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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主要作者: Gibson, Danjuma (Author)
格式: 電子 Article
語言:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
出版: [2015]
In: Journal of pastoral theology
Year: 2015, 卷: 25, 發布: 1, Pages: 46-55
IxTheo Classification:FD Contextual theology
KBQ North America
NCB Personal ethics
RG Pastoral care
Further subjects:B Church
B 人類免疫缺陷病毒 / AIDS
B 創傷
B Family
B Infidelity
B African American
在線閱讀: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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總結: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.
ISSN:2161-4504
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of pastoral theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1179/1064986715Z.0000000006