Religious and Spiritual Determinants of Health – An Overview
Religious and spiritual determinants of health are well-established and necessary foundations for understanding health and relationships.
Religious and Spiritual Determinants of Health – An Overview
Religious and spiritual determinants of health are well-established and necessary foundations for understanding health and relationships.
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Religious and Spiritual Determinants of Health – An Overview
Religious and spiritual determinants of health are well-established and necessary foundations for understanding health and relationships.
Protecting Against Moral Injury among Healthcare Missionaries
The setting of cross-cultural medicine inherently produces moral injury. This moral injury occurs because different cultures have different deeply held values, and medical care intersects with some of the most emotionally and spiritually powerful values. Moral injury is one of the most common reasons for distress in healthcare missionaries, and the consequences can be severe and lifelong. This calls for adequate preparation, ongoing mentoring, institutional boundary-setting, and further research.
Community Health Evangelism (CHE) Training
Community Health Evangelism (CHE) equips communities to identify issues and mobilize resources to achieve positive, sustainable change. Lives and communities are transformed as people come
The Meros Center is now an Organization Member of Christian Connections for International Health
The Meros Center is now an Organization Member of Christian Connections for International Health (CCIH), a network of hundreds of organizations from all over the world. By joining this forum for Christians working in global health we will multiply the impact of our ministry.
Asking Tough Questions About Transformational Development
On Tuesday, June 27, Christian Relief, Development, and Advocacy (CRDA), hosted a webinar on Dr. Richard Slimbach’s provocative and important article, “Asking Tough Questions About International Development.” Three international colleagues responded to Dr. Slimbach’s reflections:
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Community Health Evangelism (CHE) Training
Community Health Evangelism (CHE) equips communities to identify issues and mobilize resources to achieve positive, sustainable change. Lives and communities are transformed as people come
Webinar – A Practical Approach to Qualitative Data & Theoretical and Conceptual Framework: Mandatory Ingredients of Research
A Practical Approach to Qualitative Data & Theoretical and Conceptual Framework: Mandatory Ingredients of Research
Journal of Preventative and Rehabilitative Medicine
The Journal of Preventive and Rehabilitative Medicine (JPRM) is an official Journal of the University of Zambia, School of Health Sciences, housed in the department of Physiotherapy. It publishes original peer-reviewed research reports, Systematic Reviews, Narrative Reviews, Critically Appraised Papers and Clinical/Brief reports on important trends and developments in preventive and rehabilitative medicine and other fields related to health care.
Strengthening Research in Faith-Based Organizations
Jason Paltzer and Keyanna Taylor describe the opportunities to strengthen the evidence coming from faith-based health organizations to improve outcomes and credibility. Meeting the financial and design knowledge of organizations to conduct and disseminate research is critical to increasing impact in community health ministry
Striving towards true equity in global health: A checklist for bilateral research partnerships
The Public Health, Religion, and Spirituality Network is a great place to find additional researchers in public health interested in measuring spiritual factors important for public and population health.
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To see the love and ministry of Jesus impacting lives through community health ministry. We bring together relationships and resources to help students, organizations, and researchers measure, innovate, and share impact.
Your work does not need to be done in isolation. There’s a good chance that others have tried something similar to what you’re doing. In our research community, you can learn from the approaches and outcomes of others. You can connect with likeminded people and resources that help you to measure, steward, and share your unique impact. “We are God’s handiwork created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” Ephesians 2:10
To see the love and ministry of Jesus impacting lives through community health ministry. We bring together relationships and resources to help students, organizations, and researchers measure, innovate, and share impact.
Your work does not need to be done in isolation. There’s a good chance that others have tried something similar to what you’re doing. In our research community, you can learn from the approaches and outcomes of others. You can connect with likeminded people and resources that help you to measure, steward, and share your unique impact. “We are God’s handiwork created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” Ephesians 2:10