Religious Institutions as Sources of AIDS Information for Street Injection Drug Users
While the scholarly literature contains many descriptions of the cultural world of the street drug user, these descriptions generally do not focus on the role of religious belief or institutions in the daily life of drug users. This paper examines religious self-identification and perceived religiou...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publications
1994
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Review of religious research
Year: 1994, Volume: 35, Issue: 4, Pages: 324-334 |
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| Summary: | While the scholarly literature contains many descriptions of the cultural world of the street drug user, these descriptions generally do not focus on the role of religious belief or institutions in the daily life of drug users. This paper examines religious self-identification and perceived religious influence in a national population of street injection drug users at high risk for HIV infection and explores how these self-perceptions might relate to religious institutions as sources of AIDS education and prevention. Hispanics and African Americans were significantly more likely than whites to report they were strongly influenced by their religious beliefs and had received AIDS education from their churches or temples. It is suggested that any comprehensive community AIDS education and prevention efforts directed toward injection drug users should incorporate the religious traditions of those at high risk for AIDS by including community religious institutions, particularly in Hispanic and African American communities. |
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| ISSN: | 2211-4866 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Review of religious research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3511733 |