?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fd-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu%2F10230%2F&rft.title=Asian+and+Pacific+Islander+(API)+and+HIV%2FAIDS+risk-related+behaviors&rft.creator=Salud%2C+Margaret+Cabotage&rft.description=AbstractDescription+of+problem%3A+APIs+in+the+US+have+experienced+an+increase+of+AIDS+cases+at+a+rate+greater+than+other+ethnic+communities+due+to+relatively+low+levels+of+knowledge+regarding+HIV+and+mechanisms+of+transmission%2C+the+high+prevalence+of+risky+sexual+practices%2C+and+the+absence+or+lack+of+educational+interventions+designed+to+reach+API+communities.+Findings+from+this+study+further+public+health+in+terms+of+HIV+prevention+by+providing+information+about+the+ideas+APIs+have+about+HIV%2FAIDS.+Objectives%3A+1)+To+describe+API+knowledge+level+with+regards+to+HIV%2FAIDS.+2)+To+identify+HIV+risk-related+behavioral+characteristics+of+APIs.+3)+To+identify+types+of+prevention%2Fintervention+activities+accessible+to+the+API+community.+Methods%3A+This+study+utilized+a+descriptive+research+design.+Key+informant+participants+recruited+from+the+University+of+Pittsburgh+Community+were+interviewed+with+questions+about+HIV%2FAIDS+using+a+%22snowball%22+sampling+method%2C+that+is%2C+request+people's+reference+to+other+key+informant+participants.+Subjects+were+paid+%2420+for+their+participation.+The+data+was+collected+through+a+single+60-minute+tape-recorded+interview+session+in+a+common+setting+where+the+participant+would+not+feel+%22labeled%22+in+any+manner+and+could+openly+participate.+Confidentiality+was+guaranteed+to+encourage+honest+responses+because+the+participants+had+to+reveal+personal+information+such+as+HIV+status+and+HIV+risk-related+behaviors.+Results%3A+The+participants+demonstrated+good+levels+of+knowledge+with+regards+to+HIV%2FAIDS%3B+the+relationship+between+HIV+and+AIDS%2C+and+also+about+ways+their+community+can+be+at+risk.+Participants+mentioned+using+condoms+as+a+safe+activity+that+places+people+less+at+risk+for+HIV%2FAIDS+and+not+using+condoms+as+an+unsafe+activity+that+puts+their+ethnic+community+more+at+risk+of+HIV%2FAIDS.+Discussion%3A+The+myth+that+American+APIs+are+the+model+minority+is+contradicted+as+APIs+are+often+underserved+in+healthcare+due+to+cultural%2C+linguistic+and+lack+of+peer+and+community+support+for+sexual+and+racial+diversity+hindering+self-esteem+and+positive+self-identity.+Therefore%2C+such+issues+are+identified+within+the+API+community+that+are+important+to+consider+when+developing+HIV+prevention+and+education+programs%2C+benefiting+the+target+community%2C+health+professionals+and+researchers+reaching+a+diverse+population+for+future+studies+and+interventions+being+promoted.&rft.date=2004-12-13&rft.type=University+of+Pittsburgh+ETD&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fd-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu%2F10230%2F1%2FSaludNov192004.pdf&rft.identifier=++Salud%2C+Margaret+Cabotage++(2004)+Asian+and+Pacific+Islander+(API)+and+HIV%2FAIDS+risk-related+behaviors.++Master's+Thesis%2C+University+of+Pittsburgh.++++(Unpublished)++