Simpson M R, King M G
College of Nursing, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA.
Public Health Nurs. 1999 Feb;16(1):41-9. doi: 10.1046/j.1525-1446.1999.00041.x.
This study explored health-related and organizational religious activities in an Appalachian community and identified cultural issues in the development of religion-health partnerships. Partnerships between religious groups and health providers are a channel for health promotion efforts to vulnerable populations and must be approached from the culture of the community. An ethnographic, exploratory study of health-related and organizational activities in nonmainline religious groups yielded the use of prayer requests, anointing, testimonial, and denominational links as potential health resources. Organizational decisions were by congregational consensus and theological interpretation. The communal setting of worship as an informal resource to a community of believers, especially the vulnerable, was a viable model for religion-health partnerships in central Appalachia. Implications for nursing practice, education, and research also are addressed.
本研究探讨了阿巴拉契亚社区中与健康相关的及组织性的宗教活动，并确定了宗教与健康伙伴关系发展中的文化问题。宗教团体与医疗服务提供者之间的伙伴关系是向弱势群体开展健康促进工作的一个渠道，必须从社区文化的角度来处理。一项对非主流宗教团体中与健康相关的及组织性活动的人种志探索性研究得出，祈祷请求、涂油礼、见证和教派联系可作为潜在的健康资源。组织决策是通过会众共识和神学解释做出的。礼拜的公共环境作为信徒社区，尤其是弱势群体的一种非正式资源，是阿巴拉契亚中部宗教与健康伙伴关系的一个可行模式。文中还讨论了对护理实践、教育和研究的启示。
