Top

Published in:

01-03-2009 | Original Paper

A Review of Faith-Based HIV Prevention Programs

Authors: Shelley A. Francis, Joan Liverpool

Published in: Journal of Religion and Health | Issue 1/2009

Abstract

HIV disproportionately affects people of color, suggesting a need for innovative prevention programs and collaborations as part of prevention efforts. African Americans have close ties to the church and faith-based organizations. African American faith communities were slow to address HIV prevention, but in recent years, they have become more involved in such activities. This study reviews the empirical literature on faith-based HIV prevention programs among African American populations. Several successful faith-based/public health collaborations are identified, and the limitations and strengths of faith-based prevention programs are discussed. Recommendations are provided for developing effective faith-based/public health collaborations.

Agate, L. L., Cato-Watson, D., Mullins, J., Scott, G., Rolle, V., Markland, D., et al. (2005). Church united to stop HIV (CUSH): A faith-based HIV prevention initiative. Journal of the National Medical Association, 97, 60S–63S.PubMed

Baskin, M., Resnicow, K., & Campbell, M. (2001). Conducting health interventions in black churches: A model for building effective partnerships. Ethnicity and Disease, 11, 823–833.PubMed

Coyne-Beasley, T., & Schoenbach, V. (2000). The African American church: A potential forum for adolescent comprehensive sexuality education. Journal of Adolescent Health, 26, 289–294.PubMedCrossRef

Forrest, S. (2008). Abstinence, sex education and HIV prevention. http://www.avert.org/abstinence.htm. Accessed on 19 Feb 2008.

Francis, S. A. (2005). An HIV risk behavior profile of African American adolescent children of crack using women and the potential for faith-based HIV prevention education. Dissertation abstracts International (B: Sciences and Engineering); 67. (UMI Publication Number AAT 3200778) Available online at: http://www.proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1068240251&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=43422&RQT=309&VName = PQD.

Hatch, J., & Lovelace, K. (1980). Involving the southern rural church and students of the health professions in health education. Public Health Reports, 95, 23–25.PubMed

Jacknik, M., Isberner, F. et al. (1984). OCTOPUS–a church-based sex education program for teens and parents. Adolescence, 19(76), 757–763.

Kaplan, S., Calman, N., Golub, M., Ruddock, C., & Billings, J. (2006). The role of faith-based institutions in addressing health disparities: A case study of an initiative in the Southwest Bronx. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 17, 9–19.PubMed

Kreinin, T., Kuhn, S., Rodgers, A. B., & Hutchins J. (Eds.). (1999). Get organized: A guide to preventing teen pregnancy. Washington, DC: National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy.

Levin, J. (1984). The role of the black church in community medicine. Journal of the National Medical Association, 76, 477–483.PubMed

Lincoln, C. (1984). Race, religion and the continuing Amercian dilemma. New York, NY: Hill and Wang.

MacMaster, S. A., Crawford, S. L., Jones, J. L., Rasch, R. F., Thompson, S. J., & Sanders, E. C. (2007). Metropolitan Community AIDS Network: Faith-based culturally relevant services for African American substance users at risk of HIV. Health & Social Work, 32, 151–154.

Marcus, M. T., Walker, T., Swint, J. M., Smith, B. P., Brown, C., Busen, N., et al. (2004). Community-based participatory research to prevent substance abuse and HIV/AIDS in African-American adolescents. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 18, 347–359.PubMedCrossRef

McKeon, B. (2006). The facts: Effective sex education. Washington, DC: Advocates for Youth.

Mertz, J. (1997). The role of churches in helping adolescents prevent HIV/AIDS. Journal of HIV/AIDS Prevention & Education for Adolescents & Children, 1, 45–55.

Nyamongo, I. K., & Savosnick, P. (2002) Examining the role of faith-based organizations in addressing HIV/AIDS. Geneva: Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS.

Pattillo-McCoy, M. (1998). Black church as a community strategy of action. American Sociological Review, 63, 767–784.CrossRef

Sanders, E. II (1997). New insights and interventions: Churches uniting to reach the African American community with health information. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 8, 373–376.PubMed

Schulenberg, I., Maggs, J. et al. (1997). Cultural, historical and subcultural contexts of adolescence. Implication for health and development. In L. Crocket (Ed.), Health risks and developmental transitions during adolescence (pp. 23–53). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Smith, J., Simmons, E., & Mayer, K. (2005). HIV/AIDS and the black church: What are the barriers to prevention services? Journal of the National Medical Association, 97, 1682–1685.PubMed

Stolley, J., & Koenig, H. (1997). Religion/spirituality and health among elderly African American and Hispanics. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing, 35, 32–38.

Thomas, S., Quinn, S., Billingsley, A., & Caldwell, C. (1994). The characteristics of northern black churches with community health outreach programs. American Journal of Public Health, 84, 575–579.PubMedCrossRef

Title: A Review of Faith-Based HIV Prevention Programs
Authors: Shelley A. Francis
Joan Liverpool
Publication date: 01-03-2009
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Religion and Health / Issue 1/2009
Print ISSN: 0022-4197
Electronic ISSN: 1573-6571
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-008-9171-4

Keynote webinar | Spotlight on medication adherence

Springer Medicine

A Review of Faith-Based HIV Prevention Programs

Abstract

Keynote webinar | Spotlight on medication adherence

Springer Medicine

Abstract

Please log in to get access to this content

Other articles of this Issue 1/2009

A Review of Jesus The Village Psychiatrist. By Donald Capps. 192 pp. John Knox, 2008. $16.99

The Complex Use of Religion in Decisions on Organ Transplantation

Religiosity and Determinants of Safe Sex in Iranian Non-Medical Men Students

Causal Thinking After a Tsunami Wave: Karma Beliefs, Pessimistic Explanatory Style and Health Among Sri Lankan Survivors

The Body of Christ has AIDS: The Catholic Church Responding Faithfully to HIV and AIDS in Papua New Guinea

Finding a Way Back Home: A Spirituality of Exile after Hurricane Katrina