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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the ways in which urban Jamaican mothers influence their adolescent daughters’ sexual beliefs and behaviors in order to incorporate them into the design of a family‐based human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) risk reduction intervention program.
Design: Focus groups were conducted with 46 14‐ to 18‐year‐old adolescent girls and 30 mothers or female guardians...
ABSTRACT
There are differences of intent and impact between short‐term and long‐term engagement of U.S. academic institutions with communities of need in developing nations. Global health programs that produce long‐term transformative change rather than transient relief are more likely to be sustainable and in ethical harmony with expressed needs of a region or community. This article explores...
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