Department of Health Behavior, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 135 Dauer Drive, Campus Box 7440, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-7440, USA.
Department of Health Policy & Community Health, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, USA.
J Relig Health. 2023 Jun;62(3):2213-2225. doi: 10.1007/s10943-022-01671-w. Epub 2022 Oct 19.
Religious spaces have proven to be effective sites of health intervention among Black Americans. Less is known about how religious environments impact the health of subgroups of Black Americans, specifically Black men who have sex with men (MSM). Using data from the Promoting Our Worth, Equality, and Resilience study, we explored the factor structure of a 10-item religious environment scale among Black MSM (N = 2,482). Exploratory factor analysis revealed three distinct factors: (1) visibility of MSM, (2) structural support, and (3) structural homonegativity. The relationship between Black MSM and their religious environments is complex and should be investigated using measures that accurately reflect their lived experiences.
宗教场所已被证明是美国黑人进行健康干预的有效场所。关于宗教环境如何影响美国黑人亚群（特别是与男性发生性关系的黑人男性）的健康，人们知之甚少。本研究使用“促进我们的价值、平等和韧性研究”的数据，探讨了黑人男男性行为者（MSM）宗教环境量表的 10 项因素结构（N=2482）。探索性因素分析显示出三个不同的因素：（1）MSM 的可见性，（2）结构支持，以及（3）结构同性憎恶。黑人 MSM 及其宗教环境之间的关系是复杂的，应该使用准确反映他们生活经历的措施进行调查。
