None of Us Will Get Out of Here Alive: The Intersection of Perceived Risk for HIV, Risk Behaviors and Survival Expectations among African American Emerging Adults

作者：Edwards Lorece V; Lindong Ian; Brown Lawrence; Hawkins Anita S; Dennis Sabriya; Fajobi Olaoluwa; Rowel Randolph; Braithwaite Ronald; Sydnor Kim D

来源：Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 2017, 28(2): 48-68.

DOI：10.1353/hpu.2017.0052

• African American emerging adults
• HIV prevention
• perceived risk
• survival expectations

The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) significantly affects minority emerging adults, among whom the rate of new diagnoses is high and health disparities are more pronounced. Importantly, emerging adults today have limited knowledge of the earlier toll of the virus when it was identified as a killer. Among this population, perceptions of risk for HIV are low and sexual risk taking behaviors are high. The Get SMART Project is a behavioral intervention aimed to provide re-purposed HIV, alcohol, and substance abuse prevention education and HIV testing to African American emerging adults ages 18-24. The project was guided by the Health Belief Model, Community Promise, and Training for Institutional Procedures. Findings revealed that HIV testing is low. Marijuana and alcohol are drugs of choice. Emerging adults do not see themselves at risk for HIV, although they engaged in high-risk behaviors. Additionally, survival expectations influence behavior risk.

• 出版日期2017-5