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Published in: AIDS and Behavior 5/2013

01-06-2013 | Original Paper

Faith-Based HIV Prevention and Counseling Programs: Findings from the Cincinnati Census of Religious Congregations

Authors: Magdalena Szaflarski, P. Neal Ritchey, C. Jeffrey Jacobson, Rhys H. Williams, Amy Baumann Grau, Karthikeyan Meganathan, Christopher G. Ellison, Joel Tsevat

Published in: AIDS and Behavior | Issue 5/2013

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Abstract

Congregations are well positioned to address HIV in their communities, but their response to HIV has been mixed. An emerging literature describes HIV programming in urban, predominantly black congregations, but population-based data remain limited. This study examined the levels of HIV prevention and counseling programs and associated factors (e.g., religious, organizational) by using data from a phone census of congregations in the Greater Cincinnati area (N = 447). Over 10 % of congregations (36 % of Black Protestant and 5–18 % of other types of congregations) offered HIV education/prevention alone or in combination with counseling or with counseling and testing. Path analysis results showed notable significant (p < 0.05) total effects of theology-polity on HIV prevention/counseling programs, but these effects were fully mediated by other factors, including other community work and racial composition. The levels of HIV programming in this study were high by national standards, but further outreach is needed in high-risk African American communities.
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Metadata
Title
Faith-Based HIV Prevention and Counseling Programs: Findings from the Cincinnati Census of Religious Congregations
Authors
Magdalena Szaflarski
P. Neal Ritchey
C. Jeffrey Jacobson
Rhys H. Williams
Amy Baumann Grau
Karthikeyan Meganathan
Christopher G. Ellison
Joel Tsevat
Publication date
01-06-2013
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
AIDS and Behavior / Issue 5/2013
Print ISSN: 1090-7165
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3254
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-013-0455-7

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