Tools for Faith-based Communities

As a gathering place for families and individuals of all ages, the faith-based community is an important setting for encouraging healthy behaviour change. HIV/AIDS is not a traditional topic in the faith-based community. However, its widespread impact requires that the community acknowledge the disease and take action. Leaders in the faith-based community can encourage compassion and care for those affected and infected by the virus.

The tools included in this category can be used by ministers in teachings, or as discussion guides in small groups. Faith-based counsellors who work with individuals or couples will also find these tools useful. Some of the tools in this category may be used by youth ministers; additional tools to help facilitate behaviour change in young people may be found in Tools for Working with Youth.

Click on the links below or in the left-hand bar to view the Tools for Faith-based Communities:

Version 1.1, January 2007. I-TECH is a collaboration of the University of Washington and the University of California, San Francisco and supported through funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) HIV/AIDS Bureau and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Design by UW Creative Services, University of Washington, Seattle.