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Public Health and Health Education in Faith Communities
Linda M. Chatters, PhD
Department of Health Behavior and Health Education; University of Michigan, School of Public Health, 1420 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029; phone: (734) 647-3178; fax: (734) 763-7379 chatters{at}umich.edu
Jeffrey S. Levin, PhD, MPH
Christopher G. Ellison, PhD
Department of Sociology, University of Texas
This special issue of Health Education & Behavior is devoted to broadly examining the interconnections among public health, health education, and faith-based communities. In addition to a focus on questions related to the practice of public health and health education within religious settings (e.g., program development, implementation, and evaluation), the articles in this issue examine a broad range of both substantive and methodological questions and concerns. These articles include contributions that address (1) various theoretical and conceptual issues and frameworks explaining the relationships between religious involvement and health; (2) substantive reviews of current research in the area; (3) individual empirical studies exploring the associations between religious involvement and health attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors; (4) evaluations of health education programs in faith communities; and (5) religious institutions and their contributions to the development of health policy. The articles comprising the issue are selective in their coverage of the field and provide different and complementary perspectives on the connections between religious involvement and health. It is hoped that this approach will appeal to a broad audience of researchers, practitioners, policy makers, and others from health education, public health, and related social and behavioral science disciplines.
Health Education & Behavior, Vol. 25, No. 6,
689-699 (1998)
DOI: 10.1177/109019819802500602

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