Shaw, Stacey Anne and Cornwell, Olivia and Lim, Sin How and Saifi, Rumana and Ung, Lik Teng and Kamarulzaman, Adeeba (2018) “Allah will decide my life and death”: Religion and spirituality among populations at risk for HIV in Malaysia. Journal of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work: Social Thought, 37 (2). pp. 128-145. ISSN 1542-6432, DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/15426432.2018.1447419.
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We examined the influence of religion and spirituality on HIV risk contexts through in-depth interviews with men who have sex with men (n = 10) and female commercial sex workers (n = 10) in Malaysia. Using a grounded theory approach, five themes emerged from the interviews: (a) religion encourages caring for health, (b) health is influenced by a higher power, (c) prayer is a conduit to health assistance, (d) stigma is compounded by religion but it does not limit one’s spirituality, and (e) religion is not but should be incorporated into HIV campaigns. Incorporation of spirituality in service provision and addressing stigma is warranted.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | Centre of Excellence for Research in AIDS at the University of Malaya under grant number: UMRG-RP009 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | religion; spirituality; Malaysia; HIV/AIDS; stigma |
| Subjects: | R Medicine |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Mar 2019 04:31 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Mar 2019 04:31 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/20692 |
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