Background
HIV/AIDS is becoming more concentrated in ethnic/racial minorities, women, and the poor even as these subgroups have less and less access to effective therapy, health care, and prevention services. In Wisconsin, rates of HIV infection among Hispanic women are 19-fold greater respectively compared to white women. Hispanics comprise 3.6% of the state’s female population, but account for 13% of reported cases of HIV in Women. Relatively few US investigations have focused Latinas living with HIV. There is a need for systematic attention to the ways in which cultural factors such as language, acculturation, and meaning of HIV illness affect Latinas.
Goal
The goal of the project is to pilot a community based participatory research approach to investigate the health issues and resource needs of urban HIV-infected Latinas residing in Milwaukee.
Aims
Specific aims are to:
- Explore the impact of HIV in the lives of 15 HIV-infected Latinas through qualitative interviews (conducted in the participant’s primary language)
- Integrate the dynamic involvement of a community advisory board throughout all stages of the study including:
- Research design
- Sample recruitment
- Data collection
- Data translation
- Data analysis
- Dissemination of results, and
- Generation of policy and practice recommendations
Methods
- Community Based Participatory Research: qualitative interviews
Funding Source
- Center for Urban Population Health’s Center Scientist Development Program through the Wisconsin Partnership Fund
Key Partners
UW-Milwaukee College of Nursing
- Patricia E. Stevens, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., Professor
Center for Urban Population Health
- Loren Galvao, M.D., M.P.H., Director for Community Partnerships
Community Partners
Select community based organizations and members of the Milwaukee Latino community will be invited to participate in this study in several phases of its implementation
