TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - The religion variable in community health promotion and illness prevention
JO  - Journal of prevention and intervention in the community
A1  - Milstein, Glen
A1  - Palitsky, Roman
A1  - Cuevas, Adolfo
SP  - 1
EP  - 6
VL  - 48
IS  - 1
N2  - Religion is a source of beliefs and practices, which can in turn influence health behaviors. Therefore, religious communities represent potential public health partners to improve well-being across economic and ethnic diversity. This issue of the Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community presents six empirical studies with a breadth of methodologies, and a range of subjects. The associations of religion with cancer fatalism, prenatal substance abuse, bereavement, suicide prevention, clergy mental health and attitudes toward the Affordable Care Act are reported here. These research findings support the key importance of community. Like community, religion is complex. This issue's studies demonstrate the need to include ethnicity in analyses as well as the necessity to measure both religious belief and practice. Consistently, religious community participation predicted more positive outcomes than one's level of belief.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1085-2352
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10852352.2019.1617519
ID  - ref1
ER  -