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Opportunities for HIV Combination Prevention to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
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Grossman, Cynthia I.; Purcell, David W.; Rotheram-Borus, Mary Jane; Veniegas, Rosemary – American Psychologist, 2013
Despite advances in HIV prevention and care, African Americans and Latino Americans remain at much higher risk of acquiring HIV, are more likely to be unaware of their HIV-positive status, are less likely to be linked to and retained in care, and are less likely to have suppressed viral load than are Whites. The first National HIV/AIDS Strategy…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Prevention, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Intervention
Beyond the "Model Minority" Stereotype: Trends in Health Risk Behaviors among Asian/Pacific Islander High School Students
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Lee, Sung-Jae; Rotheram-Borus, Mary Jane – Journal of School Health, 2009
Background: Asian/Pacific Islander (API) students have been stereotyped as the "model minority." The objective of this study was to examine the trends in health risk behaviors among API students who participated in the San Diego City Schools Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) between 1993 and 2005. Methods: High school students from the…
Descriptors: Asian American Students, Pacific Americans, High School Students, Ethnic Stereotypes
Homeless Youths and HIV Infection.
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Rotheram-Borus, Mary Jane; And Others – American Psychologist, 1991
Reviews studies on the risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among homeless adolescents, and makes policy recommendations. Discusses factors affecting delivery of services, social networks and risk acts, and describes intervention programs aimed at homeless youth. Homeless youth are well informed about HIV and responsive to behavior change.…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Drug Abuse
Youth Living with HIV as Peer Leaders.
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Luna, G. Cajetan; Rotheram-Borus, Mary Jane – American Journal of Community Psychology, 1999
Investigated life contexts and activities of youth living with HIV as peer leaders in community-based programs delivering HIV education to uninfected adolescents. Identified and categorized difficulties experiences by peer leaders in areas of professional boundaries, substance abuse, and sexual behaviors that placed themselves and uninfected peers…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Case Studies
Efficacy of a Preventive Intervention for Youths Living with HIV.
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Rotheram-Borus, Mary Jane; Lee, Martha B.; Murphy, Debra A.; Futterman, Donna; Duan, Naihua; Birnbaum, Jeffrey M.; Lightfoot, Marguerita – American Journal of Public Health, 2001
Examined HIV transmission behaviors and health practices among HIV-infected youths over 15 months following participation in a preventive intervention that emphasized coping with HIV and reducing risky behaviors. The intervention resulted in increases in social support coping and reductions in risky sexual and lifestyle behaviors specifically…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescents, Behavior Change, Coping
Risk Behaviors of Youth Living With HIV: Pre- and Post-HAART
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Lightfoot, Marguerita; Swendeman, Dallas; Rotheram-Borus, Mary Jane; Comulada, W. Scott; Weiss, Robert – American Journal of Health Behavior, 2005
Objective: To examine the transmission behavior among youth living with HIV (YLH), pre- and post-HAART. Methods: Two cohorts were recruited: (1) 349 YLH during 1994 to 1996 and (2) 175 YLH during 1999 to 2000, after the wide availability of HAART. Differences in sexual and substance-use risk acts and quality of life were examined. Results:…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Adolescents, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Risk