Ochillo Marylyn A, van Teijlingen Edwin, Hind Martin
Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Bournemouth University.
Centre for Midwifery, Maternal & Perinatal Health, Faculty of Health & Social Sciences, Bournemouth University.
Afr Health Sci. 2017 Sep;17(3):753-761. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v17i3.18.
The HIV/AIDS epidemic remains of global significance and there is a need to target sub-Saharan Africa since it is the hardest hit region worldwide. Religion and more specifically faith-based organisations can have an effect on socio-cultural factors that increase or decrease the risk of infection; and offer preventative interventions to the wider community.
To understand the influence of faith-based organisations on HIV prevention in Africa.
The main search engine of a British university 'mysearch' was used as this incorporates all relevant databases. Studies were also retrieved by searches within Google scholar, PubMed and reference lists of included papers were hand searched. The authors assessed the relevance of each article separately against the inclusion criteria. The data extraction form was piloted by the first author and cross-checked by the other authors.
Seven studies met all inclusion criteria and were reviewed. Seven individual themes were identified. However, for the purposes of focus within this paper only two themes were focused on.
Given the accessibility of faith-based organisations (FBOs) and the coverage of religion among the population, FBOs are potentially important players in HIV prevention. Therefore, more resources and support should be given to support their health promotion strategies.
艾滋病毒/艾滋病疫情仍然具有全球重要性，由于撒哈拉以南非洲是全球受影响最严重的地区，因此有必要将该地区作为重点。宗教，尤其是基于信仰的组织，会对增加或降低感染风险的社会文化因素产生影响；并为更广泛的社区提供预防干预措施。
了解基于信仰的组织对非洲艾滋病毒预防工作的影响。
使用一所英国大学的主要搜索引擎“我的搜索”，因为它整合了所有相关数据库。还通过在谷歌学术、PubMed中搜索以及对纳入论文的参考文献列表进行手工检索来获取研究。作者分别根据纳入标准评估每篇文章的相关性。数据提取表由第一作者进行试用，并由其他作者进行交叉核对。
七项研究符合所有纳入标准并进行了综述。确定了七个独立的主题。然而，为了本文重点突出，仅关注了两个主题。
鉴于基于信仰的组织（FBOs）的可达性以及宗教在人群中的覆盖范围，FBOs在艾滋病毒预防方面可能是重要的参与者。因此，应提供更多资源和支持以助力其健康促进策略。
