TY - JOUR
T1 - Associations of HIV testing with anxiety and stress within the African American church
T2 - implications for faith-based HIV testing and treatment
AU - Stewart, Jennifer
AU - Budhathoki, Chakra
AU - Thompson, Keitra
AU - Hamilton, Jill
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Institute of Mental Health [5R25MH087217-04 to J.S.] and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease [1P30AI094189 to J.S.]
Funding Information:
The author wishes to gratefully acknowledge Drs Guthrie and Schensul the Research Education Institute for Diverse Scholars and the Johns Hopkins Center for AIDS Research for their support.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2017/5/28
Y1 - 2017/5/28
N2 - The promotion of HIV testing among Black Americans is critical to reducing disproportionately high rates of HIV and AIDS. Anxiety and stress are often found to be associated with resistance to HIV testing. The Black Church, may have an important role in reducing stress and anxiety associated with HIV testing. In this cross-sectional survey-based study, we compared the responses of the congregants from two churches which offered testing and two which did not (n = 177). Data were analysed with descriptive statistics, Chi-square test, and multivariate logistic regression. We found that in churches without HIV testing, HIV-associated anxiety was significantly higher (OR = 4.60, p <.001; 95%CI: 2.03, 10.41) as were levels of stress (OR = 6.87, p <.001; 95%CI: 2.69, 17.56). These results suggest that churches willing to incorporate HIV testing may have profound impacts on destigmatising HIV testing and treatment.
AB - The promotion of HIV testing among Black Americans is critical to reducing disproportionately high rates of HIV and AIDS. Anxiety and stress are often found to be associated with resistance to HIV testing. The Black Church, may have an important role in reducing stress and anxiety associated with HIV testing. In this cross-sectional survey-based study, we compared the responses of the congregants from two churches which offered testing and two which did not (n = 177). Data were analysed with descriptive statistics, Chi-square test, and multivariate logistic regression. We found that in churches without HIV testing, HIV-associated anxiety was significantly higher (OR = 4.60, p <.001; 95%CI: 2.03, 10.41) as were levels of stress (OR = 6.87, p <.001; 95%CI: 2.69, 17.56). These results suggest that churches willing to incorporate HIV testing may have profound impacts on destigmatising HIV testing and treatment.
KW - HIV/AIDS
KW - anxiety
KW - community
KW - faith
KW - faith
KW - mental health
KW - spirituality
KW - stress
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U2 - 10.1080/13674676.2017.1358256
DO - 10.1080/13674676.2017.1358256
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85027839237
VL - 20
SP - 478
EP - 488
JO - Mental Health, Religion and Culture
JF - Mental Health, Religion and Culture
SN - 1367-4676
IS - 5
ER -