view article - Questioning Your Faith? Humility May Help 06.10.2024 view article - Questioning Your Faith? Humility May Help Mental & Behavioral Health Mental Health Questioning Your Faith? Humility May Help As we age, we begin to question a lot, including our religion. Recent research points to humility as a tool to healthily navigate the process. Fellow Heather Sherr
view article - Liz Theoharis 10.07.2022 view article - Liz Theoharis Health Equity Liz Theoharis Reverend Dr. Liz Theoharis is co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, director of the Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice at Union Theological Seminary, an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), and a lecturer at Union Theological Seminary in New York City. Fellow Abby Outterson
view article - Narratives and Counter-Narratives for Religion and COVID-19 07.05.2022 view article - Narratives and Counter-Narratives for Religion and COVID-19 Disease COVID-19 Narratives and Counter-Narratives for Religion and COVID-19 Religious group statements during COVID-19 combined public health messaging with their own perspective and spiritual context. Guest Author Ellen Idler
view article - Religious Community in Public Health and Medicine 05.10.2022 view article - Religious Community in Public Health and Medicine Mental & Behavioral Health Mental Health Religious Community in Public Health and Medicine Participation in religious services, and in other forms of relational and community life has positive effects on health. Guest Author Tyler J. VanderWeele
view article - When Culture and Preventative Care Collide 03.23.2022 view article - When Culture and Preventative Care Collide Health Equity When Culture and Preventative Care Collide Researchers identified factors that shape attitudes of Somali, Ethiopian and Eritrean immigrant communities and deter them from seeking preventative care. Guest Authors Shukri Hassan, Farah Mohamed, Rena Patel, Roxanne Kerani
view article - The Chaplain's Critical Role in Code Blue Events 02.02.2022 view article - The Chaplain's Critical Role in Code Blue Events Mental & Behavioral Health Mental Health The Chaplain's Critical Role in Code Blue Events Hospital chaplains play a critical role for staff and patient families during and after resuscitation events. Guest Authors Carolina D. Tennyson, Karen R. Jooste, John P. Oliver
view article - Indoctrinating Inoculation 09.07.2020 view article - Indoctrinating Inoculation Health Equity Child and Adolescent Health Indoctrinating Inoculation The consequences of an individual choice to forego vaccination are not limited to the person making that choice. Fellow Tasha McAbee
view article - Religion and Our Health 02.12.2020 view article - Religion and Our Health Disease Chronic Disease Religion and Our Health Among underserved populations, potential positive effects of attending religious services on overall mortality may be undermined by deprivation and poverty. Fellow Julia Garcia
view article - Refugee Health and Religion 09.11.2019 view article - Refugee Health and Religion Health Equity Refugee Health and Religion Public health professionals partnering with refugee communities should pay attention to religion as an important factor for refugees’ wellbeing. Guest Author Alexander Rödlach