Self-Management of Chronic Pain: The Role of Religious Faith

Edwards, Jill; Briggs, Michelle; Closs, S. José; Atkin, Karl; Bennett, Mike; Swift, Chris; Baranidharan, Ganesan

doi:10.1080/23312521.2016.1239152

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“…Given the exclusion of personal factors from the results for the reasons given above, the findings of the current study strongly corroborate Swinton's (2011) stance that disability is indeed a social construct, localising the problem of disability outside persons with disabilities in this faith community but in the environment of their congregation (Lawson & Priestly, 2017), which, through failures to create ability among those who do not fit the physical, mental and social profile of their typical non-disabled congregants (Wendell, 1996), have excluded persons with disabilities from participating in this crucial area of life (Edwards et al, 2016;Koenig, 2012). From this vantage point, which strongly contrasts the medical model's conceptualisation of disability as a personal tragedy (Retief & Letšosa, 2018), the study's findings instead recognise the significant interplay of the various systems processes, and present disability among those who live with the aforementioned impairments as a social situation created by their congregation, where their experience of disability is produced by social forces (Swinton, 2011), and not by their impairments.…”

Section: The Icf Framework Of Functioning and Disabilitysupporting

confidence: 76%

“…However, for human rights groups to dismiss theology as unimportant, is to blindly ignore literature that confirm the importance of religion in many of the lives of persons with disabilities (Imhoff, 2017). There are studies that attest the significance of religion in understanding the human experience of disability, as it helps those affected by it to manage the pain and suffering often associated with disability (Edwards et al, 2016). Still other studies have found that religious beliefs often empower people, reducing anxiety and distress, by providing answers to complex existential questions that cannot be answered otherwise (Koenig, 2012).…”

Section: The Social Modelmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Therefore, it could be used appropriately by the church to speak to others (e.g. health care service providers), informing them how religious beliefs can play an essential role in an individual's sense of purpose, autonomy and well-being (Edwards et al, 2016;Imhoff, 2017;Koenig, 2012).…”

Section: The Biopsychosocial Modelmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Perceptions of Persons with Disabilities, Primary Caregivers and Church Leaders regarding Barriers and Facilitators to Participation in a Methodist Congregation

McMahon-Panther

Bornman

2021

Journal of Disability & Religion

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Since this research was conceived, I have been acutely aware that I would learn through experience what it really means to trust God. To what extent, I am still discovering as I write this… One thing is certain though; He can be trusted! It is intriguing how the growing strength of my spiritual inquiry into the mystery of belonging to the body of Christ would also increasingly manifest the feebleness of my physical body. Facing trials and adversities I could never imagine, I was tested beyond my ability to endure, even to the point of despair. But this happened that I might not rely on myself but on God, who raises the dead. You have delivered me, and You will continue to deliver me as you firm up my frame in Christ. Jesus, my 'Yes' and 'Amen', to the glory of God, You are faithful to all Your promises (2 Corinthians 1:8-21). Your Word will accomplish the purposes for which You sent it. Thank You!Then of course my heart-felt gratitude toward the God-sent saints who helped me come this far:• My research supervisor, Prof. Juan Bornman: I have learnt so much from youabout life, people, myself, and research, obviously. You continue to amaze me at your knowledge and insight into your field and then beyond. Your infinite curiosity is contagious! Thank you for your wise guidance and sincere care, support and understanding through trying times.• Erna Möller, my role model for a life surrendered to God, whose dedicated life work inspired this study. Your timely encouragements and prompts to recommitment have sustained me more than you know.• The many individuals from the Methodist congregation of the study, for allowing me access to conduct the focus groups, and for their support and assistance in recruiting participants.• All the participants of the study, without whom this research would not have materialised.• My husband, Ryan, whose loving commitment to my well-being and personal growth continues to motivate me to pursue heights and depths of life yet unknown.ii DECLARATION With this, I Gail McMahon-Panther, declare that the dissertation with the title "The perceptions of persons with disabilities, primary caregivers and church leaders regarding barriers and facilitators to participation in a Methodist congregation", is an original piece of work written by me, under the supervision of Prof. Juan Bornman.

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Section: The Icf Framework Of Functioning and Disabilitysupporting

confidence: 76%

Section: The Social Modelmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Perceptions of Persons with Disabilities, Primary Caregivers and Church Leaders regarding Barriers and Facilitators to Participation in a Methodist Congregation

McMahon-Panther

Bornman

2021

Journal of Disability & Religion

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“…• Spirituality: engagement in prayer and faith-based activity has been shown to facilitate well-being and contribute positively to the management of chronic pain [58].…”

Section: Self-directed Non-pharmacologic Management Of Chronic Painmentioning

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Management of Co-Occurring SUD and Chronic Pain

Rudolf¹

2023

Substance Use Disorder - New Research Perspectives in the Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prognosis

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Though there has been a 44.4% decrease in the number of prescriptions written for opioid analgesics between the years 2011–2020 in the United States, drug overdose rates continue to climb sharply, reaching nearly 107,000 for a prior 12-months period as of early 2022, driven primarily by the use of illicit opioids. It is estimated that 80–90% of individuals with a substance use disorder (SUD) receive no treatment, and for those with opioid use disorder (OUD) who do find their way to treatment, less than half are offered potentially life-saving medication. Contemporaneously, chronic pain is one of the most common and most disabling health conditions, and frequently involves complex decision-making between the patient and the health care team regarding the treatment approach. Though prescribing trends have ebbed in recent years, opioids continue to be the most prescribed class of drug in the United States despite well-publicized associated harms. It is more critical than ever that stakeholders urgently work to facilitate and destigmatize evidence-based substance use disorder treatment, and promote safe, effective, and holistic care pathways for patients suffering from chronic pain.

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Why Disability Studies Needs to Take Religion Seriously

Imhoff¹

2017

Religions

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Religion and theology are central ways that many people make sense of the world and their own place in that world. But the insights of critical studies of religion, or what is sometimes positioned as religious studies as opposed to theology, are scarce in disability literature. This article suggests some of the costs of this oversight and some of the benefits of including religion. First, this article discusses how some past scholarly engagements of disability and religion have misrepresented and denigrated Judaism. Second, it argues that Judaism paints different disabilities in quite different ways, and that we cannot coherently talk about "disability in Judaism" as if it is a single thing. Third, it discusses the medical model and the social model, and shows how one Jewish woman's writing on pain complicates how we might think about these models. In this way, the article shows how religious studies can both help remedy past mistakes and bring new insights to disability studies.Keywords: disability studies; pain; religious studies; Judaism Disability studies needs more religion. 1 This is not an altar call, but rather a call for scholars of disability to pay attention to the intricacies of religious beliefs, practices, texts, and communities. Like other populations, disabled people are often religious: current figures say 80-85% of people with disabilities say faith is very important in their lives, a number roughly equal to non-disabled people (Ault Jones 2010; Disabilities and Faith 2016). In countless memoirs, people with disabilities discuss their comforts, struggles, and ongoing relationships with religion (for a diverse array of examples, see Sanford 2008; Cohen 2010; Coggins 2017), and even memoirists who reject religion feel the need to respond to theological interpretations of disability (Adams 2014;Linton 2007). Religion and theology are central ways that many people make sense of the world and their own place in that world. Religion also shapes cultural images of disability, even to the extent that we sometimes use theological language to talk about disability: in one explicit example, "pillow angel" became a term for children with developmental disabilities who are subjected to medical treatments to stop growth. 2 And yet very little critical disability studies or crip theory literature engages religion at all.Christian theology and ethics, most visibly, have made headway into thinking about disability and religion. Theologians and ethicists write about how their communities should include people with physical or mental differences using religious texts and traditions as resources. But the insights of critical studies of religion, or what is sometimes positioned as religious studies as opposed to theology, 1 In a forthcoming publication, I theorize why the growing field of disability studies largely neglects religion or treats it reductively. This is in part, I suggest, because of the ways "crip theory" has modeled itself on queer theory, a field that has also largely (though not completel...

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Self-Management of Chronic Pain: The Role of Religious Faith

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The Perceptions of Persons with Disabilities, Primary Caregivers and Church Leaders regarding Barriers and Facilitators to Participation in a Methodist Congregation

The Perceptions of Persons with Disabilities, Primary Caregivers and Church Leaders regarding Barriers and Facilitators to Participation in a Methodist Congregation

Management of Co-Occurring SUD and Chronic Pain

Why Disability Studies Needs to Take Religion Seriously

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