HiFi Lab develops and tests culturally-responsible intervention strategies that can be integrated and targeted to address determinants of HIV infection among African and African diaspora communities. Our research projects employ a range of research traditions, designs and methods including randomized controlled trials, structural equation modeling, ethnography and systematic reviews.
Study Title: Hearing Young Parents’ Experiences (HYPE) Survey: Exploring co-parenting, health behaviors and gender equitable attitudes among Black teen mothers and their children’s fathers
Principal Investigator: LaRon Nelson, Yale University
Partner Organizations: Healthy Start Brooklyn
National AIDS Education & Services for Minorities, Inc.
Sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health and University of California San Francisco, Ceter for AIDS Prevention Studies
Study Period: 2010-2012
Summary:
Status: Completed
Publications
Nelson, L. E., Thach, C. T., Shelton, M., & Boyer, C. (2015). Co-parenting relationship experiences of Black adolescent mothers in active romantic partnerships with the biological fathers of their children. Journal of Family Nursing, 21(3): 413-442. doi: 10.1177/1074840714560753.
Presentations
Nelson, L. E., McCready, L. T., Gesink, D., Morales, K. A., Morrison-Beedy, D., & Boakye-Yiadom, N. Associations between co-parenting, gender equity attitudes and sexual risk among adolescent mothers and the biological fathers of their children. Annual Meeting of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, Atlanta, GA.