An expanding body of literature explores the role of African church groups in facilitating or
hindering the support of people living with AIDS and challenging or contributing to HIV/AIDS …

Spirituality/religion serves important roles in coping, survival and maintaining overall
wellbeing within African cultures and communities, especially when diagnosed with a …

This systematic review examines the relationship between religion and sexual HIV risk
behavior. It focuses primarily on how studies have conceptualized and defined religion …

Religious constraints on sexuality may have consequences for the transmission of sexually
transmitted diseases. Recognising that several Islamic tenets may have the effect, if …

Background Religion shapes everyday beliefs and activities, but few studies have examined
its associations with attitudes about HIV. This exploratory study in Tanzania probed …

Books and articles about global AIDS, particularly if they focus on Africa, are usually of the
doom and gloom variety They typically provide updated statistics on the soaring number of …

Since the late 1970s when the first cases of HIV/AIDS were identified in Africa, there has
been an upsurge of research on the epidemic. Although religious involvement may be …

Despite significant debate about the efficacy, ideology, and ethics of the method, condom
social marketing (CSM) has become the dominant approach to AIDS education in many sub …

O objetivo deste estudo é avaliar o conhecimento sobre HIV/aids dos participantes de
grupos de convivência do Vale do Sinos, Rio Grande do Sul. O estudo caracterizou-se …

PURPOSE: To determine whether religious affiliation reduces HIV risk among young women
in Zambia, and to examine the effects of religious affiliation on sexual initiation and on …