| |
Centre for Policy on Ageing | |
 | |
|
Addressing health needs of an aging society through medical-religious partnerships
— what do clergy and laity think? | | Author(s) | W Daniel Hale, Richard G Bennett |
| Journal title | The Gerontologist, vol 43, no 6, December 2003 |
| Pages | pp 925-930 |
| Source | http://www.geron.org |
| Keywords | Health [elderly] ; Needs [elderly] ; Medical care ; Pastoral care ; Medical workers ; Ministers of religion ; Coordination ; Interaction [welfare services] ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Health care systems and other organisations interested in addressing older people's health needs can look to religious institutions for assistance in providing the information and support patients and family members need to prevent or minimise the impact of chronic illness. This article reports on the interest within the religious community in a medical-religious partnership model designed to deal with some of the health challenges faced by communities as their populations age and become more diverse. A geographically and religiously diverse group of 113 clergy attending a continuing education course on theology and preaching were invited to complete a 16-item survey asking about their interest in working with hospitals to offer health-related activities in their congregations. Another sample, of 524 individuals from a religiously diverse group of congregations in Florida, were also asked about their interest in such activities. Of the 54% of the clergy completing the surveys, 72% said it was "very important" and 28% said it was "somewhat important" to actively address their congregations' health needs. At least 80% said they would very likely support screenings, preventive interventions and health-related classes in their congregations. Strong support was also found among the laity surveyed: 85% expressed interest in faith-based health programmes, and 45% said they would be interested in helping organise and promote such programmes. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040504209 A |
| Classmark | CC: IK: LK: OW: QT: XR: QAJ: QK6: 3F: 7T |
Data © Centre for Policy on Ageing |
|
| ...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing. |
| |
|