title: Conflicts between conservative Christian institutions and secular groups in sub-Saharan Africa: ideological discourses on sexualities, reproduction and HIV/AIDS.
abstract: Religious and secular institutions advocate strategies that represent all points on the continuum to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS. Drawing on an extensive literature review of studies conducted in sub-Saharan Africa, we focus on those secular institutions that support all effective methods of reducing HIV/AIDS transmission and those conservative religious institutions that support a limited set of prevention methods. We conclude by identifying topics for dialogue between these viewpoints that should facilitate cooperation by expanding the generally acceptable HIV/AIDS prevention methods, especially the use of condoms.
authors.affiliation: HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. jem57@columbia.edu
authors.forename: Joanne E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Mantell
authors.forename: Jacqueline
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Correale
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Adams-Skinner
authors.forename: Zena A
authors.initials: ZA
authors.lastname: Stein
mesh_terms: D017954:Africa South of the Sahara; D002835:Christianity; D017280:Condoms / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D060728:Reproductive Health; D046269:Reproductive Rights; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D035621:Secularism; D012725:Sexual Behavior