congregations; Risk; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Social Inequality; Stakeholders; Substance Abuse; Transcultural medical care; U.S.A; United States - epidemiology; Urban areas; Urban health care; Urban Population; United States
• ISSN: 0360-7283; 1545-6854
• DOI: 10.1093/hsw/34.4.301

[...] this article focuses on the evolution of the Don't Forget Us program and how the needs assessment, other SPF steps, and participatory involvement from the target population informed the structure of the intervention. [...] this first session sets the tone of the intervention to focus on a holistic and relational conceptualization of HIV/ AIDS risk, a method that resonates with many AI values and worldviews.