Faith-based HIV prevention and counseling programs: findings from the Cincinnati census of religious congregations.

ABSTRACT: Congregations are well positioned to address HIV in their communities, but their response to HIV has been mixed. An emerging literature describes HIV programming in urban, predominantly black congregations, but population-based data remain limited. This study examined the levels of HIV prevention and counseling programs and associated factors (e.g., religious, organizational) by using data from a phone census of congregations in the Greater Cincinnati area (N = 447). Over 10 % of congregations (36 % of Black Protestant and 5-18 % of other types of congregations) offered HIV education/prevention alone or in combination with counseling or with counseling and testing. Path analysis results showed notable significant (p < 0.05) total effects of theology-polity on HIV prevention/counseling prog

SUBMITTER: Szaflarski M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3682223 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature