Ensuring Community Participation During Program Planning: Lessons Learned During the Development of a HIV/STI Program for Young Sexual and Gender Minorities.
José Arturo BauermeisterEmily S PingelTriana Kazaleh SirdenisJack AndrzejewskiGage GillardGary W Harpernull nullPublished in: American journal of community psychology (2017)
HIV/STI incidence has shifted to a younger demographic, comprised disproportionately of gay and bisexual men, transgender women, and people of color. Recognizing the importance of community organizing and participatory engagement during the intervention planning process, we describe the steps taken to engage diverse constituents (e.g., youth and practitioners) during the development of a structural-level HIV/STI prevention and care initiative for young sexual and gender minorities in Southeast Michigan. Our multi-sector coalition (MFierce; Michigan Forward in Enhancing Research and Community Equity) utilized a series of community dialogues to identify, refine, and select programmatic strategies with the greatest potential. Evaluation data (N = 173) from the community dialogues highlighted constituents' overall satisfaction with our elicitation process. Using a case study format, we describe our community dialogue approach, illustrate how these dialogues strengthened our program development, and provide recommendations that may be used in future community-based program planning efforts.
Keyphrases
- mental health
- men who have sex with men
- hiv testing
- quality improvement
- hiv positive
- healthcare
- antiretroviral therapy
- hiv infected
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hepatitis c virus
- randomized controlled trial
- primary care
- physical activity
- south africa
- palliative care
- young adults
- metabolic syndrome
- social media
- machine learning
- big data
- risk assessment
- skeletal muscle