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African American Adolescent Perceptions of Vulnerability and Resilience to HIV

Betty L. Glenn, PhD, RN* and Kathleen P. Wilson, DNSc, CPNP, FNP-CNS

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: BettyGlenn{at}clayton.edu.


  Abstract
HIV/AIDS is growing at a disproportional rate among African American adolescents. This trend has occurred despite the fact that 89% of schools have educational programs on HIV/AIDS. Barriers to effective HIV prevention may be related to a failure to develop educational programs based on the cultural competencies of vulnerable populations such as adolescents who are at risk for HIV. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore African American adolescent perceptions of vulnerability and resilience to HIV/AIDS within a cultural competency paradigm. A group of 8 adolescents at an African American church participated in a focus group to discuss vulnerability and resilience to HIV. To facilitate discussion, the adolescents developed collages from pictures in African American magazines. Content analysis was used to identify themes. The themes revealed were confidence, safe social activities, innocence, image, music/drug culture, and peer pressure.

First published on April 29, 2008, doi:10.1177/1043659608317447

Journal of Transcultural Nursing 2008;19:259.

A more recent version of this article appeared on July 1, 2008

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