Lloyd Stacey W, Ferguson Yvonne Owens, Corbie-Smith Giselle, Ellison Arlinda, Blumenthal Connie, Council Barbara J, Youmans Selena, Muhammad Melvin R, Wynn Mysha, Adimora Adaora, Akers Aletha
RTI International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 27709, USA.
AIDS Educ Prev. 2012 Feb;24(1):41-53. doi: 10.1521/aeap.2012.24.1.41.
Though African-American youth in the South are at high risk for HIV infection, abstinence until marriage education continues to be the only option in some public schools. Using community-based participatory research methods, we conducted 11 focus groups with African-American adults and youth in a rural community in North Carolina with high rates of HIV infection with marked racial disparities. Focus group discussions explored participant views on contributors to the elevated rates of HIV and resources available to reduce transmission. Participants consistently identified the public schools' sex education policies and practices as major barriers toward preventing HIV infection among youth in their community. Ideas for decreasing youth's risk of HIV included public schools providing access to health services and sex education. Policymakers, school administrators, and other stakeholders should consider the public school setting as a place to provide HIV prevention education for youth in rural areas.
尽管美国南部的非裔美国青年面临着感染艾滋病毒的高风险，但在一些公立学校，婚前禁欲教育仍然是唯一的选择。我们采用基于社区的参与性研究方法，在北卡罗来纳州一个艾滋病毒感染率高且存在明显种族差异的农村社区，与非裔美国成年人和青年进行了11次焦点小组讨论。焦点小组讨论探讨了参与者对导致艾滋病毒感染率上升的因素以及可用于减少传播的资源的看法。参与者一致认为公立学校的性教育政策和做法是其社区青年预防艾滋病毒感染的主要障碍。降低青年感染艾滋病毒风险的建议包括公立学校提供医疗服务和性教育。政策制定者、学校管理人员和其他利益相关者应将公立学校视为为农村地区青年提供艾滋病毒预防教育的场所。
