Use of folk healing practices by HIV-infected Hispanics living in the United States
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19444331 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M SUÁREZ (0000-0002-5426-2300), Maricela Chacón Suárez (Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey), M Raffaelli (0000-0003-4289-2337, University of Nebraska–Lincoln), A O'Leary (0009-0004-9855-9685, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 683-690 |
| Publication date | 1996-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | AIDS Care (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0954-0121 • E-ISSN: 1360-0451 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09540129650125399 |
| PMID | 8993718 |
| OpenAlex | W2146390798 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 12 |
In the absence of a medical cure for AIDS, HIV-infected individuals may seek alternative treatments that are consistent with cultural and social beliefs. This paper examines beliefs about, and use of, folk healing practices by HIV-infected Hispanics receiving care at an HIV/AIDS clinic in inner-city New Jersey. Anonymous individual interviews were conducted with 58 male and 18 female HIV-infected Hispanics aged 23-55, primarily of Puerto Rican origin (61%) or descent (29%). The majority of respondents believed in good and evil spirits (73.7%); among the 56 believers, 48% stated that the spirits had a causal role in their infection, either alone or in conjunction with the AIDS virus. Two thirds of the respondents engaged in folk healing (spiritualism and/or santeria). The main desired outcomes of folk healing included physical relief (44%), spiritual relief (40%), and protection from evil (26%). A number of respondents (n = 9) stated that they hoped to effect a cure by engaging in folk healing. These results indicate that health care professionals treating HIV-positive Hispanics should be aware of the prevalence of folk beliefs and alternative healing practices in this population
Alternative medicine · Environmental health · Family medicine · Health care · Population · Sociology · Spiritualism · Traditional medicine · Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies · Cultural Competency in Health Care · Demography · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Medicine · Gerontology
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Part three
| Unique citing works | 8 |
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| Citations per year | 0,31 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2010 (11) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |