Dimelo (tell me about it): What influence does social stratification have on attitudes towards HIV/AIDS and Homosexuality among Latinos?
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Title
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Dimelo (tell me about it): What influence does social stratification have on attitudes towards HIV/AIDS and Homosexuality among Latinos?
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Identifier
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d_2009_2013:ae042d7dad8a:11204
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identifier
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11642
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Creator
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Garcia, Moctezuma,
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Contributor
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Bernadette R. Hadden
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Date
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2012
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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LGBTQ studies | Epidemiology | Social structure | Hispanic American studies | Acculturation | HIV/AIDS | Homosexuality | Latino | Religiosity | Spirituality
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Abstract
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The following study places an emphasis on organized religion as a social structure reinforcing social stratification through religious beliefs and implications for attitudes towards People Living With HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) and homosexuality among Latinos. Latinos (N = 312) were recruited via email throughout the U.S. to complete a self-administered online survey. The findings reveal that religiosity and spirituality should not be utilized interchangeably. Greater levels of religiosity were significantly correlated with lower levels of acculturation, greater levels of traditional gender-related attitudes, greater levels of spiritual well-being, lower levels of educational attainment, greater negative attitudes towards PLWHA, and greater negative attitudes towards homosexuals. Spirituality was only significantly correlated (positively) with religiosity and household income. A multiple linear regression analysis was selected to determine the relationship between outcome variables and multiple predictor and intervening variables. Educational attainment and acculturation accounted for 11% of the variance in HIV/AIDS knowledge, R2 = .11, F(3, 266) = 10.68, p<.001. Traditional gender-related attitudes accounted for 9% of the variance in attitudes towards PLWHA, R2 = .09, F(2, 247) = 11.73, p<.001. Acculturation, educational attainment, age, and traditional gender-related attitudes accounted for 23% of the variance in attitudes towards homosexuals, R 2 = .23, F(5, 236) = 13.58, p<.001. Recommendations are made for professionals to collaborate with religious communities in developing services that integrate religious beliefs in addressing HIV transmission and taboo subjects such as premarital sex, condom use, substance use, and homosexuality in the community.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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2009_2013.csv
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Social Welfare
