Back to Annual Meeting Page		American Public Health Association 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA

Abstract #115642

Rena G. Boss-Victoria, DrPH, MSN, RN, CNS¹, Joy P. Nanda, DSc, MS, MHS², Olugbemiga Ekundayo, MD, MPH³, Audrey Zarba, PhD¹, Pierre Vigilance, MD, MPH⁴, and Ludmilla F. Scott, MPH DrPH Candte⁵. (1) Public Health Program, Center for HIV Prevention Evaluation, Policy and Research, Morgan State University, 1700 E Cold Spring Lane, Jenkins Bldg, Room 343, Baltimore, MD 21251, 443-885-4042, drbossvictoria@aol.com, (2) Population and Family Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 624 North Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205, (3) The MPH/DrPH Program, Department of Public Health, Morgan State University, 343 Jenkens Builging, 1700 E. Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD 21251-0001, (4) Baltimore City Health Department, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Assistant Commissioner, 1700 E. Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD 21251, (5) Ludimar Consultants, 14804 Cross River Court, Burtonsville, MD 20866-3104

Key findings from the RARE Project highlighted several issues which needed to be addressed by the policy makers within a short period of time. This section will describe recommendations based on major findings:

1. Creation of employment, vocational education and training to empower youth 2. Creation of youth friendly/peer driven HIV programs with a youthful environment 3. Holding care providers accountable and keeping the programs “real” 4. Increasing the visibility of HIV prevention media messages with prevention messages embedded. 5. Promote cultural and social norms for health protective behavior 6. Support health protective behavior messages. 7. Provide protective materials, including condoms in a variety of venues where minority youth are active, including store fronts, shops, churches, laundromats and barber shops

Implementation of these recommendations is being considered by local, regional and national policy makers and program administrators to create healthy environment among the youth in minority health communities

Learning Objectives:

• 1. Identify at least three operational recommendations for minority youth HIV prevention programs
• 2. Describe relevant action steps based on presented recommendations.

Keywords: Community Response, Behavioral Research

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

I wish to disclose that I have NO financial interests or other relationship with the manufactures of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services or commercial supporters.

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