Common Threads: An Integrated HIV Prevention and Vocational Development Intervention for African American Women Living with HIV/AIDS

Authors

Liza Marie Conyers, The Pennsylvania State UniversityFollow
Yung-Chen Chiu, The Pennsylvania State UniversityFollow
Aisha Shamburger-Rousseau, University of ArizonaFollow
Vanessa Johnson, Ribbon Consulting GroupFollow
Mark Misrok, National Working Positive CoalitionFollow

Keywords

Social Determinants of Health; African American Women; HIV/AIDS; Vulnerabilities and Vocational Development

Disciplines

Community Health | Community Health and Preventive Medicine | Immune System Diseases | Public Health | Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling | Women's Health

Abstract

Current policies and initiatives call for the integration of social determinants of health into HIV/AIDS prevention and care interventions. According to the World Health Organization’s Commission on Social Determinants of Health, the lower a person’s socioeconomic status, the worse the health outcomes. One way to alleviate poverty among African American women with HIV/AIDS is to help foster their vocational development and economic empowerment. The National HIV/AIDS Strategy Implementation Plan specifically directs federal agencies to find ways to integrate people living with HIV/AIDS into broader employment initiatives. The purpose of this manuscript is to examine medical, psychosocial, financial/legal and vocational social determinants of health through the lens of the Client-Focused Considering Work Model (Goldblum and Kohlenberg, 2005). The authors then apply this model to the development of a culturally sensitive, integrated HIV prevention and vocational development intervention: Common Threads.

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Recommended Citation

Conyers, Liza Marie; Chiu, Yung-Chen; Shamburger-Rousseau, Aisha; Johnson, Vanessa; and Misrok, Mark (2014) "Common Threads: An Integrated HIV Prevention and Vocational Development Intervention for African American Women Living with HIV/AIDS," Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice: Vol. 7: Iss. 7, Article 9.
Available at: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/jhdrp/vol7/iss7/9