TY - JOUR
T1 - Development and preliminary evaluation of a behavioural HIV-prevention programme for teenage girls of Latino descent in the USA
AU - Davidson, Tatiana M.
AU - Lopez, Cristina M.
AU - Saulson, Raelle
AU - Borkman, April L.
AU - Soltis, Kathryn
AU - Ruggiero, Kenneth J.
AU - de Arellano, Michael
AU - Wingood, Gina M.
AU - DiClemente, Ralph J.
AU - Danielson, Carla Kmett
N1 - Funding Information:
Dr Davidson is supported by the National Institute of Mental Health [grant number R01 MH081056-03S2] (PI: Ruggiero). Dr Lopez is supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) [grant number NIH R01DA025616-04S1]. Views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the funding institutions.
PY - 2014/5
Y1 - 2014/5
N2 - National data suggests that teenage girls of Latino descent in the USA are disproportionately affected by HIV, with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reporting the rate of new infections being approximately four times higher compared to White women of comparable age. This paper highlights the need for an effective single-sex HIV-prevention programme for teenage girls of Latino descent and describes the development and preliminary evaluation of Chicas Healing, Informing, Living and Empowering (CHILE), a culturally-tailored, HIV-prevention programme exclusively for teenage girls of Latino descent that was adapted from Sisters Informing, Healing, Living and Empowering (SiHLE), an evidence-based HIV- prevention program that is culturally tailored for African American young women. Theatre testing, a pre-testing methodology to assess consumer response to a demonstration of a product, was utilised to evaluate the relevance and utility of the HIV programme as well as opportunities for the integration of cultural constructs. Future directions for the evaluation of CHILE are discussed.
AB - National data suggests that teenage girls of Latino descent in the USA are disproportionately affected by HIV, with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reporting the rate of new infections being approximately four times higher compared to White women of comparable age. This paper highlights the need for an effective single-sex HIV-prevention programme for teenage girls of Latino descent and describes the development and preliminary evaluation of Chicas Healing, Informing, Living and Empowering (CHILE), a culturally-tailored, HIV-prevention programme exclusively for teenage girls of Latino descent that was adapted from Sisters Informing, Healing, Living and Empowering (SiHLE), an evidence-based HIV- prevention program that is culturally tailored for African American young women. Theatre testing, a pre-testing methodology to assess consumer response to a demonstration of a product, was utilised to evaluate the relevance and utility of the HIV programme as well as opportunities for the integration of cultural constructs. Future directions for the evaluation of CHILE are discussed.
KW - HIV
KW - Latino
KW - USA
KW - prevention
KW - young women
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U2 - 10.1080/13691058.2014.891049
DO - 10.1080/13691058.2014.891049
M3 - Article
C2 - 24697607
AN - SCOPUS:84901319265
SN - 1369-1058
VL - 16
SP - 533
EP - 546
JO - Culture, Health and Sexuality
JF - Culture, Health and Sexuality
IS - 5
ER -