TY - JOUR
T1 - Faith-based HIV prevention and counseling programs
T2 - Findings from the Cincinnati census of religious congregations
AU - Szaflarski, Magdalena
AU - Ritchey, P. Neal
AU - Jacobson, C. Jeffrey
AU - Williams, Rhys H.
AU - Baumann Grau, Amy
AU - Meganathan, Karthikeyan
AU - Ellison, Christopher G.
AU - Tsevat, Joel
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments This study was funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (Grants# 1R21HD050137-01A2 and 3R21HD050137-02S1). During the study period, Dr. Sza-flarski was a faculty member in the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio. We thank our research team including: Sian Cotton, Ph.D., Susan Sherman, D.P.A., Anthony Leonard, Ph.D., Stephen Wilson, M.D., M.Sc., Dana Acklin, Fran Hyc, Jenny Baer, Mary Choate, Danielle Cornwall, Debra Weber, Wendy Groznik, Amanda Huber, Mark Killian, Cynthia Pate, Mark Carrozza, and others. We also thank: our ad hoc consultants, Daniel Grossoehme, Ph.D. and Devon Berry, Ph.D., for their time and expertise; our colleagues in the UC Center for Clinical Effectiveness for their constructive feedback; and, Mary Susan Zavos, our business administrator, for her support. Last but not least, we would like to acknowledge the many congregations that took part in the study and the time and effort of the congregations’ leaders and personnel.
PY - 2013/6
Y1 - 2013/6
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Congregations
KW - Counseling
KW - HIV
KW - Prevention
KW - Religion
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U2 - 10.1007/s10461-013-0455-7
DO - 10.1007/s10461-013-0455-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 23568226
AN - SCOPUS:84878568371
VL - 17
SP - 1839
EP - 1854
JO - AIDS and Behavior
JF - AIDS and Behavior
SN - 1090-7165
IS - 5
ER -