ERIC Number: EJ1028196
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 16
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HIP HOP for HIV Awareness: Using Hip Hop Culture to Promote Community-Level HIV Prevention
Hill, Mandy J.; Hallmark, Camden J.; McNeese, Marlene; Blue, Nike; Ross, Michael W.
Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, v14 n2 p128-143 2014
The goal of this paper was to determine the effectiveness of the HIP HOP for HIV Awareness intervention, an innovative model utilising an exchange of an HIV test for a hip hop concert ticket, in a metropolitan city among African American youth and young adults. A subset of intervention participants participated in standardised testing, sex education and pre/post test administration. Data were analysed to identify changes in knowledge and attitudes with respect to HIV and sexually transmitted infections pre/post the educational session. An analysis of knowledge revealed variance in the pre- and post-assessment findings among participants receiving the intervention. Level of education and gender significantly influenced the variance in knowledge discerned from the pre- and post-assessment among participants. Two three-level significant interactions emerged from the analysis of variance: knowledge, education and gender; and knowledge, education and race/ethnicity. Programme findings suggest that an increase in knowledge and improved self-perceptions related to attitudes are the result of a brief, HIV-focused community-based intervention among young adults.
Descriptors: African American Culture, Popular Culture, Health Promotion, Prevention, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Intervention, Urban Youth, Young Adults, Standardized Tests, Pretests Posttests, Sex Education, Sexuality, Attitude Change, Knowledge Level, Program Effectiveness, Gender Differences, Educational Attainment, Interaction, Incentives, Teaching Methods, Screening Tests, Community Involvement, Racial Differences
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Texas
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