Spring/Summer 2020, Issue 2, p. 27
[Online 1 Jun. 2020, Article A014]
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Resources & Updates: Spring/Summer 2020
PHRS Staff
Editors’ Note: This section emphasizes resources at the intersection of religion/spirituality and public health, as well as major organizations that at times address these intersections. Please see the “Resources“ tab on the PHRS website for more content, and please send new potential content to this section to: PHRSadm1@publichealthrs.org and phrsadmin0@publichealthrs.org
COVID-19, Religion, and Public health
- Wikipedia page: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on religion
- World Health Organization’s Practical considerations and recommendations for religious leaders and faith-based communities in the context of COVID-19.
- CDC webpage for community and faith-based organizations
- Emory University Interfaith Health Program COVID-19 Resources for Faith Communities
- Emory University Interfaith Health Program COVID-19 Resources for Low and Middle Income Countries
- Joint Learning Initiative for Faith and Local Communities COVID-19 Resource Page
- Humanitarian Disaster Institute, COVID-19 Summit
- Christian Connections for International Health COVID-19 resources & online forum
- JLI-CCIH Report on global faith-based responses to COVID-19
- Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, Joint Leaning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities, and World Faiths Development Dialogue joint google doc of Faith and COVID-19 resources
- Religions for Peace dialogue between religious leaders and scholars on the intersectional nature of “Leadership” in and beyond a time of pandemic
- Religions for peace multi-religious COVID-19 Hub
- Special Issue: Christian Journal for Global Health, COVID-19 special issue
- Special Issue: Journal of Religion and Health, Religion and Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic
New Research & Materials
- November 2019: The Role of Religion for Mindfulness-Based Interventions: Implications for Dissemination and Implementation (Palitsky and Kaplan), Mindfulness
- February 2020: Private Religion/Spirituality, Self-Rated Health, and Mental Health Among US South Asians (Kent et al.), Quality of Life Research
- February 2020: Does spirituality or religion positively affect mental health? Meta-analysis of longitudinal studies (Garssen et al.), International Journal for the Psychology of Religion
- February 2020: The role of Hope in subsequent health and well-being for older adults: An outcome-wide longitudinal approach (Long et al.), Global Epidemiology
- March 2020: Religion, Spirituality, and Health: New Considerations for Epidemiology (Ransome), American Journal of Epidemiology
- April 2020: Handbook of Spirituality, Religion, and Mental Health, 2nd Edition (Rosmarin and Koenig), Academic Press
- May 2020: Religious Service Attendance and Deaths Related to Drugs, Alcohol, and Suicide Among US Health Care Professionals (Chen et al.), JAMA Psychiatry
Upcoming Conferences
- Currently all conferences are cancelled or postponed. We will update the conference section in the Fall 2020 Issue.