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- Title
[Commentary on] Beyond Faith-Based Organizations: Using Comparative Institutional Ethnography to Understand Religious Responses to HIV and AIDS in Brazil.
- Authors
Muñoz-Laboy, Miguel A.; Murray, Laura; Wittlin, Natalie; Garcia, Jonathan; Terto Jr., Veriano; Parker, Richard G.
- Abstract
Religious institutions, which contribute to understanding of and mobilization in response to illness, play a major role in structuring social, political, and cultural responses to HIV and AIDS. We used institutional ethnography to explore how religious traditions-Catholic, Evangelical, and Afro-Brazilian- in Brazil have influenced HIV prevention, treatment, and care at the local and national levels over time. We present a typology of Brazil's division of labor and uncover overlapping foci grounded in religious ideology and tradition: care of people living with HIV among Catholics and Afro-Brazilians, abstinence education among Catholics and Evangelicals, prevention within marginalized communities among Evangelicals and Afro-Brazilians, and access to treatment among all traditions. We conclude that institutional ethnography, which allows for multilevel and interlevel analysis, is a useful methodology.
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 2011, Vol 101, Issue 6, p972
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.2010.300081