Factors influencing military personnel utilizing chaplains: A literature scoping review

MD Layson, K Tunks Leach, LB Carey… - Journal of religion and …, 2022 - Springer
Chaplains have been embedded in military settings for over a millennium. In recent years
however, the decline in spiritual/religious (S/R) affiliation of military personnel across …

The impact of faith-based pastoral care in decreasingly religious contexts: The Australian chaplaincy advantage in critical environments

MD Layson, LB Carey, MC Best - Journal of religion and health, 2023 - Springer
This article considers the contribution of faith-based chaplains who provide holistic pastoral
and spiritual care within critical environments such as the military, first responders, and …

Towards a holistic model of care for moral injury: an Australian and New Zealand investigation into the role of police chaplains in supporting police members following …

AJ Phelps, K Madden, RN Carleton, L Johnson… - Journal of religion and …, 2023 - Springer
Police members can be exposed to morally transgressive events with potential for lasting
psychosocial and spiritual harm. Through interviews with police members and police …

The role and value of chaplains in an Australian ambulance service: A comparative study of chaplain and paramedic perspectives

K Tunks Leach, P Simpson, J Lewis… - Journal of religion and …, 2023 - Springer
Chaplains are embedded in several ambulance services across Australia, however as
Australia's religiosity is currently in decline and questions are being asked about retaining …

[HTML][HTML] The role and value of chaplains in the ambulance service: Paramedic perspectives

K Tunks Leach, P Simpson, J Lewis… - Journal of Religion and …, 2022 - Springer
Chaplains are employed by ambulance services in many states across Australia as one
element in a suite of initiatives to support the health and wellness of paramedics. The aim of …

Twice-in-a-lifetime pandemics: An exploratory qualitative life-history analysis of the longitudinal experiences of hospital chaplains who served during both the early …

M Kelly, C Cai, P Teague - Journal of religion and health, 2024 - Springer
The aim of this study was to document the longitudinal experiences of chaplains who served
during both the early AIDS (1981–1995) and early COVID-19 (2020–2021) pandemics. A …

Spirituality in the line of duty: Perspectives from first responders with acute posttraumatic stress disorder and alcohol use disorder.

CC Kaufman, DH Rosmarin - Psychological Services, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
Spirituality/religion is clinically relevant to patients experiencing posttraumatic stress
disorder (PTSD) and/or alcohol use disorder (AUD). Despite the comorbidity of PTSD and …

Chaplaincy and spiritual care in Australian ambulance services: an exploratory cross-sectional study

K Tunks Leach, D Demant, P Simpson… - Journal of Health …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Ambulance staff wellbeing programs aim to support the bio-psycho-social and sometimes
spiritual needs of paramedics. While evidence demonstrates strong connections between …

Now More Than Ever:" Fit for Purpose"

M Layson, L Carey, M Best - 2023 - opal.latrobe.edu.au
It is increasingly reported that organised religion is fading in Western countries, and
Australia is no exception to this. The Australian Bureau of Statistics reports that “no religion” …

Clergy as First Responders: Rethinking Leadership in Religion and Peacebuilding

G Ganiel - The review of faith & international affairs, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Drawing on research about Presbyterian experiences of Northern Ireland's Troubles, we
argue that the religion and peacebuilding literature's emphasis on prophetic leadership has …