A Community-Based Participatory Approach to the Development and Implementation of an HIV Health Behavior Intervention: Lessons Learned in Navigating Research and Practice Systems from Project HAPPY

This article details the Project HAPPY (HIV/AIDS Prevention Project for Youth) and how it engaged Black/African-American youth through research and implementation of the project. Youth were a part of expert panel that reviewed proposed HIV/AIDS curricula. and did outreach to get youth enrolled in the program. They recruited 431 teens and enrolled 57%, with 72% of enrolled youth attending all sessions.

Resource Details

• Population: Black or African American
• Setting/Context of Implementation: Community
• Topics of Practice: Outreach/ Education/ Communications
• Outcomes of Interest: Advancing Racial Equity
• Level of Evidence: Best
• Tools or Materials Included in Resource: No
• Social Determinants of Health: Education Access and Quality|Healthcare Access and Quality|Social and Community Context
• Outside of US: No