Wooster Joanna, Eshel Ariela, Moore Andrea, Mishra Meenoo, Toledo Carlos, Uhl Gary, Aguero Linda Wright-De
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Health Promot Pract. 2011 Sep;12(5):769-78. doi: 10.1177/1524839910362313. Epub 2011 Jun 28.
In 1998, the U.S. government launched the Minority AIDS Initiative (MAI) to address growing ethnic and racial disparities in HIV/AIDS cases. The CDC performed an evaluation of its MAI-funded programs, including an assessment of community stakeholders' perspective on the involvement of the faith community in HIV prevention. Individual interviews (N = 113) were conducted annually over 3 years in four communities. The majority of participants described a change in faith community's attitudes toward HIV and a rise in HIV-related activities conducted by faith-based organizations. Participants attributed changes to faith-based funding, acknowledgment by African American community leadership that HIV is a serious health issue, and faith leaders' desire to become more educated on HIV/AIDS. Participants reported conservative faith doctrine and stigma as barriers to faith community involvement. The findings suggest that although barriers remain, there is an increased willingness to address HIV/AIDS, and the faith community serves as a vital resource in HIV prevention.
1998年，美国政府发起了少数族裔艾滋病倡议（MAI），以应对艾滋病毒/艾滋病病例中日益增长的族裔和种族差异。疾病控制与预防中心（CDC）对其由MAI资助的项目进行了评估，包括评估社区利益相关者对宗教团体参与艾滋病毒预防工作的看法。在三年时间里，每年在四个社区进行个人访谈（N = 113）。大多数参与者描述了宗教团体对艾滋病毒态度的转变以及宗教组织开展的与艾滋病毒相关活动的增加。参与者将这些变化归因于宗教团体的资金支持、非裔美国社区领袖对艾滋病毒是一个严重健康问题的认可，以及宗教领袖希望更多地了解艾滋病毒/艾滋病。参与者报告称，保守的宗教教义和耻辱感是宗教团体参与的障碍。研究结果表明，尽管障碍依然存在，但宗教团体应对艾滋病毒/艾滋病的意愿有所增强，并且宗教团体是艾滋病毒预防工作的重要资源。
