Marseille 2007
| Abstract #186 - CHAMP (Collaborative HIV and Adolescent Mental Health Program) Beginnings: CHAMP Chicago and CHAMP New York Family-Based HIV Intervention: Development and Outcomes | ||||
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Session: 13.2: Champ (Satellite 4) on Monday @ 13.00-14.00 in PR Chaired by Arvin Bhana Authors: Presenting Author: Dr Mary McKay - Mount Sinai School of Medicine, United States |
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| Additional Authors: Dr Carl Bell, Dr Inge Petersen, Dr Arvin Bhana, Ms Elizabeth Sperber, | ||||
| Aim: CHAMP, the Collaborative HIV and Adolescent Mental Health Program, examined 1) the impact of a family-level HIV prevention program (CHAMP) on youth risk outcomes and family processes hypothesized to reduce youth risk taking; 2) the impact of a community-university partnership on recruitment and retention in the CHAMP Family Program; and 3) factors influencing community collaboration among 250 pre and early adolescent youth and their families across inner-city communities with disproportionately high HIV infection rates. | ||||
| Method / Issue: Data from administered standardized instruments and attendance measures was used to test proximal and distal outcomes associated with CHAMP program involvement. Additionally, members of the community-university collaborative board, including urban parents, school staff, representatives from youth-serving agencies, and researchers completed semistructured interviews at four time points. | ||||
| Results / Comments: Results included significant changes in parental reports of parental decision-making, parental monitoring, family communication, and ease of communication associated with CHAMP participation relative to comparison families. Preadolescent youth reports revealed significantly less exposure to situations of sexual possibility at post-test relative to comparison youth. CHAMP parents also reported significant decreases in youth-externalizing behavioral difficulties relative to comparison youth. Additionally, reports indicated that high-levels of recruitment and retention of this extremely difficult to reach sample, low-income families living in high-rise, government subsidized housing, was facilitated by the collaborative partnership (93.9% of families who attended at least one program session completed 8-12 sessions). Finally, community partners identified three primary factors that motivated their collaboration in the community/research partnership, including: salience of involvement with CHAMP; normative social pressure and supports created within the partnership; and emotional response to involvement. | ||||
| Discussion: Preliminary evidence suggests that the CHAMP Family Program is associated with high levels of engagement and positive outcomes at the level of youth and family. In addition, specific factors related to intensive participation by community members have been identified. | ||||
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