HIV Prevention Programs in the Black Church

A Viable Health Promotion Resource for African American Women

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2168152
AutoresSchnavia Smith Hatcher, Jeronda T Burley, Wilhelmena I Lee-Ouga
Año2008
Volumen17
Número3-4
Páginas309-324
Fecha de publicación2008-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1091-1359 • E-ISSN: 1540-3556
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10911350802067898
OpenAlexW2011037176
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas32

Nearly 40 million people worldwide are living with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The Centers for Disease Control report that women account for more than 50% of the existing 40 million HIV/AIDS cases to date. Moreover, African-American women are infected with HIV/AIDS 25 times more often than white women and four times more often than Hispanic women, making HIV/AIDS the leading cause of death for black women ages 25–34. Given the increasing rate of transmission with this population, the purpose of this article was to review the existing literature to investigate the risk factors associated with African-American women with HIV/AIDS and identify an effective method of HIV prevention for them. A discussion of religion and African-Americans in terms of the Black church and its health promotion efforts was also included. The article concludes with a discussion of program elements of HIV prevention programs in the Black church and possible challenges faced for the programs

African american · Black church · Disease control · Environmental health · Family medicine · Health promotion · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Political science · Population · Promotion (chess · Public health · Sociology · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Nursing · Gender Studies · Gerontology