@article {4520, title = {A Developing Framework for the Development, Implementation and Maintenance of HIV Interventions in the African American Church.}, journal = {Journal of health care for the poor and underserved}, volume = {26}, year = {2015}, month = {2015}, pages = {211-22}, abstract = {The African American church has promoted the health of African Americans through supporting interventions that target a wide variety of diseases, and it is a crucial community partner in the development of HIV prevention interventions. Although research has described the development of church-based HIV interventions, there is a significant lack of frameworks and approaches available to guide the implementation and maintenance of HIV interventions within church-based settings. A developing framework of a comprehensive church-based intervention, derived from an ethnographic study about the development, implementation, and maintenance of an HIV/AIDS Ministry within an African American church is presented. This approach can provide guidance to support the development, implementation, and maintenance of HIV interventions in faith settings.}, issn = {1548-6869}, doi = {10.1353/hpu.2015.0017}, author = {Stewart, Jennifer M} }