| Titre : | Attitudes and beliefs related to HIV/AIDS in urban religious congregations : Barriers and opportunities for HIV-related interventions : HIV-related articles. (2012) |
| Auteurs : | BLUTHENTHAL (Ricky-N) : USA. Institute for Prevention Research and Health Promotion. Department of Preventive Medicine. Keck School of Medicine. University of Southern California. ; CORBIN (Dennis-E) : USA. Social Work Department. California State University Dominguez Hills. ; David-E KANOUSE ; Peter MENDEL ; PALAR (Kartika) : USA. Pardee Rand Graduate School. Rand Corporation. ; Kathryn PITKIN DEROSE ; Health Program. (R.A.N.D.). Corporation. USA |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Social science and medicine (vol. 74, n° 10, 2012) |
| Pagination : | 1520-1527 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Mots-clés : | Attitude ; Croyance ; Sida ; Milieu urbain ; Toxicomanie ; Religion ; Accès soins ; Soins ; VIH ; Sociologie ; Homosexualité ; Toxicomane ; Homme ; Virose ; Infection ; Rétrovirus ; Virus ; Amérique ; Immunopathologie ; Maladie chronique ; Amérique du Nord |
| Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS 9HADR0xl. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. HIV-related stigmas have been seen as a barrier to greater religious congregation involvement in HIV prevention and care in the United States and elsewhere. We explored congregational and community norms and attitudes regarding HIV, sexuality, and drug use through a qualitative case study of 14 diverse religious congregations in Los Angeles County, California between December 2006 and May 2008. Data collected included semi-structured interviews with 57 clergy and lay leaders across the congregations, structured observations of congregational activities, review of archival documents, and a questionnaire on congregational characteristics. Across and within congregations, we found a wide range of views towards HIV, people with HIV, and populations at risk for HIV, from highly judgmental and exclusionary, to "loving the sinner, not the sin," to accepting and affirming. Attitudes and norms about HIV, homosexuality, and substance abuse appeared to be related to the type and intensity of congregational HIV-related activities. However, even among the higher activity congregations, we found a range of perceptions, including ones that were stigmatizing. Results suggest that affirming norms and attitudes are not a prerequisite for a congregation to initiate HIV activities, a finding relevant for HIV service providers and researchers seeking to engage congregations on this issue. HIV stigma reduction is not a prerequisite for congregational HIV involvement : both may occur simultaneously, or one before the other, and they dynamically affect each other. Strategies that are congruent with congregations'current levels of comfort and openness around HIV can themselves facilitate a process of attitudinal and normative change. |
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