Malawi Christians and Muslims HIV Prevention and Care

马拉维基督徒和穆斯林艾滋病毒预防和护理

• 批准号: 7119753
• 负责人: SALLY Heller RANKIN
• 金额: $ 28.03万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-08-10 至 2009-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7119753
• 关键词: AIDS education /prevention; AIDS therapy; Africa; antiAIDS agent; behavioral /social science research tag; clinical research; community; culture; family; focus groups; health behavior; health services research tag; health surveys; high risk behavior /lifestyle; human subject; interdisciplinary collaboration; international health /scientific organization; interview; religious group; safe sex /sex abstinence; sex behavior; social psychology; statistics /biometry

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The role of religious organizations in HIV/AIDS prevention and care is poorly understood within the broader African context of syncretistic cultural and behavioral practices. Sub-Saharan African family and community life are heavily intertwined with religious life, therefore religious groups, syncretistic or not, influence HIV- related beliefs and practices. In response to PA-04-115, the proposed project in the Republic of Malawi will partner with and utilize the resources of the Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance (GAIA), an international organization working primarily in Malawi to reduce stigma and enhance HIV prevention and care through churches and mosques. GAIA's long-standing ties to numerous faith-based organizations (FBOs) will allow an examination of four religious groups: Baptist (BACOMA), Muslim (MUWO), Living Waters (LW), and Anglican (ANG) to determine the extent and nature of their involvement in HIV-related activities. The study aims are to: 1. To describe BACOMA, LW, ANG, and MUWO strategies to prevent HIV infection and to care for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). 2. To describe the perceived power and influence exerted by four Malawi religious groups on risk-taking and HIV mitigation behaviors of their members from the perspectives of central leadership, local level leadership, and members at local levels. 3. To test the contribution of knowledge, attitudes to risk-taking behavior, subjective norms (religious group membership), perceived behavior control and behavioral intentions to the outcome behaviors (risk-taking and care/mitigation behaviors) using multilevel regression. Theoretical underpinnings include the Theory of Diffusion of Innovation which will guide the investigation of how ideas and innovations move through the religious bodies' hierarchy and the Theory of Planned Behavior to understand how individual behavior choices are related to religious organizations. The design is cross-sectional, with mixed methods, utilizing both qualitative and quantitative inquiry techniques in sampling, data collection and analysis. A purposive sample of 20 religious leaders at the central leadership level, 60 leaders as the local entity level, and 508 individual members of local religious groups, and 32 PLWHA will be included. In addition, data will be collected from a total of 24 focus groups, 8 groups consisting of leaders operating at the local level (2 each from BACOMA, LW, ANG, MUWO) and 16 groups consisting of individual members of the local entities.

描述（由申请人提供）：宗教组织在艾滋病毒/艾滋病预防和护理中的作用在更广泛的非洲文化和行为实践的背景下对众所周知。撒哈拉以南非洲家庭和社区生活与宗教生活紧密地交织在一起，因此，宗教团体是否融合，影响与艾滋病毒相关的信仰和实践。为了回应PA-04-115，马拉维共和国的拟议项目将与合作并利用全球艾滋病信仰间联盟（GAIA）的资源，这是一个在马拉维的国际组织，主要在马拉维工作，以减少污名，并通过教会和清真寺来减少污名并预防艾滋病和护理。盖亚（Gaia）与众多基于信仰的组织（FBO）的长期联系将允许对四个宗教团体进行检查：浸信会（Bacoma），穆斯林（MUWO），活水域（LW）和英国国教（ANG），以确定其参与HIV相关活动的程度和性质。该研究的目的是：1。描述Bacoma，LW，ANG和MUWO策略，以防止HIV感染并照顾艾滋病毒/艾滋病患者（PLWHA）。 2。从中央领导力，地方一级领导层和地方成员的角度来描述四个马拉维宗教团体对其成员的风险和艾滋病毒缓解行为所施加的感知力和影响力。 3。为了测试知识的贡献，对冒险行为，主观规范（宗教团体成员资格），感知行为控制和行为意图对结果行为（冒险和护理/缓解行为）的态度。理论的基础包括创新传播理论，它将指导研究思想和创新如何通过宗教机构的等级制度以及计划行为的理论，以了解个人行为选择与宗教组织的关系。该设计是横截面的，具有混合方法，利用定性和定量查询技术在采样，数据收集和分析中。在中央领导层的20名宗教领袖，60名当地实体层面的有目的样本，以及当地宗教团体的508个单个成员，将包括32个PLWHA。此外，将从总共24个焦点组中收集数据，其中8组由在本地一级运作的领导者组成（来自Bacoma，LW，Ang，Muwo）和16组由本地实体的各个成员组成的组。