The COVID-19 pandemic underscored the importance of vaccination to support individual
health across the life-course, with vaccination playing a central strategy role in mitigating …

Problematic substance use is a pressing global health problem, and dissemination and
implementation of accurate health information regarding prevention, treatment, and recovery …

This article describes capacity building and formative assessments completed at five faith-
based organizations (FBOs) in Washington, DC to inform sustainable health promotion …

Background Community engagement is critical to the acceleration of evidence-based
interventions into community settings. Harnessing the knowledge and opinions of …

A growing body of evidence indicates an association between religion and health. However,
few have studied the connection between the extent of an individual's religiosity and his …

Objective This study assessed the impact and lessons learned from implementing policy,
systems, and environmental (PSE) changes through Faithful Families Thriving Communities …

This study investigated the psychological effects that disaster relief work has on disaster
relief volunteers in North America. It provided the necessary framework for research that was …

Church leaders have the critical responsibility of meeting its congregation's spiritual needs.
Spiritual wholeness and healing are part of those spiritual needs. The purpose of this …

Faith community nursing and health ministry programs in congregations have increasingly
been recognized as having a significant impact on the health and well-being of individuals …

Overweight and obesity are national epidemics affecting 42.4% of adults in the US; with the
southeastern region exhibiting higher obesity rates than most other regions in the US …