Evaluation of a Faith-Based Culturally Relevant Program for African American Substance Users at Risk for HIV in the Southern United States

Objective: This article provides an evaluation of a federally funded faith-based program that serves African Americans who use heroin and cocaine and are at risk for HIV/AIDS in Nashville, Tennessee. Methods: Data were collected from 163 individuals at baseline and 6- and 12-month follow-up intervie...

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Published in:Research on social work practice 2007-03, Vol.17 (2), p.229-238
Main Authors: MacMaster, Samuel A., Jones, Jenny L., Rasch, Randolph F. R., Crawford, Sharon L., Thompson, Stephanie, Sanders, Edwin C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
African American Community
African Americans
AIDS
At risk
At Risk Persons
Biological and medical sciences
Black American people
Charities
Church Programs
Cocaine
Coercion
Counseling
Counseling Effectiveness
Counseling Techniques
Cultural Influences
Culturally Relevant Education
Drug Abuse
Efficacy
Heroin
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus
Intervention
Interviews
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Prevention and actions
Program Evaluation
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Religions
Religious beliefs
Religious cultural groups
Religious Factors
Religious groups
Risk
Risk behavior
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Social agencies
Social services agencies
Spirituality
Substance Abuse
Tennessee
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Summary:Objective: This article provides an evaluation of a federally funded faith-based program that serves African Americans who use heroin and cocaine and are at risk for HIV/AIDS in Nashville, Tennessee. Methods: Data were collected from 163 individuals at baseline and 6- and 12-month follow-up interviews. A subset of participants (n = 51) completed all three interviews. Results: Results suggested that this culturally relevant set of interventions was successful in reducing substance use and HIV/AIDS risk behaviors. The program was able to show data that supported the efficacy of a faith-based approach emphasizing spirituality rather than directive, aggressive, authoritarian, or coercive counseling techniques. Discussion: The model is important to the continued development of culturally relevant interventions that are vital to decreasing the disproportionate rates of HIV/AIDS within the African American community.
ISSN:1049-7315
1552-7581
1552-7581
DOI:10.1177/1049731506296826