title: HIV/AIDS prevention, faith, and spirituality among black/African American and Latino communities in the United States: strengthening scientific faith-based efforts to shift the course of the epidemic and reduce HIV-related health disparities.
abstract: Black/African American and Latino communities are disproportionately affected by the domestic HIV/AIDS epidemic. Blacks/African Americans and Latinos are also more likely to report a formal, religious, or faith affiliation when compared with non-Hispanic whites. As such, faith leaders and their institutions have been identified in the National HIV/AIDS Strategy as having a vital role to serve in reducing: (1) HIV-related health disparities and (2) the number of new HIV infections by promoting non-judgmental support for persons living with and at risk for HIV/AIDS and by serving as trusted information resources for their congregants and communities. We describe faith doctrines and faith-science partnerships that are increasing in support of faith-based HIV prevention and service delivery activities and discuss the vital role of these faith-based efforts in highly affected black/African American and Latino communities.
authors.affiliation: Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Centers for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd NE MS E-45, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA. msutton@cdc.gov
authors.forename: Madeline Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Sutton
authors.forename: Carolyn P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Parks
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D058872:Epidemics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D029181:Spirituality; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology