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- Title
Results of a Baseline Assessment of AIDS Knowledge Among Black Church Members.
- Authors
Quinn, Sandra Grouse; Thomas, Stephen B.
- Abstract
The disproportionate impact of HIV disease on African Americans was documented as early as 1983. Blacks constitute 12 percent of the U.S. population, yet they represent 32 percent of reported AIDS cases. As concern about reaching Black communities wish culturally sensitive AIDS prevention programs gained momentum, the increasing need for involvement of the Black church became evident. The Black church has historically been the major focus of spiritual, social, and political life of Black Americans, and has a long history of addressing unmet health and human service needs of the community. Reducing AIDS through Community Education, a Southern Christian Leadership Conference project, was funded in 1988 by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to provide AIDS education in five cities. This article reports the results of a baseline assessment of AIDS knowledge of Black church members that was conducted in 1990 as the initial step in development of an AIDS education program in Black churches. Implications for AIDS education in Black church settings are also discussed in the article.
- Subjects
UNITED States; DISEASES in African Americans; AIDS; AFRICAN American churches; AFRICAN American religions; MEDICAL care of African Americans
- Publication
National Journal of Sociology, 1994, Vol 8, Issue 1/2, p89
- ISSN
0892-4287
- Publication type
Article