Application of the Need and Asset Model to Church-Based HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control

The recent global focus on the promotion of faith-based health and social interventions requires two major empirical data sets: (a), an understanding of how the health needs of churches relate to the assets they hold and (b) the collective capacity of members to use needed resources to help address...

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Published in:Journal of HIV/AIDS & social services 2011-10, Vol.10 (4), p.363-375
Main Authors: Aja, Godwin N., Lee, Jerry W., Modeste, Naomi N., Montgomery, Susanne B., Belliard, Juan C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
Assets
Charities
Churches
collective efficacy
Data processing
Health
Health Education
HIV/AIDS prevention
Human immunodeficiency virus
Intervention
matching
needs
Nigeria
Prevention
Religious Beliefs
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Summary:The recent global focus on the promotion of faith-based health and social interventions requires two major empirical data sets: (a), an understanding of how the health needs of churches relate to the assets they hold and (b) the collective capacity of members to use needed resources to help address a wide range of health issues including HIV/AIDS that continue to challenge many African countries' already limited health-related resources. In this study, we hypothesized that if Nigerian churches have less stated perceived needs in relation to more perceived assets that could be used for HIV/AIDS prevention and control, they would have greater collective efficacy and engage in more HIV/AIDS prevention and control activities. Estimates of churches' perceived needs, assets, collective efficacy, and activities as reported by church members from 81 Nigerian churches were aggregated. The linear regression method was used to test if needs and assets predicted collective efficacy and HIV/AIDS activities. The sum of church needs was positively related to collective efficacy ( p  
ISSN:1538-1501
1538-151X
DOI:10.1080/15381501.2011.623434