| Autor: |
Ramírez-Johnson J; School of Religion, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92350, USA. jramirez@llu.edu, Díaz HL, Feldman JB, Ramírez-Jorge J |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Journal of religion and health [J Relig Health] 2013 Jun; Vol. 52 (2), pp. 570-88. |
| DOI: |
10.1007/s10943-011-9510-8 |
| Abstrakt: |
Ideology and attitudes of Latino church leaders in the United States toward HIV/AIDS are explored. A qualitative approach utilized with emergent categories including: a desire within the Latino church for greater acceptance of HIV/AIDS sufferers, the supposed contaminating influence of HIV/AIDS individuals over other church members, and the feelings of helplessness many church members experience in relation to the HIV/AIDS crisis. Understanding ideological resistance that prevents engagement is here identified and a strategy of empowerment of church leaders is recommended to overcome it including: adopting a strengths-oriented service model that focuses on resources religious denominations already have, as opposed to a financially driven, medically oriented service model that highlights what churches often do not have; church leaders educating health care agencies on how to use religious beliefs to motivate church members to work on behalf of HIV/AIDS patients; the power of doctrinal ideology in affecting church and civil society's response to HIV/AIDS. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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