African American Church Engagement in the HIV Care Continuum

Stewart, James; Hong, Henry; Powell, Terrinieka W.

doi:10.1016/j.jana.2017.11.004

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“…Religious institutions are platforms where love is advocated for and expressed to HIV-infected people thus offering emotional healing as was reiterated in our study (Bluthenthal et al, 2012;Derose et al, 2011;Stewart et al, 2018). It has been argued that the incorporation of health issues in spiritual care enhances coping with the condition among those infected (Stewart et al, 2018), and improves spiritual wellbeing which is associated with attendance to HIV services (Yates et al, 2018).…”

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confidence: 59%

“…The role of religious leaders in HIV and AIDSs could be strengthened by continued training (Rakotoniana et al, 2014; Stewart et al, 2018) which is tailored according to their needs (Stewart et al, 2018). Continuous and sustained capacity building will translate into continued involvement of the religious leaders in HIV and AIDS matters (Anugwom & Anugwom, 2018) which was also alluded to in our study.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Implementation of church-based HIV testing will require training and strengthening skills of the providers of the services if they are laypeople (Stewart et al, 2016). The services could latch on to the already existing health ministries within religious groups (Stewart et al, 2018). The church is an available platform that can ably implement HIV-testing services.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The support from faith leaders optimizes the uptake of HIV services (Lindgren et al, 2013; Mendel et al, 2015; Rankin et al, 2016; Ransome et al, 2018). After all, they are trusted and remain culturally appropriate venues because they have health services as part of their goals in society (Stewart et al, 2018). In Malawi, 77% of the population are Christians while 15% are Muslims, and the remaining 8% practice traditional African religions one of which is the Aaron group.…”

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confidence: 99%

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“We Reach to People Through Different Means”: Factors That Influence HIV Counseling and Testing Among Religious People in Lilongwe, Malawi

et al. 2023

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A descriptive qualitative study among 12 religious leaders and 10 members from seven different religions using in-depth interviews was conducted to explore the factors that influence HIV testing among religious people in the area of Traditional Authority Chitukula, Lilongwe district. Participants and sites were purposively selected and all interviews were recorded using a digital recorder, then transcribed and translated into English. Data were analyzed using a thematic approach. The study showed that prayer has a prominent role in the management of HIV and AIDS. The barriers to HIV testing include a belief in faith healing, the rules of a specific church, and a perception of a low risk of HIV infection among religious people. Interventions that could promote HIV testing include the implementation of HIV self-testing, mobile and or door-to-door HIV services, church-based HIV testing services, and facility-based services that are integrated with other services to preserve privacy. Religious platforms can be leveraged in the delivery of HIV testing services. The promotion of religious-based prevention interventions needs to consider the foundations and beliefs of each religion and be able to contextualize the methods which can be achieved by continuous dialogue and support from religious leaders.

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“…Churches, worship centers and other faith-based organizations within the African American/Black community serve as highly-influential institutions and cultural centers of information as well as agents of change [ 13 ]; hence, they are well-positioned to provide educational, financial, social, and health-related resources to their congregants and their surrounding communities. Consequently, health promotion through churches and worship centers has received growing interest as a means to reduce health disparities [ 14 ], including focused areas such as mental health [ 15 , 16 ], cardiovascular and cardiometabolic diseases [ 17 – 25 ], cancer [ 26 – 28 ] and HIV [ 29 – 33 ]. Moreover, strategic tools have been developed to assess the readiness of African American churches to engage in health promotion programming [ 34 – 36 ].…”

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Building a Community Partnership for the Development of Health Ministries Within the African American Community: The Triad Pastors Network

Gwathmey,

Williams,

Caban-Holt

et al. 2024

J Community Health

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African Americans continue to have worse health outcomes despite attempts to reduce health disparities. This is due, in part, to inadequate access to healthcare, but also to the health care and medical mistrust experienced by communities of color. Churches and worship centers have historically served as cultural centers of trusted resources for educational, financial, and health information within African American communities and a growing number of collaborations have developed between academic institutions and community/faith entities. Herein, we describe the infrastructure of a true and sustainable partnership developed with > 100 prominent faith leaders within the Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina for the purpose of developing or expanding existing health ministries within houses of worship, to improve health literacy and overall health long-term. The Triad Pastors Network is an asset-based partnership between the Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and faith leaders in the Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina that was created under the guiding principles of community engagement to improve health equity and decrease health disparities experienced by African American communities. A partnership in which co-equality and shared governance are the core of the framework provides an effective means of achieving health-related goals in a productive and efficient manner. Faith-based partnerships are reliable approaches for improving the health literacy needed to address health disparities and inequities in communities of color.

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