BACKGROUND Religion is an important underlying determinant of HIV spread in sub-Saharan Africa. However, little is known about how religion influences changes in HIV prevalence and associated sexual behaviours over time. OBJECTIVES To compare changes in HIV prevalence between major religious groups in eastern Zimbabwe during a period of substantial HIV risk reduction (1998-2005) and to invest...

INTRODUCTION Rural US residents smoke at higher rates than urban or suburban residents. We report results from a community-based smoking cessation intervention in Appalachian Kentucky. STUDY DESIGN Single-blind, group-randomized trial with outcome measurements at baseline, 17 weeks and 43 weeks. SETTING/PARTICIPANTS This faith-placed CBPR project was located in six counties of rural Appalac...

BACKGROUND Sustainability of evidence-based health promotion interventions has received increased research attention in recent years. This paper reports sustainability data from Project HEAL (Health through Early Awareness and Learning) a cancer communication implementation trial about early detection, based in African American churches. In this paper, we used a framework by Scheirer and Dearin...

the time'32-mainly the second half of the fourteenth century. Why these two 'medical' saints were so little regarded in England is-a mystery, especially when one considers their widespread cult almost throughout Europe and Asia Minor, particularly during the Middle Ages. The Surgeons of Paris, for example, dedicated their College to St. C8me on its foundation in the twelfth century but no simil...

BACKGROUND In high incidence settings, the majority of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) transmission occurs outside the household. Little is known about where people's indoor contacts occur outside the household, and how this differs between different settings. We estimate the number of contact hours that occur between adults and adult/youths and children in different building types in urban a...

Black men who have sex with men (MSM) are disproportionately affected by HIV and AIDS in New York City (NYC). Black churches in NYC have a history of engaging in community mobilisation; however, research suggests that churches play a role in promoting stigma against Black MSM, which impedes prevention efforts. The goal of this study was to explore church ideologies surrounding sexuality and hea...

In recent years, new Pentecostal-style churches have proliferated around the world. Expanding at astonishing rates in Africa, Latin America, and Asia, the growth of Pentecostal-Charismatic Churches has shifted the global center of gravity of Christianity from the West to the global South. This dissertation takes a new approach to studying the impacts of such powerful new religious developments....

The proliferation of New Prophetic Churches within the broader Pentecostal movement in South Africa has come with challenge abuse religion and people’s beliefs. These abuses have attracted attention government through Cultural, Religious, Linguistic Communities (CRL) commission calls for regulation to deal abuses. This article worked context Christian ecumenism explored role ecumenical bodies c...