TY - JOUR
T1 - Adapting a family-based HIV prevention program for HIV-infected preadolescents and their families
T2 - Youth, families and health care providers coming together to address complex needs
AU - McKay, Mary
AU - Block, Megan
AU - Mellins, Claude
AU - Traube, Dorian E.
AU - Brackis-Cott, Elizabeth
AU - Minott, Desiree
AU - Miranda, Claudia
AU - Petterson, Jennifer
AU - Abrams, Elaine J.
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding from the New York State Psychiatric Institute, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies Grant (P30 MH43520) is gratefully recognized. Dorian Traube is currently a pre-doctoral fellow at the Columbia University School of Social Work supported by a training grant from the National Institutes of Mental Health (5T32MH014623-24).
PY - 2007/5/23
Y1 - 2007/5/23
N2 - This article describes a family-based HIV prevention and mental health promotion program specifically designed to meet the needs of perinatally-infected preadolescents and their families. This project represents one of the first attempts to involve perinatally HIV-infected youth in HIV prevention efforts while simultaneously addressing their mental health and health care needs. The program, entitled CHAMP+ (Collaborative HIV Prevention and Adolescent Mental Health Project-Plus), focuses on: (1) the impact of HIV on the family; (2) loss and stigma associated with HIV disease; (3) HIV knowledge and understanding of health and medication protocols; (4) family communication about puberty, sexuality and HIV; (5) social support and decision making related to disclosure; (6) parental supervision and monitoring related to sexual possibility situations, sexual risk taking behavior and management of youth health and medication. Findings from a preliminary evaluation of CHAMP+ with six families are presented along with a discussion of challenges related to feasibility and implementation within a primary health care setting for perinatally infected youth.
AB - This article describes a family-based HIV prevention and mental health promotion program specifically designed to meet the needs of perinatally-infected preadolescents and their families. This project represents one of the first attempts to involve perinatally HIV-infected youth in HIV prevention efforts while simultaneously addressing their mental health and health care needs. The program, entitled CHAMP+ (Collaborative HIV Prevention and Adolescent Mental Health Project-Plus), focuses on: (1) the impact of HIV on the family; (2) loss and stigma associated with HIV disease; (3) HIV knowledge and understanding of health and medication protocols; (4) family communication about puberty, sexuality and HIV; (5) social support and decision making related to disclosure; (6) parental supervision and monitoring related to sexual possibility situations, sexual risk taking behavior and management of youth health and medication. Findings from a preliminary evaluation of CHAMP+ with six families are presented along with a discussion of challenges related to feasibility and implementation within a primary health care setting for perinatally infected youth.
KW - Challenges with feasibility and implementation
KW - Family communication
KW - Perinatally-infected preadolescents and their families
KW - Social support and decision making
KW - parental supervision and monitoring
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U2 - 10.1300/J200v05n03_06
DO - 10.1300/J200v05n03_06
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34249702415
SN - 1533-2985
VL - 5
SP - 355
EP - 378
JO - Social Work in Mental Health
JF - Social Work in Mental Health
IS - 3-4
ER -