4181.0 Effective faith-public health partnerships and programs

Tuesday, November 10, 2009: 12:30 PM
Roundtable
The purpose of this roundtable session is to highlight a diverse range of faith-public health partnerships and programs and facilitate interactive discussion regarding the lessons learned implementing them. The presentations cover diverse religious traditions – e.g., various Christian, Jewish, Native American – as well as diverse races and ethnicities. Presentations emphasize describing their partnerships and programs and their successes and challenges. Sharing these types of field experiences regarding faith-public health partnerships is important to enhance our understanding of their effectiveness. Doing so in an interactive format with roundtable participants can lead to shared learning and further program enhancement.
Session Objectives: 1. Identify key components of effective faith-public health partnerships and programs. 2. Appreciate the extant religious pluralism in the United States and strategies for working across diverse faiths. 3. Discuss effective ways to engage diverse faith communities in public health strategies.
Moderator:
Barbara Baylor, MPH

Welcoming Remarks
Table 1
Health promotion interventions for family caregivers: Effectiveness in serving the needs of the Jewish community
Reuven G. Becker, MBA,MS,ORD Rabbi, Lee Caplan, PhD, Ephraim Shapiro, PHD, MPA, MBA and Mendel Singer, PhD
Table 2
Increase in flu vaccinations due to county and health/faith partnership
Elizabeth L. Dixon, RN,MSN/MPH, Phd and Patricia Alexander, RN, BSN, PHN
  
Table 3
"I don't think they should try to force religion down your throat”: Adolescents' perceptions of religious coercion in a faith-based residential treatment facility
Rene Drumm, PhD, Linda Potter Crumley, PhD, Octavio Ramirez, PhD and Ruth Williams Morris, PhD
Table 4
Improving Birth Outcomes among African-American Babies in Camden, NJ: A Collaboration with First Ladies of the Churches
Valeria Cristales, MS, CHES and Marina James-Velardo
Table 5
Sub-Saharan African Faith Based Collaborative (SSA FBC): A Public Health Initiative Model
Josephine Mogire, MA, MS, Victoria Nayiga, MA, Chioma Nnaji, MPH M Ed, Karen Peugh, BS and Lisa Najarian, LMHC
  
Table 6
Paradox, partnership and paradigm shift: An examination of the health and human service sector's response to religious pluralism among clients and interfaith organizations in the New England region
David J. O'Malley, MDiv, MSW, PhD
Table 7
Be Fruitful and Multiply or Not! Collaborations with Faith Based Organizations and Title X Family Planning Providers
Laurel Beyrer, BS
Table 8
HIV/AIDS and the Black church: A qualitative evaluation of a church in a metropolitan area
Natasha J. Davis, EdD, MPH, MSW
Table 9
Carrying the prayers: Sacred, traditional tobacco use and commercial tobacco abuse among American Indian Youth in Wisconsin
Teresa K. Barber, MEd, Isaiah Brokenleg, MPH and Anne C. Trinh, MPH
  
Table 10
Innovative Use of the Body & Soul (B&S) Program to Train Faith-based Partners to Improve Church Community Health
Kiameesha R. Evans, MPH, CHES, Carrie Norbeck, MPH, CHES and Amanda Medina, MA, MPH
Concluding Remarks

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: Alternative and Complementary Health Practices, Women's Caucus

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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