PS11-003 Minority AIDS Research Initiative

PS11-003 少数民族艾滋病研究计划

• 批准号: 8597298
• 负责人: PAMELA H FOSTER
• 金额: $ 12.26万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN TUSCALOOSA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-01-01 至 2015-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8597298
• 关键词: PS11; 003; Minority; AIDS; Research

Project Summary/Abstract Most of the literature in HIV/AIDS related anti-stigma interventions have focused on strategies to decrease stigma in those living with HIV. Very few have targeted community-based, HIV/AIDS-related stigma and most of the studies have been conducted internationally. This is especially true for the rural Deep South in the United States, where the epidemic is steadily increasing among African Americans. There is some literature that suggests that one of the major sources of HIV/AIDS-related stigma in the African American community is the organized church. This study proposes conducting and evaluating a faith-based, HIV/AIDS-related anti- stigma intervention in 10 African American churches in rural Alabama with the overall goal of decreasing HIV/AIDS-related stigma in church participants. It is believed that reaching this short-term goal could eventually decrease HIV rates in this population. The intervention is multifaceted in its approach and includes HIV/AIDS education, a seven-week training program developed by the Council of Churches in Ghana, and encouragement of participating congregations to conduct HIV/AIDS prevention activities within their congregation, as well as to welcome HIV+ persons into their congregations. We propose to decrease stigma in individual church members as well as congregational stigma through a variety of measures including: 1) increases in affiliation of HIV+ persons with participating congregations via pre- and post-surveys of members of the statewide AIDS consumer organization; 2) decreases in individual stigma through pre- and post-test written assessment using a tool developed by Herek et. al., 2001; 3) increases in HIV/AIDS knowledge through pre- and post-test written assessment; and 4) increases in HIV/AIDS prevention activities within participating congregations through pre- and post-pastor interviews. The proposed pilot study has great potential for an enormous public health impact as a model for similar geographic areas where the epidemic is growing disproportionately in African Americans.

项目总结/摘要 大多数与艾滋病毒/艾滋病有关的反污名干预措施的文献都侧重于减少艾滋病毒/艾滋病感染的战略。 艾滋病毒感染者的耻辱感。很少有针对性地开展了以社区为基础的、与艾滋病毒/艾滋病有关的污名化工作， 的研究是在国际上进行的。这对于美国南部的农村地区来说尤其如此。 在美国，非洲裔美国人中的流行病正在稳步增加。有一些文献 这表明，在非裔美国人社区，与艾滋病毒/艾滋病有关的耻辱感的主要来源之一是， 有组织的教会。这项研究建议进行和评估一个基于信仰的，与艾滋病毒/艾滋病有关的抗艾滋病， 在亚拉巴马农村的10个非洲裔美国人教堂进行污名干预，总体目标是减少 教会参与者中与艾滋病毒/艾滋病有关的污名。据信，实现这一短期目标最终可能 降低这一人群的艾滋病感染率。 干预措施是多方面的，包括艾滋病毒/艾滋病教育，为期七周的培训， 加纳教会理事会制定的方案，并鼓励参加教会 在他们的会众中开展艾滋病毒/艾滋病预防活动，并欢迎艾滋病毒阳性者加入 他们的集会。我们建议减少个别教会成员以及公理的耻辱 通过各种措施，包括：1）增加艾滋病毒阳性者与参与艾滋病毒/艾滋病方案的关系， 通过对全州艾滋病消费者组织成员的事前和事后调查， 通过使用Herek开发的工具进行测试前和测试后的书面评估， et.例如，3）通过测试前和测试后的书面评估增加艾滋病毒/艾滋病知识; 4） * 通过牧师前和牧师后活动，在参与的教会内增加艾滋病毒/艾滋病预防活动 采访 拟议的试点研究具有巨大的潜力，作为类似的模式，对公共卫生产生巨大影响。 非裔美国人中疫情增长不成比例的地理区域。