Abstract With Christian Smith’s consent, research was conducted at a life Conference (Christian & Missionary Alliance’s national youth conference, July 2013) using modified version of and Lisa Pearce’s interview instrument, used in the National Study Youth Religion (2002). Approximately two thousand attendees (close to 400 leaders 1600 students) participated research, though this study repo...

This special issue of Health Education & Behavior is devoted to broadly examining the interconnections among public health, health education, and faith-based communities. In addition to a focus on questions related to the practice of public health and health education within religious settings (e.g., program development, implementation, and evaluation), the articles in this issue examine a broa...

Background Muslims are one of the fastest growing religious groups in the US. However, little is known about their health disparities, and how their unique cultural, religious, and social beliefs and practices affect health behaviors and outcomes. Studies demonstrate Muslim women may have lower rates of breast and cervical cancer screening compared to the overall population. Methods The purpo...

BACKGROUND Studies show that religion and spirituality are associated with decreased rates of mental illness. Some studies show decreased rates of suicide in religious populations, but the association between religion, spirituality and suicidal behaviors in people with mental illness are understudied. Few studies have examined the influence of social supports in these relationships. METHODS D...

Many scholars have theorized a relationship between religious organizations and the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Religious organizations have alternately been identified both as a primary obstacle to AIDS care and HIV prevention, and as potentially effective partners in combating further spread of the disease and treating those presently infected. To date, however, there have been no empirical analyses o...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To determine associations between religiosity and female adolescents' sexual and contraceptive behaviors. DESIGN We conducted a secondary analysis on data from a randomized controlled trial comparing interventions designed to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Multivariable modeling assessed the association between a religiosity index consisting of ite...

this study has been conducted with the purpose of examining effects of cultural factors on environmental protection and environmental behaviors. the ideas of different thinkers including durkheim, weber, parsons, giddens and jorge tome have been used to provide the relevant theoretical frame. in this study survey method and questionnaire technique (on 400 people from districts 5 and 18 of tehra...