Faith-health collaboration in the United States: results from a nationally representative study

American Journal of Health Promotion : AJHP
Kenneth Jacob Steinman, Athe Bambakidis

Abstract

Estimate the prevalence of and identify characteristics associated with religious congregations' collaboration with health agencies. Cross-sectional analyses of self-report data from the National Congregations Study, a random sample of religious congregations generated from the 1998 General Social Survey. United States. Key informants from 1236 congregations. Each respondent described a single congregation. Respondents provided open-ended descriptions of congregational programs. Researchers coded program descriptions by content (e.g., domestic violence) and whether the program involved collaboration with a secular agency. Other congregational characteristics (e.g, denomination) were measured by validated measures and linked census tract data. Overall, 11.1% of congregations participated in faith-health collaboration (FHC). Logistic regression analyses found that FHC was more common among congregations with more members, with a small proportion of congregants under 35 years, and with a senior pastor with a graduate degree. Other effects were conditional; for instance, denominational differences varied depending on urban/suburban/rural location and the proportion of low-income members. This study provides the first national estim...Continue Reading

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