HIV Prevention Programming for Older African American Women: The Impact of a Faith-Based and Behavioral Science Partnership on Depressive Symptoms
| Autor: | Aurora P. Jackson, Megan T Ebor |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Original Report: HIV and African American Women
Epidemiology media_common.quotation_subject Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Psychological intervention Behavioural sciences HIV Infections medicine.disease_cause Psychosocial Intervention Faith 03 medical and health sciences Outcome Assessment Health Care Medicine Humans media_common African american 030505 public health business.industry Depression General Medicine Middle Aged Los Angeles Educational attainment Test (assessment) Black or African American Mental Health General partnership Female 0305 other medical science business Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Ethn Dis |
| ISSN: | 1945-0826 |
| Popis: | Objective: The current study sought to test the effect of an HIV prevention intervention on depressive symptoms in a sample of older African American women. Design, Setting and Participants: A pretest-posttest randomized control group design was conducted in a mega-church in Los Angeles with a sample of 62 older African American women, aged ≥50 years, 29 of whom were randomly assigned to the experimental condition and 33 to the comparison/control condition. Measures: A measure of psychological wellbeing (CES-D) was utilized to test the effect of the four-session group intervention vs the one-session informational group intervention on change in depressive symptoms from pretest to posttest. Demographic characteristics included: measures of age in years; relationship and employment statuses (coded 1 for yes, 0 for no); and educational attainment. Results: Participation in the study was associated with a significant improvement in the women’s psychological wellbeing from baseline to time 2; ie, decreased depressive symptoms. This change was greater for women in the four-session experimental group than for those in the one-session comparison group, due in part to a marginally significant interaction between time and experimental conditions. Conclusions: This study demonstrates the utility of faith-based/behavioral-scientist partnerships in HIV programming. Findings contribute to the evidence on interventions that might reduce depressive symptoms and HIV risk among older African American women. Ethn Dis. 2020;30(2):287-294; doi:10.18865/ed.30.2.287 |
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