Abstract
Background: To build on current research involving faith-based interventions (FBIs) for addressing mental and physical health, this study a) reviewed the extent to which relevant publications integrate faith concepts with health and b) initiated analysis of the degree of FBI integration with intervention outcomes.
Methods: Derived from a systematic search of articles published between 2007 and 2017, 36 studies were assessed with a FaithBased Integration Assessment Tool (FIAT) to quantify faith-health integration. Basic statistical procedures were employed to determine the association of faith-based integration with intervention outcomes.
Results: The assessed studies possessed (on average) moderate, inconsistent integration because of poor use of faith measures, and moderate, inconsistent use of faith practices. Analysis procedures for determining the effect of FBI integration on intervention outcomes were inadequate for formulating practical conclusions.
Conclusions: Regardless of integration, interventions were associated with beneficial outcomes. To determine the link between FBI integration and intervention outcomes, additional analyses are needed.
Key words: faith-based integration and interventions, faith and health studies, religion and spirituality, integrative health
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Saunders, Donna M.; Leak, Jean; Carver, Monique E.; and Smith, Selina A.
(2017)
"Application of a Fath-Based Integration Tool to Assess Mental and Physical Health Interventions,"
Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association: Vol. 7:
No.
1, Article 5.
DOI: 10.21633/jgpha.7.105
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/jgpha/vol7/iss1/5
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