Open AccessImpact of a community-level intervention on HIV stigma, homophobia and HIV testing in New York City: Results from project CHHANGE.
Author(s) -
Victoria Frye,
Mark Q. Paige,
Steven B. Gordon,
D. W. Matthews,
Geneva Musgrave,
Emily Greene,
Mark Kornegay,
Davida Farhat,
Philip H. Smith,
DaShawn Usher,
Jo C. Phelan,
Beryl A. Koblin,
Vaughn Taylor-Akutagawa
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
stigma and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2376-6972
pISSN - 2376-6964
DOI - 10.1037/sah0000109
Subject(s) - stigma (botany) , psychological intervention , intervention (counseling) , medicine , empowerment , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , gerontology , psychology , family medicine , demography , clinical psychology , environmental health , psychiatry , sociology , political science , law
HIV stigma and homophobia are barriers to access to HIV prevention and treatment services. Project CHHANGE, Challenge HIV Stigma and Homophobia and Gain Empowerment, was a multicomponent intervention designed to reduce community-level HIV stigma and homophobia via workshops, space-based events and bus shelter ads delivered to community-based organizations and neighborhood residents in a high HIV prevalence, primarily African-American, Black and/or Afro-Caribbean, neighborhood in New York City (NYC).