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HIV Knowledge and Risk Behaviors Among Older Church-Affiliated Blacks
There is an emerging population of older adults living with HIV, and among them, Black older adults experience the greatest burden of the disease. This is a growing public health concern, as older adults are disproportionately diagnosed at a later stage of the disease, while reporting similar risk f...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6598319/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31276020 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2333721419855668 |
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author | Kuofie, Araba A. Bauer, Alex Berkley-Patton, Jannette Bowe-Thompson, Carole |
author_facet | Kuofie, Araba A. Bauer, Alex Berkley-Patton, Jannette Bowe-Thompson, Carole |
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description | There is an emerging population of older adults living with HIV, and among them, Black older adults experience the greatest burden of the disease. This is a growing public health concern, as older adults are disproportionately diagnosed at a later stage of the disease, while reporting similar risk factors as younger adults. It has also been shown that the Black Church is well positioned to offer health screenings. Thus, this study aimed to assess HIV knowledge, beliefs, and risk behaviors of older church-affiliated Black adults. Data were collected from a sample of Black adults (N = 543) from four predominately Black churches in Kansas City, MO. Participants were surveyed on measures assessing demographic characteristics, HIV knowledge and attitudes, and HIV testing and risk behaviors. Results indicated that compared to younger Black adults, Black older adults were less knowledgeable about the transmission of HIV and were less willing to be tested for HIV in church settings. However, there was no significant difference on the perceived seriousness of HIV in the community. Results further showed that Black older adults were less likely to use condoms/barriers during the past 6 months and over their lifetime. We discuss the implications of results for HIV intervention programs. |
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spelling | pubmed-65983192019-07-03 HIV Knowledge and Risk Behaviors Among Older Church-Affiliated Blacks Kuofie, Araba A. Bauer, Alex Berkley-Patton, Jannette Bowe-Thompson, Carole Gerontol Geriatr Med Aging and Diverse Race and Ethnic Populations There is an emerging population of older adults living with HIV, and among them, Black older adults experience the greatest burden of the disease. This is a growing public health concern, as older adults are disproportionately diagnosed at a later stage of the disease, while reporting similar risk factors as younger adults. It has also been shown that the Black Church is well positioned to offer health screenings. Thus, this study aimed to assess HIV knowledge, beliefs, and risk behaviors of older church-affiliated Black adults. Data were collected from a sample of Black adults (N = 543) from four predominately Black churches in Kansas City, MO. Participants were surveyed on measures assessing demographic characteristics, HIV knowledge and attitudes, and HIV testing and risk behaviors. Results indicated that compared to younger Black adults, Black older adults were less knowledgeable about the transmission of HIV and were less willing to be tested for HIV in church settings. However, there was no significant difference on the perceived seriousness of HIV in the community. Results further showed that Black older adults were less likely to use condoms/barriers during the past 6 months and over their lifetime. We discuss the implications of results for HIV intervention programs. SAGE Publications 2019-06-27 /pmc/articles/PMC6598319/ /pubmed/31276020 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2333721419855668 Text en © The Author(s) 2019 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Aging and Diverse Race and Ethnic Populations Kuofie, Araba A. Bauer, Alex Berkley-Patton, Jannette Bowe-Thompson, Carole HIV Knowledge and Risk Behaviors Among Older Church-Affiliated Blacks |
title | HIV Knowledge and Risk Behaviors Among Older Church-Affiliated Blacks |
title_full | HIV Knowledge and Risk Behaviors Among Older Church-Affiliated Blacks |
title_fullStr | HIV Knowledge and Risk Behaviors Among Older Church-Affiliated Blacks |
title_full_unstemmed | HIV Knowledge and Risk Behaviors Among Older Church-Affiliated Blacks |
title_short | HIV Knowledge and Risk Behaviors Among Older Church-Affiliated Blacks |
title_sort | hiv knowledge and risk behaviors among older church-affiliated blacks |
topic | Aging and Diverse Race and Ethnic Populations |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6598319/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31276020 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2333721419855668 |
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