DPI Project Milestone: Outline Of 10 Strategic Points

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DPI project milestone

Topic:

The 10 Strategic Points

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Broad Topic Area

Broad Topic Area:

HIV racial/ ethnic disparity

Literature Review

Literature Review:

Background of the Problem/Gap:

In America African Americans are mostly affected by HIV. The disease is having devastating impacts on blacks and undermines quality of life.

Access to inadequate healthcare facilities or proper care increase risks of HIV CITATION Cha173 \l 1033 (Howe, et al., 2017).

African-Americans are at high risks of developing HIV CITATION Eug16 \l 1033 (McCrray, 2016).

Theoretical Foundations (models and theories to be foundation for study):

Social action theory will be used for addressing gaps between populations. It offers plan for improving provisions of quality care CITATION Dor11 \l 1033 (Traube, Holloway, & Smith, 2011).

SAT theory focuses on comprehensive plan for providing enhanced care to specific population. It is effective for identifying the demographic risk factors CITATION Dor12 \l 1033 (Traube, Holloway, Schrager, & Kipke, 2012).

Review of Literature Topics With Key Organizing Concepts or Topics for Each One

Health disparity

Wider healthcare gap prevails among black and white Americans CITATION Cha173 \l 1033 (Howe, et al., 2017). African-Americans are facing high risks but receive low care CITATION Dor12 \l 1033 (Traube, Holloway, Schrager, & Kipke, 2012).

HIIV infected

The person is infected with HIV virus and damages the immune system CITATION Cha173 \l 1033 (Howe, et al., 2017).

Social and economic disadvantage

African Americans are socially and economically disadvantaged that increase the risks of HIV CITATION Dor12 \l 1033 (Traube, Holloway, Schrager, & Kipke, 2012). Poverty is the prominent factor that increases risks of HIV among blacks CITATION Jen14 \l 1033 (Pellowski, Kalichman, Matthews, & Adler, 2014). Inadequate lifesstyls and unsafe sex increase risks of HIV CITATION Mic101 \l 1033 (Johns, Bauermeister, & Zimmerman, 2010).

Settings:

Black Africans will be targeted at healthcare institutes CITATION Jen14 \l 1033 (Pellowski, Kalichman, Matthews, & Adler, 2014).

Certifications

HIV/ AIDS registered nurse, the Association of Nurses in AIDS.

Summary

Gap/Problem: It is important to address the issue of healthcare disparity by improving quality of care for African Americans.

Prior studies: confirms prevalence of healthcare disparity.

Quantitative application: sources relies on quantitative data that is easy for computing in numeric form.

Significance: improving education and awareness will minimize the risks of HIV.

Problem Statement

Problem Statement:

Describe the variables/groups to study, in one sentence.

While the literature indicates health disparity in HIV, it is not known how it can be removed and the impacts of solutions on such issue.

Clinical/PICOT Questions

Clinical/PICOT Questions:

Provide PICOT question to guide the implementation and data collection of findings of the project:

(P) Among young African American patients in community, (I) how could the adoption of interactive awareness programs (C) compared to the traditional methods (O) impacts the black population at high risk of HIV (T) over a period of five weeks.

Sample

Sample (and Location):

Identify sample, needed sample size, and location (study phenomena with small numbers and variables/groups with large numbers). 


Location: New York


Population: black population from two neighboring towns will be considered.

Sample: 30 African-Americans will be selected for the survey.

Define Variables

Define Variables:

Independent Variable: awareness, education and self-care.

Dependent Variable: HIV risks

Methodology and Design

Methodology and Design:

The research will use quantitative methodology that will rely on questionnaire. The questions will target the people of black community and their awareness about HIV risk factors will be inquired.

Purpose Statement

Purpose Statement:

The purpose of this quantitative research (correlational, descriptive, etc.) project is to compare relationship between/ HIV risks (dependent variable) and awareness, education and self-care (independent variable) for black population at two neighboring towns of New York. The awareness, education and self-care will be defined/measured in numerical figures on Likert scale. The HIV risk factor (dependent variable) will be defined/measured by Likert scale.

Data Collection Approach

Data Collection Approach:

A well-deigned questionnaire will be designed for assessing the level of awareness of the respondents.

Data Analysis Approach

Data Analysis Approach:

SPSS will be used for the computation of the results. The descriptive statistics will provide information about mean, median and standard deviation. T-test will provide estimation of means. The correlation will explain degree of association between the dependent and independent variables.

References

BIBLIOGRAPHY Howe, C. J., Dulin-Keita, A., Cole, S. R., Hogan, J. W., Lau, B., Moore, R. D., et al. (2017). Evaluating the Population Impact on Racial/Ethnic Disparities in HIV in Adulthood of Intervening on Specific Targets: A Conceptual and Methodological Framework. American Journal of Epidemiology , 187 (2), 316–325.

Johns, M. M., Bauermeister, J. A., & Zimmerman, M. A. (2010). Individual and Neighborhood Correlates of HIV Testing among African American Youth Transitioning from Adolescence into Young Adulthood . AIDS Educ Prev , 22 (6), 509–522.

McCrray, E. (2016). Driving down HIV disparities among African Americans . CDC .

Pellowski, J. A., Kalichman, S. C., Matthews, K. A., & Adler, N. (2014). A pandemic of the poor: social disadvantage and the U.S. HIV epidemic . Am Psychol , 68 (4), 197–209.

Traube, D. E., Holloway, I. W., & Smith, L. (2011). Theory development for HIV behavioral health: empirical validation of behavior health models specific to HIV risk . Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV , 23 (6).

Traube, D. E., Holloway, I. W., Schrager, S. M., & Kipke, M. D. (2012). Utilizing Social Action Theory as a Framework to Determine Correlates of Illicit Drug Use Among Young Men Who Have Sex with Men. Psychol Addict Behav , 26 (1), 78–88.