Session: Best Practices: The Evidence of Effective Faith-based Approaches


Back to Annual Meeting Page		American Public Health Association 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA

4111.0: Tuesday, December 13, 2005: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM

Roundtable

Best Practices: The Evidence of Effective Faith-based Approaches

In recent years community health programs have been developed with the purpose of using faith communities as a locus for health promotion and disease prevention activities. Local health departments and hospitals realize that commmunity health goals and objectives may be better reached in collaboration and partnership with the faith community. Thus, the faith community is now seen as an important body for working on health disparity and health care justice issues. Historically, faith communities have been places of comfort and healing. Places where members could go for social support and advice. Now, in addition to comfort, healing and social support, faith-based programs are dealing with a multitude of health and health-related issues that not only relate to the leading health indicators, wellness, lifestyle and behavior change but health care justice advocacy as well. "Best Practices" is intended to highlight faith-based community programs that are making a difference and are effective in their approaches. It will showcase, through a process of identifying programs and projects, building partnerships, sharing information and replicating efforts, how faith communities may forge stronger collaborative networks that will lead to improved outcomes and increased health and wholeness for their members and the community at-large.

Learning Objectives: 1. Identify "Best Practices" in the conceptualization, development and implementation of faith based approaches for promoting healthy lifestyles and eliminating health disparities in communitis of color. 2. Analyze the potential of these "Best practices" to have a significant impact on morbidity and mortality in communities of color

Organizer(s):

Doris Lassiter

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Project GoodNEWS 2005: Improving life and health outcomes among inner-city neighbors
Mark J. DeHaven, PhD, JR Newton, RN, Jenny J. Lee, PhD, MPH, Michelle Lee, BS

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Collaboration to impact health in faith communities
Judy A. Johnston, MS, RD, LD, Elizabeth Ablah, MA, MPH

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Using photovoice to engage faith-based communities
Toshia Davis, MS, CHES, Robert W. Strack, PhD, MBA, John W. Hatch, DrPH, MSW, Anita P. Holmes, JD, MPH, Kay A. Lovelace, PhD, MPH

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California’s African American Church Outreach Project: Measuring receptivity and utility of Healing Begins Here, A Pastor’s Guidebook for HIV/AIDS Ministry
Valorie Eckert, MPH, Dorith Hertz, MPH, Nyann Biery, MS, Alyssa Shepherd-Moore

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Spirituality and HIV/AIDS Healing in the Caribbean
Nancy Muturi, PhD, C.Maxine Ruddock-Small, BSc, MBA

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Keep the faith: Lessons learned from health ministries in faith-based institutions
Elder Christopher Sylvain, PD, Christi Stewart, MPH

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by:

Caucus on Public Health and the Faith Community

Endorsed by:

Black Caucus of Health Workers; Public Health Education and Health Promotion; Public Health Nursing

The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA