Table III.

Themes that emerged when trainees were asked to complete the sentence, “What the faith community needs to do to address HIV…”.

	Example Quotes
Themes	Clergy	Laity
Education/Training	Have more training sessions like the one we had today! Informative workshops about HIV prevention or treatment Education is the key. The people need to be educated about HIV because so many people have misconceptions about HIV	Start HIV/AIDS training in youth as early as 12 years old Provide training for (All) young &/ old in churches Provide HIV/AIDS training as part of pre-high school education Have HIV/AIDS programs on a regular basis in schools, churches and communities We have to educate ourselves to educate the community
Communication	I think for a period of time we have allowed the conversation on HIV/AIDS to lie dormant. It is time to reactivate the conversation and begin the talk again through commercials. Seminars; movie nights; Christian Rap parties	Provide flyers in church bulletins on HIV/AIDS information Mailed booklets
Stigma prevention	We must educate our people. I think it’s best to hold seminars or classes to give intervention regarding HIV. This will better prevent stigma.	Remove the stigma from it; Not be judgmental
Love and compassion	Practice love vs. judgment Have empathy; show love & compassion Love those who have HIV/AIDS	Let the people know that they care Show compassion
Outreach/community-wide approaches	Speak to high school students and other teenagers through after school programs as well as during school programs, hold events at school to inform teenagers, make an effort to present to college students Partner with medical professionals, mental health agencies, etc. to collaborate and implement, initiate programs	Walk in the community and have group discussions Quarterly workshops in the community to cover to facts, mailed booklets, mandatory classes/sessions in the schools Dec 1st World AIDS Day - participate or sponsor HIV community or activity
Health fairs/Testing	Free testing for community Instead of occasional needs to be more frequent educational events and HIV testing Have/ conduct testing	Keep making sure that people get tested for the disease More health fairs
Support	Have support groups Embrace people with HIV/AIDS Teach others to not exclude contact with people who have HIV/AIDS	Have support groups; open door policies
Finances	Seek funding opportunities for additional trainers	Financial support to HIV community organizations
Youth	Conversation and education at home, school, teen chat sessions Open dialogues with teens at home, church and school; breakout sessions; workshops; free testing	Start HIV/AIDS training in youth as early as 12 years old Include teenagers in the discussion