caa a22 4500 475816676 CHVBK 20180406123812.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1010314724910 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1010314724910 The Use of Religion Among HIV-Infected African American Women [Elektronische Daten] [Edward Morse, Patricia Morse, Kendra Klebba, Mary Stock, Rex Forehand, Evelina Panayotova] A study of the associations among physical and mental health and differential patterns of religiosity among African American women was conducted with a sample of 253 participants: 104 HIV-infected, 46 chronically ill (not HIV-infected), and 103 healthy subjects. Participants' uses of private (i.e., prayer) and public (i.e., church attendance) forms of religiosity were assessed using data from semi-structured interviews. The relationship between religiosity and mental health exhibited an incongruous pattern, differing across health condition and forms of religious behavior. The practice of public religiosity was found to be inversely associated with engagement in high-risk health behaviors among HIV-infected and healthy women but not among the chronically ill. Although private religiosity was unrelated to participants' perceptions of physical health, public religiosity was positively associated with physical health among HIV-infected women and inversely associated with their CD4 count. Finally, having a sense of control over one's health was positively related to religiosity. Results from this study support the important role religion plays for persons faced with chronic terminal diseases, as in the case of HIV/AIDS. Blanton-Peale Institute, 2000 HIV/AIDS nationallicence religion nationallicence high-risk behavior nationallicence Morse Edward Tulane Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA aut Morse Patricia LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA aut Klebba Kendra State University of New York, Buffalo, NY aut Stock Mary LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA aut Forehand Rex Institute of Behavioral Research, University of Georgia, Athens, GA aut Panayotova Evelina Department of Sociology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA aut Journal of Religion and Health Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 39/3(2000-09-01), 261-276 0022-4197 39:3<261 2000 39 10943 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010314724910 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010314724910 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Morse Edward Tulane Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Morse Patricia LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Klebba Kendra State University of New York, Buffalo, NY aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Stock Mary LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Forehand Rex Institute of Behavioral Research, University of Georgia, Athens, GA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Panayotova Evelina Department of Sociology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Religion and Health Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 39/3(2000-09-01), 261-276 0022-4197 39:3<261 2000 39 10943 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer