FEATURE ARTICLE
Benedict College, Fayetteville State University, Morgan State University, Southern University and A&M College By: Sandra C. Brown, DNS, APRN, FNP-BC (Southern University School of Nursing), Shirley F. Wade, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC (Southern University Student Health Center), Trina Scott, BA (Young Women of Color Initiatives at Advocates for Youth, CDC, Washington, D.C.) & Amy Dellinger, PhD (Data Analysis and Training Associates, LLC) To explore what demographic characteristics and risk markers among college age African American females are associated with HIV knowledge and to examine the differences (based on geographic location) between demographic characteristics, risk markers, and HIV knowledge, a sample of college women from five HBCU sites across the United States submitted pencil-and-paper surveys for analyses. The study population consisted of 707 African American females between the ages of 18 and 24 years of age. The HIV Knowledge Questionnaire (Carey & Schroder, 2003) was used to measure HIV knowledge. A demographic questionnaire was used to assess characteristics of the sample and risk markers. More Information |
International Journal of Ethnic College Health Volume 1, Issue Number 1 April 2014 ISSN 2167-4108 |
International Journal of Ethnic College Health Volume 1, Issue Number 1 Editor-in-Chief Dr. Tralonda Triplett Managing Editor Tremene Triplett, MA, BBA Reviewers Dra. Ursula Aragunde-Kohl Universidad del Turabo Dr. Clyde B. McCoy University of Miami, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine M. Lisa McDonald McGee, M.Ed. Meharry Medical College, TN-MMC HBCU Wellness Project Dr. Rueben C. Warren Tuskegee University, National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care |
students receive help at their Institution? By: Dr. Sharon M. Brown, CRC, Associate Professor, Langston University We surveyed a small sample of 182 undergraduate and graduate students to assess their knowledge of anxiety; depression and mental health at a land grant historically Black College (HBCU). Of the sample size 51.8% of them were females and 48.2% males. Out of the total number of students, 98.2% of them stated that they know how to get help while 1.8% did not know where to get help. A simple pencil-and-paper survey was designed to ask college students how they view their life in general, how they rate their social/interpersonal relationships, how they view others, flexibility and their view of others, where they can find help on campus and major causes of depression and anxiety. More Information |
FEATURE ARTICLE
By: Porcher T. Jackson & Dr. Cynthia Burwell, Norfolk State University This article discusses an adaptation to evidence-based interventions CHAMPS and SISTA to elicit information about HIV prevention education suited to college-attending, emerging adult populations attending Norfolk State University and additional populations. In so doing, target Population(s) included Collegiate/Secondary Level Educators, Health Care Educators, Community-Based/Primary Health Care Providers, Peer Educators, Peer Counselors, Prevention/Outreach Workers (i.e. with an emphasis on serving African American college students) and African American College Students. The article’s goals and objectives will focus on HIV prevention education challenges which significantly impact African American college students. More Information |
RISING STARS SPOTLIGHT
Hampton University Minority Men's Health Initiative By: Treméne Triplett, MA, Institute for Successful Leadership, Inc.
contributions of Dr. Raymond Samuel in Rising Stars for its inaugural issue. Let his commitment to excellence in academic rigors, training and health and wellness programming inspire you to accomplish the same in your community and areas of influence. Samuel, MD, Ph.D. is the principal investigator for the Hampton University Minority Men's Health Initiative, a five-year, $13.5 million grant funded by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Under Samuel’s direction, Hampton University serves as the lead institution in partnership with several other historically black colleges and universities, among them: Jackson State, Clark Atlanta, Howard, North Carolina A&T and St. Augustine’s University. The goal of the grant is to reduce health disparities among minority men, with an overarching goal to improve the health of all Americans. Through the collaborative efforts of the partnership, six health concerns will be addressed: prostate cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, melanoma in Hispanics and violence prevention. Hampton University President William Harvey announced the grant award in July 2013. More Information |
BUILDING BLOCKS
By: Drs. Cynthia Burwell, Sheila Ward, Emogene Johnson-Vaughn (Norfolk State University) & Dr. Glendola Mills- Parker (Morgan State University) Time and substance are of the essence in the college years and in the general education preparation of students. In the first two years of one’s college education, every subject cannot be taught; hence, what is to be taught, should prepare the student for the highest quality of life. The roles of health education and physical education both make a unique contribution. Most institutions of higher education and HBCUs have all but eliminated these courses from the general education core curriculum. Strategies will be highlighted that were key to Norfolk State University’s Department of Health, Physical Education and Exercise Science success in overcoming the decision of the general education council’s proposal to combine and possible eliminate the courses. More Information |
PERSPECTIVES
By: Dr. Tralonda C. Triplett, Institute for Successful Leadership, Inc. The pursuit and maintenance of good health as a physiological principle contributing to qualities of life is not new in and of itself. Contemporary studies however, have acknowledged that health promotion and disease prevention are as much social and cultural commentaries as they are studies of the maladies of the physical body. However, technological advances, 24-hour news cycles, and increased reliance of scientific progress based on previous studies require contemporary health professionals to expand ethical standards beyond “do no harm” to require compassion as a matter of professional ethics. Specific steps are listed to illustrate compassion not as a substitute for scientific process, but as a pivotal addition that ensures not only the integrity of the Scientific Corpus, but allows scientists opportunity and privilege to continue to study underserved populations. More Information |
PERSPECTIVES
By: Dr. Tralonda C. Triplett, Institute for Successful Leadership, Inc. As medical professionals, our intention to advocate improvement of health status of human populations innately includes accepting the challenge of protecting the health of the most vulnerable among us. There currently exists what may be the single most important stance we must take to protect one of the most vulnerable populations in our country—foster children. NBC News recently published, “Government tested AIDS Drugs on Foster Kids,” (Please see http://www.nbcnews.com/id/7736157/ns/health- aids/t/government-tested-aids-drugs-foster-kids/#.Uin3SdKsjck) detailing research studies completed in the late 1990s by National Institutes of Health grantees to test AZT on sero-positive foster children diagnosed with HIV in Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, North Carolina, Colorado and Texas. While these tests availed children to treatments that they would not otherwise have access, 90% of these tests were completed without mandatory advocates to explain research protocols to foster parents or monitor participant reactions to treatments. In these studies, foster children were not provided the same ethical protections as other children in terms of requisite informed consent by parent(s), although existing federal legislation specifically details otherwise for children who are wards of the State participating in health research. Health professionals and concerned citizens must mobilize now to inform federal funding sources like the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and US Federal Drug Administration (FDA) that this mistreatment cannot continue. More Information |
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