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Announcing Interfaith America's 2024-2025 Cohort of Faith

WEBThe Fellowship spans January 2024-May 2025, and Fellows will receive a $4,000 stipend to elevate the story of the positive potential of our nation’s religious …

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URL: https://www.interfaithamerica.org/article/faith-health-fellows-2024/

For Some Healthcare Workers, Walking is a Tool for Stress and …

WEBAnu Gorukanti, MD, is a public health practitioner and pediatric hospitalist.She is also the co-founder of Introspective Spaces, a social venture …

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Engaging Religious Identity in Healthcare

WEBWhen faced with hardship, many Americans turn to their faith for support. Since healthcare is often a significant stressor, it is imperative to better integrate religion and spirituality …

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Why Religious Literacy is Pivotal to Providing Better Healthcare

WEBUnfortunately, research also shows that healthcare providers need more religious literacy to address this need. Although people in the US are far more religious …

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Four Healthcare Workers Share How Their Faith Shapes …

WEBSuraj Arshanapally, MPH, is an Indian American peacebuilder, public health advocate, and storyteller. He started The Multicultural Man to amplify culturally diverse …

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Faith is a Social Determinant of Health

WEBTreating people versus treating disease means considering everything that people bring with them when assessing their well-being, including their faith, because …

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Case Studies: Engaging Religious Diversity in Health Fields

WEBTibetan Sky Burial and Public Health Concerns. A doctor works in a hospital close to Tibet. Recently a 50-year-old Tibetan Buddhist was in the ICU with symptoms like that of a …

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Interfaith Studies in Health Courses

WEBThis course introduces students to the study of global health by exploring these topics in detail. This course is designed to give an overview of health problems from an …

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Meet our Faith and Health Grant Cohort Leaders

WEBStockton University – Tenured Instructor of Health Science. Community and Public Health Cohort. I applied [to be a cohort leader] because I heavily subscribe to the …

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Grant Opportunity for Religion and Health

WEBRecently, the Journal of the American Medical Association published results of a Harvard study confirming that engaging religious identity in health care settings …

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Faith and Health Educator Directory

WEBMeet the Network. This directory features more than 70 educators who have partnered with IA to help unlock the positive potential of our nation’s religious diversity in health …

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Religion and Health Curriculum Grant

WEBProgram Overview. We invite pairs of educators, one from a health field and one from a religious studies field, to apply for a $4,000 grant to design or significantly revise a …

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How Grief Rituals Can Help Healthcare Workers Heal

WEBBearing witness to human suffering and death is a part of our job as healthcare workers and, ultimately, grief can be a common experience. It can present …

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Faith and Health Faculty Fellowship

WEBOur Faith & Health Faculty Fellows will design and implement academic and/or narrative projects that engage key partners to advance broader public understanding of the vital …

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Religious Wisdom & Sacred Texts on Vaccination & Public Health

WEBIn our daily prayers, all Sikhs say a prayer called “ Ardaas ” (asking for blessing). This is a prayer lead by one person for the entire congregation or just for …

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Leveraging the Power of Religious Diversity in Health Fields

WEBOf the myriad ways religion relates to health, three points are especially important to the development of religious diversity curricula for health fields. First, studies repeatedly …

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