Love, Judgement and HIV: Congregants’ Perspectives on an Intervention for Black Churches to Promote Critical Awareness of HIV Affecting Black Canadians

Husbands, Winston; Nakamwa, Joanita; Tharao, Wangari; Greenspan, Nicole; Calzavara, Liviana; Sathiyamoorthy, Thrmiga; Muchenje-Marisa, Marvelous; Arnold, Keresa; Browne, Orville; Kerr, Jelani

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“…When people feel safe, they tend to speak up, are more likely to participate, and have other community members participate as well [33]. A critical component in creating safe relational spaces is acknowledging that the faith summit and faith-based research efforts, in general, are not to challenge doctrine but to focus on healthy choices, healthy people, and reducing disease [34].…”

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An Engaged Community of Faith to Decrease HIV Stigma in the U.S. South

Pichon

Jewell

Stubbs

et al. 2023

IJERPH

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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.

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An Engaged Community of Faith to Decrease HIV Stigma in the U.S. South

Pichon

Jewell

Stubbs

et al. 2023

IJERPH

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Black heterosexual men’s resilience in times of HIV adversity: findings from the “weSpeak” study

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McIntosh²,

Lawson

et al. 2023

BMC Public Health

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Background In Canada, heterosexual African, Caribbean and Black (ACB) men tend to suffer a disproportionate burden of HIV. Consequently, studies have examined the underlying contributors to this disparity through the nexus of behavioral and structural factors. While findings from these studies have been helpful, their use of deficit and risk models only furthers our knowledge of why ACB men are more vulnerable to HIV infection. Thus far, there is a dearth of knowledge on how heterosexual ACB men mobilize protective assets to promote their resilience against HIV infection. Methods As part of a larger Ontario-based project called weSpeak, this study examined how ACB men acquire protective assets to build their resilience to reduce their HIV vulnerability. We analyzed three focus group discussions (n = 17) and 13 in-depth interviews conducted with ACB men using NVivo and a mixed inductive-deductive thematic analyses approach. Results The findings show that ACB men mostly relied on personal coping strategies, including sexual abstinence, to build resilience against HIV. Interpersonal resources such as family, friends, and religious communities also played an important role in constructing ACB men’s resilience. ACB men bemoaned their lack of access to essential institutional resources, such as health services, that are important in managing HIV adversity. Conclusion Based on these findings, there is an urgent need for HIV policy stakeholders, including service providers, to engage the ACB community in the design of intervention programs. Additionally, addressing the socioeconomic disadvantages faced by ACB communities will increase the capacity of ACB men to develop resilience against HIV.

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Love, Judgement and HIV: Congregants’ Perspectives on an Intervention for Black Churches to Promote Critical Awareness of HIV Affecting Black Canadians

Cited by 2 publications

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An Engaged Community of Faith to Decrease HIV Stigma in the U.S. South

An Engaged Community of Faith to Decrease HIV Stigma in the U.S. South

Black heterosexual men’s resilience in times of HIV adversity: findings from the “weSpeak” study

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