Religion and Public Health Curriculum

There are sociological, psychological, behavioral, biological, and religious factors, among others, that can underlie the relationship between religion and health and have important implications for interventions as well as providing guidance for future research.2,3 For example, if religious leaders...

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Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 2017-06, Vol.107 (6), p.e3-e3
Main Author: Shapiro, Ephraim
Format: Article
Language:English
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Behavior
Colleges & universities
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Curricula
Curriculum
Epidemiology
Handbooks
Health care expenditures
Health care policy
Health disparities
Health education
Health policy
Health promotion
Inequality
Internet
Public Health
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Religion
Religious communities
Religious leaders
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Social Science
Social support
Systems management
Volunteers
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Summary:There are sociological, psychological, behavioral, biological, and religious factors, among others, that can underlie the relationship between religion and health and have important implications for interventions as well as providing guidance for future research.2,3 For example, if religious leaders play a disproportionate role in the lives of their congregants, this may be a resource not fully tapped in developing interventions to reduce health inequalities.4,5 The second topic is the health policy implications in terms of both effectiveness and efficiency of faith-based interventions. [...]the government can potentially play a role in promoting such interventions, and the use of volunteerism found in religious communities can prove a cost-effective means of health promotion.6,7 Both these topics seem to me to be important additions. Ephraim Shapiro, PhD, MPA, MBA ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ephraim Shapiro is with the Department of Health Systems Management, School of Health Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel. Correspondence should be sent to Ephraim Shapiro, Lecturer, Department of Health Systems Management, Ariel University, Kiryat Hamada 4, Ariel, 40700 Israel (e-mail: eas97@caa. columbia.edu). The online supplement discussed faithbased versus faith-placed initiatives and varying levels of partnership between public health and religious institutions, best practices for church-based health interventions, and current evidence on the...
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2017.303790