Does the church deliver? Perceptions amongst South Africans about the role of the church in the HIV / AIDS field

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dc.contributor.author Van Dyk, P.J.
dc.contributor.author Van Dyk, Alet C.
dc.date.accessioned 2008-08-11T10:31:08Z
dc.date.available 2008-08-11T10:31:08Z
dc.date.issued 2007
dc.description.abstract The aim of this study was to investigate the perceptions of South Africans regarding the church and their attitudes towards HIV-positive people and condom usage. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to investigate participants' perceptions and attitudes towards the church, HIV-positive people and condom usage. The questionnaire was completed by 1352 participants from diverse religious and other backgrounds. Results showed that 67.2% of participants (mostly active church goers) were prepared to go to their minister for support (if they were HIV-positive). Views that HIV / AIDS is God's punishment, that HIV-infection is the result of a 'sinful lifestyle' and the condemnation of condom usage were more prevalent among certain categories of people (eg. those who had not been tested for HIV before, men, persons from rural areas, people of lower education level, the unemployed and in some cases the more active members of the church). A third (33.5%) of the participants believed that religious people would be less prone to HIV-infection than non-religious people. 59.1% participants (mostly women and active church goers) believed that the church is doing its best to support HIV-positive people. en
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dc.identifier.citation Van Dyk, PJ & Van Dyk, AC 2007, 'Does the church deliver? Perceptions amongst South Africans about the role of the church in the HIV/AIDS field', Verbum et Ecclesia, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 682-697. [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_verbum.html] en
dc.identifier.issn 1609-9982
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/6531
dc.language.iso en en
dc.publisher Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria en
dc.rights Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria en
dc.subject Church attitute on HIV, AIDS and condoms en
dc.subject HIV/AIDS en
dc.subject.lcsh AIDS (Disease) -- Patients -- Pastoral counseling of en
dc.subject.lcsh HIV-positive persons -- Care en
dc.subject.lcsh Church work with the sick en
dc.subject.lcsh Condoms -- Religious aspects -- Christianity en
dc.title Does the church deliver? Perceptions amongst South Africans about the role of the church in the HIV / AIDS field en
dc.type Article en


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