Ann Nolan is with the Centre for Global Health, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. Shane Butler is with the School of Social Work and Social Policy, University of Dublin, Trinity College (emeritus).
Am J Public Health. 2018 Jul;108(7):908-913. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2018.304433.
Our aim was to explore the paradoxical role of the Catholic Church during the early AIDS era in establishing a policy network committed to the principles of public health, even in instances in which these principles contradicted Catholic moral teaching. This article is rooted in a study that explored the transformational effects of AIDS on Irish sexual health policy during the initial decade of the epidemic; that is, as it unfolded in Ireland between 1982 and 1992. Our source material, consisting of 20 documents that had been unexplored for more than 25 years, was obtained from the Dublin AIDS Alliance Ltd., an Irish civil society organization that supports HIV-positive people. Our archival research was supported by 18 semistructured key informant interviews with contemporaneous politicians, representatives of the Catholic Church, clinical personnel, and AIDS activists. We examined the critical role of a Catholic priest in developing a coherent national policy response that reflected the public health principles advocated by the World Health Organization at a time when the moral authority of the Roman Catholic Church had a significant influence on successive Irish governments. (Am J Public Health. 2018;108:908-913.).
我们的目的是探索天主教会在艾滋病早期所扮演的矛盾角色，即在某些情况下，尽管这些原则与天主教教义相冲突，但天主教会仍致力于建立一个符合公共卫生原则的政策网络。本文的研究基础是一项探讨艾滋病对爱尔兰性健康政策的变革性影响的研究，该研究涵盖了艾滋病在爱尔兰的最初十年（即 1982 年至 1992 年）。我们的原始资料包括 20 份文件，这些文件已有 25 年以上未被探索，是从都柏林艾滋病联盟有限公司（一家支持艾滋病毒阳性者的爱尔兰民间社会组织）获得的。我们的档案研究得到了 18 次半结构化关键知情者访谈的支持，受访者包括同期的政治家、天主教会代表、临床人员和艾滋病活动家。我们研究了一位天主教牧师在制定国家政策方面的关键作用，该政策反映了世界卫生组织所倡导的公共卫生原则，当时罗马天主教会的道德权威对爱尔兰历届政府都有重大影响。（美国公共卫生杂志。2018；108:908-913.）。
