Love with No Exceptions: A statewide faith-based, university-community partnership for faith-based HIV training and assessment of needs in the Deep South

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• Alternative Title:
  AIDS Behav
• Personal Author:
  Lanzi, Robin G. ; Footman, Alison P. ; Jackson, Edward ; Araya, Brook Y. ; Ott, Corilyn ; Sterling, Ronald D. ; Davis, Tammy R. ; Kaiser, Kathryn A.
• Description:
  This project established a faith-based, university-community partnership with the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) church in Alabama to develop a statewide training model to address HIV knowledge and stigma, promote discussion and generate action plans to address HIV in the Deep South. A community-engaged research team consisting of church leadership and university researchers developed and implemented the model, "Love with No Exceptions." Mixed methods were used to evaluate the model delivered in 3-h sessions in five state regions (N = 146 clergy and laity). The majority of participants reported feeling better prepared to serve those living with or affected by HIV and would implement education and awareness activities in their churches. Participants' HIV knowledge increased from pre- to post-training. Stigma-related attitudes showed minor changes from baseline. These results reflect that partnerships between academic institutions and churches can deliver promising steps towards impactful HIV education in the Deep South.
• Subjects:
  Adult Aged Black Or African American Capacity Building Clergy Community-Based Participatory Research Discrimination, Psychological Female Health Education Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Health Promotion HIV Infections Humans Leadership Love Male Middle Aged Religion Social Stigma Universities

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• Source:
  AIDS Behav. 23(11):2936-2945
• Pubmed ID:
  31321638
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7075029
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  P30 AI027767/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States ; U48DP005037/ACL/ACL HHS/United States ; 5U48DP005037/CC/CDC HHS/United States ; P30 AI027767/NH/NIH HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  Alabama ; Southeastern United States
• Volume:
  23
• Issue:
  11
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:1aadc04342d8a59d467afdbd229e8879b704f5192a18c30c824808c4074fc58a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/85922/cdc_85922_DS1.pdf
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