| The third therapeutic system: faith healing strategies in the context of a generalized AIDS epidemic. | |
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PMID: 21362615 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Faith healing in sub-Saharan Africa has primarily been studied qualitatively among Pentecostal-Charismatic groups, and considered as its own phenomenon with little attention to its relationship to other modes of healing. Using data from Malawi, a religiously diverse African country with high HIV prevalence, we find that faith healing is pervasive across multiple religious traditions. For individuals, attending a faith healing congregation is associated with lower levels of generalized worry about AIDS, and this association is driven by those who switched churches before AIDS became widespread in rural areas. Use of condoms and traditional medicine are, on the other hand, positively associated with worry about AIDS. We argue that faith healing can be understood as a third therapeutic system that coexists with the well-documented biomedical and traditional systems. The success of faith healing approaches lies in their unique ability to combine individual-pragmatic and communal-ritualized aspects of healing to inform interpretations of the AIDS epidemic and its consequences. |
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Nicolette D Manglos; Jenny Trinitapoli |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Journal of health and social behavior Volume: 52 ISSN: 0022-1465 ISO Abbreviation: J Health Soc Behav Publication Date: 2011 Mar |
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Created Date: 2011-03-02 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0103130 Medline TA: J Health Soc Behav Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 107-22 Citation Subset: IM |
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1University of Texas at Austin. |
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