Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152, USA.
Headliners Memphis, Memphis, TN 38104, USA.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Jan 24;20(3):2100. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20032100.
Community members from a city in the U.S. Deep South identified root causes of HIV racial disparities, including stigma. This meeting report describes how we developed and implemented a conference series to address HIV stigma. We used community feedback and bidirectional learning to host two meetings in observance of National HIV Testing Day (June 2021) and National Southern HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (August 2021). We established a 10-member organizing committee workgroup that met monthly to plan the Faith Summit in honor of National Black HIV Awareness Day (February 2022). Lessons learned include (a) the effectiveness of different community engagement strategies, including participatory evaluative approaches, and (b) strategies to maintain engagement and increase participation, such as reliance on personal and professional networks and prompting the community about forthcoming interventions. Sustaining a conference series to end HIV stigma requires commitment and inclusive participation. This collaborative project offers additional evidence that faith communities can be a part of the solution to ending the HIV epidemic and related health disparities.
美国南部一个城市的社区成员确定了艾滋病毒种族差异的根本原因，包括耻辱感。本会议报告介绍了我们如何开发和实施一系列会议来解决艾滋病毒耻辱感问题。我们利用社区反馈和双向学习，在全国艾滋病毒检测日（2021 年 6 月）和全国南部艾滋病毒/艾滋病意识日（2021 年 8 月）举办了两次会议。我们成立了一个由 10 名成员组成的组织委员会工作组，每月开会一次，计划在全国黑人艾滋病毒意识日（2022 年 2 月）举行信仰峰会。总结出的经验教训包括：(a) 不同社区参与策略的有效性，包括参与性评估方法；以及 (b) 保持参与度和增加参与度的策略，如依赖个人和专业网络，并提醒社区即将进行的干预措施。维持一个旨在消除艾滋病毒耻辱感的会议系列需要承诺和包容性参与。这个合作项目提供了更多证据，表明信仰社区可以成为终结艾滋病毒流行和相关健康差异的解决方案的一部分。
