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Recruiting, Facilitating, and Retaining a Youth Community Advisory Board to Inform an HIV Prevention Research Project
Sophia R Geffen1, Timothy Wang1, Sean Cahill1,2,3
1The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Abstract:
Sexual and gender minority (SGM) youth are at disproportionate risk of acquiring HIV, and as such, SGM youth should be meaningfully engaged in research aimed at developing effective, tailored HIV interventions. Youth Community Advisory Boards (YCABs) are an important element of community-engaged research and support the development of community-informed interventions. This article describes recruitment, facilitation, and retention of a YCAB composed of SGM youth in Greater Boston, to inform a national HIV prevention research project. These lessons can serve as a guide to future researchers who want to form YCABs as part of community-engaged research.
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