Griffith Derek M, Pichon Latrice C, Campbell Bettina, Allen Julie Ober
Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029, USA.
AIDS Educ Prev. 2010 Jun;22(3):203-17. doi: 10.1521/aeap.2010.22.3.203.
Despite substantial federal, state, and local efforts to reduce the transmission of HIV/AIDS, African Americans experience higher rates of infection than any other ethnic or racial group in the United States. It is imperative to develop culturally and ecologically sensitive interventions to meet the sexual health needs of this population. Capitalizing on the assets, resources, and strengths of faith-based organizations, YOUR Blessed Health (YBH) is a community-based participatory research project developed to increase HIV/AIDS awareness and reduce HIV-related stigma among the African American faith community in Flint, Michigan. This article describes the historical context and development of YBH, discusses the results of the pilot study, and illustrates how YBH grew into a community mobilization effort led by faith leaders and their congregations to address HIV/AIDS. YBH highlights the importance of developing and testing intervention models that originate from community-based organizations to address complex and sensitive health issues among marginalized populations.
尽管联邦、州和地方为减少艾滋病毒/艾滋病传播做出了大量努力，但非裔美国人的感染率高于美国任何其他族裔或种族群体。制定具有文化和生态敏感性的干预措施以满足该人群的性健康需求势在必行。利用基于信仰的组织的资产、资源和优势，“你的神圣健康”（YBH）是一个基于社区的参与性研究项目，旨在提高密歇根州弗林特市非裔美国宗教社区对艾滋病毒/艾滋病的认识，并减少与艾滋病毒相关的耻辱感。本文描述了YBH的历史背景和发展，讨论了试点研究的结果，并说明了YBH如何发展成为由宗教领袖及其会众牵头的社区动员行动，以应对艾滋病毒/艾滋病。YBH强调了开发和测试源自社区组织的干预模型以解决边缘化人群中复杂和敏感健康问题的重要性。
