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July 26-27, 2017 | Vancouver, Canada
WORLD CONFERENCE ON STDs, STIs & HIV/AIDS
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Aims:
The purpose of this study was to examine where young
adults were obtaining their HIV prevention information, and
determine if there were consumption preferences based on
gender and race/ethnicity.
Methods:
We conducted a series of race/ethnic and gender-
concordant 2-hour focus groups, and qualitative analyses
identified common domains. Sixty adolescents attended 6
focus groups.
Results:
Findings revealed that primary informational sources
were television and advertisements, educational settings,
community health care centers, and family and friends.
However, television commercials and advertisements
were viewed as an ineffective approach, with mistrust of
the “mainstream” media being very high for Black males.
Recommendations centered on the need for more realistic
scenarios related to living with HIV by other adolescents,
greater parental involvement with HIV education, especially
for minority youth, and the use of social media.
Conclusion:
Special attention should be given to the
importance of social media for adolescents, and how the
fear of HIV-related stigma influences HIV information
consumption patterns among males.
Speaker Biography
Dexter R. Voisin is a Professor in the School of Social Service Administration and a
Faculty Affiliate at the Center for the Study of Race, Culture, and Politics and the Center
for Health and the Social Sciences. His fields of special interest include community
violence exposure, adolescent sexual risk behaviors, the role of gender in adapting
to risks, international HIV prevention, and social work practice. Professor Voisin has
authored more than 100 peer reviewed publications in such journals as AIDS, AIDS
Care, AIDS and Behavior, AIDS Education and Prevention, the American Journal of
Orthopsychiatry, the American Journal of Public Health, Behavioral Medicine, Children
and Youth Services Review, Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, Journal
of Adolescence, among others. Due to his expertise on adolescent sexuality, trauma
exposure, and international HIV prevention, he is highly sought after as a peer reviewer
and has reviewed articles for various academic journals across many disciplines. His
scholarship is recognized as being one of highest cited among Black scholars in top
Schools of Social Work. Voisin was appointed a Visiting Professor (summers 2004,
2005, 2007) at the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies in the Department of Medicine
at the University of California, San Francisco. In 2010, he was appointed co-editor of
the Journal of HIV/AIDS and Social Services. He was also appointed a consulting editor
for Social Work: Journal of the National Association of Social Workers (2003-2008), the
Journal of HIV/AIDS Education and Prevention (2004-2007), the Journal of HIV/ AIDS
and Social Services (2003 to 2010). In 2012 he was appointed to the editorial boards
of the Journal of Adolescent Health, BMC Public Health, and in 2013 Social Work
Research. In 2010, he was appointed to the Illinois Statewide Committee for Juvenile
Justice Programs, Disproportionate Minority Contact Subcommittee and in 2013 to the
Illinois African American Family Commission by the Office of Governor Pat Quinn.
e:
dvoisin@uchicago.eduIn their ownwords: Racial/ethnic and gender differences in sources and preferences for HIV prevention
information among young adults
Dexter Voisin, Cheng-Shi Shiu, Anjanette Chan Tack, Cathy Krieger, Dominika Sekulska
and
Lauren Johnson
The University of Chicago, USA