A developing framework for the development, implementation and maintenance of HIV interventions in the African American church

Abstract

The African American church has promoted the health of African Americans through supporting interventions that target a wide variety of diseases, and it is a crucial community partner in the development of HIV prevention interventions. Although research has described the development of church-based HIV interventions, there is a significant lack of frameworks and approaches available to guide the implementation and maintenance of HIV interventions within church- based settings. A developing framework of a comprehensive church- based intervention, derived from an ethnographic study about the development, implementation, and maintenance of an HIV/ AIDS Ministry within an African American church is presented. This approach can provide guidance to support the development, implementation, and maintenance of HIV interventions in faith settings.