Trauma of the Heart: Augmenting the Family Paradigm to Stem the Spread of HIV/AIDS and to Facilitate Healing and Recovery in the Wake of HIV/AIDS
This article briefly reflects on the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the African American community. The article suggests an alternative paradigm that views the high-risk behaviors that contribute to the spread of the virus as a reaction to 'trauma of the heart' as opposed to viewing the epidemic sol...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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[2015]
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Journal of pastoral theology
Jahr: 2015, Band: 25, Heft: 1, Seiten: 46-55 |
| IxTheo Notationen: | FD Kontextuelle Theologie KBQ Nordamerika NCB Individualethik RG Seelsorge |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
HIV/AIDS
B Church B Family B Trauma B Infidelity B African American |
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| Zusammenfassung: | This article briefly reflects on the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the African American community. The article suggests an alternative paradigm that views the high-risk behaviors that contribute to the spread of the virus as a reaction to 'trauma of the heart' as opposed to viewing the epidemic solely in terms of a lack of HIV and sexually transmitted disease awareness. It further suggests a pastoral intervention of expanding the paradigm of family beyond the classical nuclear construct to family as a system of individuals committed to embracing and 'adopting' individuals who have experienced trauma of the heart. This augmented understanding of family might provide an alternative to the high-risk behaviors that individuals may engage in during the search for affirmation, which all too often may contribute to the spread of sexually transmitted diseases. |
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| ISSN: | 2161-4504 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Journal of pastoral theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1179/1064986715Z.0000000006 |
