Book chapter
Implications for Community Health Practitioners: Framing Religion and Spirituality Within a Social Ecological Framework
Why Religion and Spirituality Matter for Public Health, pp 305-322
01 Jan 2018
Featured in Collection : UN Sustainable Development Goals @ Drexel
Abstract
Community health educators who build connections and partnerships with religious leaders and communities can leverage influential resources and effective supports to improve public health. As with most community health work, this approach requires a genuine, strong, and ongoing commitment to relationships and trust-building, as well as an understanding of the distinctive features and dynamics of religions and their core spiritual dimensions, and an awareness of the growing diversity and religious pluralism in the United States (as in many other countries). Drawing on a social-ecological framework, this chapter provides an overview of key opportunities, illustrative examples, core challenges and practice-focused guidance at the individual, relationship/group, community and societal/policy levels to help the health educator work effectively with religious communities and religious leaders - all derived from the author's experience as an academic, rabbi and community health educator who has practiced in the field for nearly 40 years.
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- Title
- Implications for Community Health Practitioners: Framing Religion and Spirituality Within a Social Ecological Framework
- Creators
- Rabbi Nancy E. Epstein - Drexel University
- Contributors
- D Oman (Editor)
- Publication Details
- Why Religion and Spirituality Matter for Public Health, pp 305-322
- Series
- Religion Spirituality and Health-A Social Scientific Approach
- Publisher
- Springer Nature; CHAM
- Number of pages
- 18
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Community Health and Prevention
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000534423500019
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85136535903
- Other Identifier
- 991019167999004721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Education, Scientific Disciplines
- Health Care Sciences & Services
- Health Policy & Services
- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
- Religion