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Examining Evidence-based Intervention Sustainability and De-adoption in the Context of HIV Prevention

Creator:

McKay, Virginia R.

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Evidence-based interventions (EBIs), which demonstrate efficacy in research settings, are rarely sustained when implemented in public health organizations. Rather, EBIs are often de-adopted - potentially undermining the positive benefits of the EBIs for the communities that access them. The lack of sustainability is particularly troubling among public health organizations that...

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Dissertation

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12.8% of people infected with HIV are unaware of their infection (CDC, 2015). While HIV incidence
What's romance got to do with it? Sexual health outcomes of relationship dynamics among urban African American adolescents

Creator:

Towner, Senna Lee

Abstract:

Urban African American adolescents exhibit high levels of risk behavior, disproportionately high rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and are at risk for acquiring Human Immunodefiency Virus (HIV). To date, interventions that address the high rates of STIs in this population demonstrate only moderate efficacy. As researchers strive to develop...

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Dissertation

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populations, including African American youth. In 2010, HIV infection diagnoses among African American youth