AIDS Patient Care and STDs
Volume 30, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 476-483

Recommendations for Developing Contextually Relevant HIV/AIDS Prevention Strategies Targeting African-Born Immigrants and Refugees in the United States (Article)

Kingori C.* , Esquivel C.L. , Hassan Q. , Elmi A. , Mukasa B. , Reece M.
  • a Department of Social and Public Health, Grover Center W347, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, United States
  • b Office of International Affairs, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
  • c Dwight Schar College of Education, Ashland University, Columbus, OH, United States
  • d Luitpold Pharmaceutical, Canal Winchester, Ohio, United States
  • e Alexandria Elite Consulting Group Inc., Everett, MA, United States
  • f Applied Health Science, School of Public Health, Indiana University-Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, United States

Abstract

African-born immigrants and refugees have HIV infection rates six times higher than any other minority groups in the United States. Despite the increase in the population size and diversity of Somali immigrants and refugees in the United States, Somalis are one of the medically underserved population subgroups in this region. The lack of aggregate HIV infection rates among African-born immigrants, for example, Somali refugees, is a cause for alarm and calls for more research to be conducted in this subgroup. The purpose of this article was to examine contextually relevant HIV prevention strategies that will enhance HIV prevention among Somali immigrant/refugee young adults in the United States. Using the grounded theory approach, a convenience sample of 27 immigrant/refugee young adults was recruited in central Ohio. Recommendations for potential HIV prevention strategies emerged under two main categories: (1) internal community resources and (2) external platforms. Study findings support a collaborative approach involving community leaders (parents, elders, religious leaders) and educational (schools), media, and healthcare settings to tailor HIV prevention strategies that meet the needs of the priority group. © Copyright 2016, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.

Author Keywords

culture African Somali Immigrant Refugees HIV/AIDS prevention

Index Keywords

cultural anthropology immigrant HIV Infections Medically Underserved Area refugee health care planning convenience sample mass screening Ohio Population Surveillance human Refugees statistics and numerical data Aged Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome nonhuman Cultural Competency ethnology cultural competence Human immunodeficiency virus qualitative research interview Young Adult Humans migrant human tissue Black person African Continental Ancestry Group Interviews as Topic male Emigrants and Immigrants female prevention adult grounded theory human experiment Somalia clergy acquired immune deficiency syndrome Culture health survey
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84992144017&doi=10.1089%2fapc.2016.0171&partnerID=40&md5=c83a61c7ae47b10559a944b66bf88d80
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2016.0171
ISSN: 10872914
Original Language: English