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General Reports
 
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Comparative Effectiveness of a Faith-Based HIV Intervention for African American Women: Importance of Enhancing Religious Social Capital.
 Wingood GM, Robinson LR, Braxton ND, et al 
Am J Public Health. 2013 Oct 17.
 Abstract

HIV/AIDS through the lens of Christianity: Perspectives from a South African urban
support group.
Hlongwana K, Mkhize S.
Cardiovasc J S Afr. 2007 May;4(1):556-563.
 Abstract
 
Adventist
Medical Services The Adventist Development and Relief Agency, International

    

African-American Church
 
          Internet Documents
 
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What is the role of the Black church for Black gay men and HIV prevention?
Robert L. Miller, Jr.
Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San FranciscoFact Sheet: 22 April 2013
 Fact Sheet

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 

 
Stigma as a Barrier to HIV-Related Activities Among African-American Churches in South Carolina.
Pryor JB, Gaddist B, Johnson-Arnold L||
J Prev Interv Community. 2015 Jul-Sep;43(3):223-234|
 Abstract

FULL TEXT ARTICLE
Review of HIV Testing Efforts in Historically Black Churches.
Pichon LC, Powell TW.
 Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2015 May 28;12(6):6016-6026.
 Paper

A Multi-Level Approach for Promoting HIV Testing Within African American Church Settings.
 Stewart JM.
 AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2015 Feb;29(2):69-76
 Abstract

Assessment of HIV/AIDS prevention of rural African American Baptist leaders: implications for effective partnerships for capacity building in American communities.
Foster PP, Cooper K, Parton JM, Meeks JO.
 J Natl Med Assoc. 2011 Apr;103(4):323-31
Abstract

Pastor and Lay Leader Perceptions of Barriers and Supports to HIV Ministry Maintenance in an African American Church.
Stewart JM.|
J Relig Health. 2012 Jul 3.
 Abstract

Examining Church Capacity to Develop and Disseminate a Religiously Appropriate HIV Tool Kit with African American Churches.
Berkley-Patton J, Thompson CB,  et al 
J Urban Health. 2012 Jul 20
 Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 Keeping the Faith: African American Faith Leaders’ Perspectives and Recommendations f
or Reducing Racial Disparities in HIV/AIDS Infection.
 Nunn A, Cornwall A, Chute N,  et al
 PLoS One.2012;7(5):e36172
 Paper

Factors Related to HIV Testing Among an African American Church-Affiliated Population.
Berkley-Patton J, Moore EW, Hawes SM,  et al 
AIDS Educ Prev. 2012 Apr;24(2):148-62.
 Abstract

Black churches and HIV/AIDS: factors influencing congregations’ responsiveness to social issues.
Fulton BR.
J Sci Study Relig. 2011;50(3):617-30.
 Abstract

Ideologies of Black churches in New York City and the public health crisis of HIV among Black men who have sex with men.
 Wilson PA, Wittlin NM, Muñoz-Laboy M, Parker R. 
Glob Public Health. 2011;6 Suppl 2:S227-42.
 Abstract

The contribution of religious and existential well-being to depression among
African American heterosexuals with HIV infection.
Coleman CL.
Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2004 Jan-Feb;25(1):103-10
Abstract
 
  HIV/AIDS, nurses, and the black church: a case study.
Baker S
J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care 1999 Sep-Oct;10(5):71-9
Abstract
 
 
Baptist
Medical Services Baptist Medical and Dental International
Episcopal
Medical Services  Episcopal Medical Missions Foundation
Evangelist
Medical Services World Medical Mission  

Jehovah’s Witnesses
 

      Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries 
         

  Jehovah’s Witnesses refusal of blood: religious, legal and ethical aspects and considerations for
anesthetic management
Perez Ferrer A, Gredilla E, de Vicente J, et al
 Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim. 2006 Jan;53(1):31-41
Abstract
Pentecostal
 
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 Faith and HIV prevention: the conceptual framing of HIV prevention among Pentecostal Batswana teenagers.
 Mpofu E, Nkomazana F, Muchado JA,  et al
 BMC Public Health. 2014 Mar 5;14(1):225
 Paper

FULL TEXT ARTICLE
 Divine targets: youth at the centre of Catholic and Pentecostal responses to HIV and AIDS in Brazil.
Munoz-Laboy M, Murray LR, et al
 Cult Health Sex. 2011 Jun;13(6):657-68.
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