Reviewing Religion/Spirituality Evidence from a Public Health Perspective: Introduction

Oman, Doug

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-73966-3_2

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“…South Tyrol is predominantly catholic. It is important to underline that the impact of religiosity on responses to COVID-19 is likely to vary across denominations and depending on how religion is practiced within communities, something that emerges in the review of early evidence on the nexus between religion and the pandemic by Oman [ 31 ].…”

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Communities and testing for COVID-19

Stillman

Tonin

2022

Eur J Health Econ

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The response to the COVID-19 epidemic requires people to undertake actions such as mask-wearing or vaccination that also confer benefits to the whole community, and therefore, are akin to public good contributions. This is the case also for participation to the mass testing that took place between November 18th and 25th, 2020 in the South Tyrol region of Italy, where 361,781 out of 500,607 (72.3%) eligible residents volunteered to take a COVID-19 rapid antigen test. We examine the community characteristics that are associated with higher testing rates. Our findings point to a number of key community determinants of people's willingness to volunteer. Convenience and social capital were important factors. Beyond that, socioeconomic status and religiosity were also both positively related to greater testing, while childhood vaccinations refusal rates show a negative relationship.

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Communities and testing for COVID-19

Stillman

Tonin

2022

Eur J Health Econ

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“…Global philosophies and interfaith studies are increasingly relevant for today's health care research. Further coalitions of diverse religious and philosophical thought are needed for efforts to confront systemic injustices in health care practice and policy (Oman, 2018). For example, while Powers and Faden (2008) examine all facets of justice from its relevance to well‐being to its failures in insurance and markets, they do not sufficiently incorporate religiously informed diverse moral systems like Jewish and Buddhist philosophy.…”

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Radical responsibility beyond empathy: Interreligious resources against liberal distortions of nursing care

Dickman

2021

Nursing Philosophy

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In this paper, I bring together Jewish and Buddhist philosophical resources to develop a notion of radical responsibility that can confront a complicity within nursing and health care between empathy and (neo)liberal white supremacist hegemony. My inspiration comes from Angela Davis's call for building coalitions to advance struggles for peace and justice. I proceed as follows. First, I note ways phenomenology clarifies empathy's seeming foundational role in nursing care, and how such a formulation can be complicit with assumptions about private individualism. Second, I turn to the Jewish philosophies of Martin Buber and Emmanuel Levinas, and their advocacy for a kind of responsibility that precedes the constitution of individuality as this can provide a resource for action and practice circumventing liberal influenced empathy. I note critical reservations about direct and practical application of Levinasian ethics in nursing care, and turn to engaged Buddhist philosophies of interdependence—such as in Thich Nhat Hanh and the Dalai Lama—as a corrective. Third, I conclude by indicating ways interreligious radical responsibility can reorient us toward housekeeping habits of character and away from exceptional crisis management, noting specific examples and actions in health care, nursing education and nursing scholarship.

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“…A large body of evidence indicates that spiritual and religious backgrounds, beliefs, and practices (SRBBPs) are relevant to most people's psychological well-being [4]. Involvement in religious and spiritual (R/S) practices and communities is related to lower depression, anxiety, suicide ideation and attempts, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and substance abuse, as well as a higher purpose in life, hope, optimism, and self-esteem [5,6]. SRBBPs can serve as a vital resource for people, with adaptive benefits such as self-regulation, positive attachment, emotional comfort, meaning, and spirituality [7].…”

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Mental health professionals’ perspectives on the relevance of religion and spirituality to mental health care

Vieten,

Oxhandler,

Pearce

et al. 2023

BMC Psychol

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Background A large body of evidence indicates that spiritual and religious backgrounds, beliefs, and practices (SRBBPs) are related to better psychological health. Spirituality and religion (R/S) are also important aspects of multicultural diversity. There is evidence that clients would like to talk about their spirituality, and that including it in assessment and treatment planning can be beneficial. However, the extent to which practicing mental health professionals view SRBBPs as relevant to mental health and clinical practice is unclear. Methods A survey examining several aspects of addressing SRBBPs in clinical practice was distributed to 894 professionals across mental health disciplines, including psychiatry, psychology, social work, marriage family therapy, licensed professional counselors, certified chemical dependency counselors, and psychiatric mental health nurses. Results 89% of mental health professionals agreed that clinicians should receive training in R/S competencies. There were no differences between mental health disciplines in ratings of importance of such training. Younger individuals and those who identify as more spiritual were more likely to consider R/S training as important. Although 47.1% of professionals had not received much R/S training, many perceived themselves to be highly competent in R/S clinical integration practices (57.8% considered themselves able to display them very much or completely). In addition, respondents with more R/S training evaluated themselves as more proficient in R/S clinical integration. Nearly two-thirds (65.2%) of respondents reported encountering few to no barriers to engaging in R/S competent mental health care. Conclusions There is a growing consensus among mental health care professionals that mental health professionals should be trained in R/S competencies. Strong agreement exists that basic R/S competencies include respect, empathy, examination of bias, and routine assessment of R/S in mental health care. Four in five of those surveyed agree that more active competencies, such as identifying and addressing religious and spiritual struggles and problems and helping clients explore and access R/S strengths and resources should be included, whereas one in five report less comfort with these competencies.

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Reviewing Religion/Spirituality Evidence from a Public Health Perspective: Introduction

Cited by 4 publications

References 12 publications

Communities and testing for COVID-19

Communities and testing for COVID-19

Radical responsibility beyond empathy: Interreligious resources against liberal distortions of nursing care

Mental health professionals’ perspectives on the relevance of religion and spirituality to mental health care

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