African American Church Engagement in the HIV Care Continuum

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• Alternative Title:
  J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care
• Personal Author:
  Stewart, Jennifer M. ; Hong, Hyejeong ; Powell, Terrinieka W.
• Description:
  Providing comprehensive services across the HIV care continuum through African American churches may improve HIV treatment outcomes for African Americans. We explored the feasibility of a church-led HIV care program in six churches in Baltimore, Maryland. Church leaders (n = 57) participated in focus groups and eight pastors participated in interviews. Data were analyzed by qualitative hybrid thematic analysis. Findings revealed eight themes: four themes were related to linkage to care: being unaware of community resources, concerns about HIV-associated regulations, ongoing personalized contact with HIV-infected persons, and desire for integration of spiritual education; four themes were related to HIV care and support services, including existing church infrastructure, provision of HIV support groups, using the church as an HIV care resource hub, and prevention education for uninfected people. These findings can support initiatives and efforts to promote delivery of HIV services along the HIV care continuum through African American churches.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Black Or African American Christianity Clergy Community-Institutional Relations Continuity Of Patient Care Feasibility Studies Female Focus Groups Health Promotion HIV Infections Humans Interviews As Topic Male Mass Screening Middle Aged Qualitative Research Young Adult

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• Source:
  J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 29(3):406-416
• Pubmed ID:
  29290556
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5967227
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  U48 DP000040/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; P30 AI094189/AI/NIAID NIH HHSUnited States/ ; K01 DA042134/DA/NIDA NIH HHSUnited States/ ; F31 NR016910/NR/NINR NIH HHSUnited States/ ; K23 MH106378/MH/NIMH NIH HHSUnited States/
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Volume:
  29
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:7ea80989a03d5827004b985932a680c70e70b4c5c23a7bea2435cdbe99b93df6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/55075/cdc_55075_DS1.pdf
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