Faith communities and HIV/AIDS prevention in New York State: results of a statewide survey.

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• Alternative Title:
  Public Health Rep
• Personal Author:
  Tesoriero, J M ; Parisi, D M ; Sampson, S ; Foster, J ; Klein, S ; Ellemberg, C
• Description:
  The authors surveyed religious congregations in New York State to document the extent to which HIV/AIDS-related education and prevention services were being offered; to identify barriers to offering services; and to assess respondents' willingness to meet with HIV/AIDS service providers in their communities.|In October 1997, a questionnaire was mailed to all congregations in New York State. Due to an initially poor response rate, follow-up telephone interviews were made to a random sample of non-respondents. Survey responses were weighted to represent all congregations across New York State.|Just 16.7% of congregations provided or facilitated HIV/AIDS-related prevention services. Respondents cited both attitudinal and resource-related reasons for not offering services. There was a striking discordance between respondents' perceptions of the need for HIV/AIDS prevention services in their communities and an objective measure of need created by the Health Department. Approximately half of survey respondents expressed willingness to meet with HIV/AIDS service providers.|Follow-up efforts to increase the number of religious congregations providing, facilitating, or offering referrals to HIV/AIDS-related education and prevention services are warranted.
• Subjects:
  Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Attitude To Health Community-Institutional Relations Health Care Surveys Health Education Health Services Accessibility HIV Infections Humans Logistic Models Needs Assessment Preventive Health Services Referral And Consultation Religion And Medicine Surveys And Questionnaires

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• Source:
  Public Health Rep. 115(6):544-556
• Pubmed ID:
  11354338
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMCnull
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  New York
• Volume:
  115
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  Public Health Reports
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  urn:sha256:abab34eeca7f6fadd22dcdc13a4735fc13c43728dd6635f4a689012bf9f96766
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