a North Carolina State University , Raleigh , NC , USA.
b University of Washington , Tacoma , WA , USA.
Aging Ment Health. 2018 Nov;22(11):1510-1515. doi: 10.1080/13607863.2017.1364343. Epub 2017 Aug 21.
The intent of this exploratory qualitative study was to examine African American Baptist clergy's pastoral care to older congregants with mental disorders. Critical Race Theory was the guiding framework in this study.
A purposive sample of 18 African American clergy participated in one-on-one interviews.
Collectively, all participants were active in the provision of mental health to older congregants with mental disorders. The primary emergent theme 'shepherding the flock' the central phenomenon uncovered in the data, was used to organize a model of pastoral care, which is presented in this paper. Findings from this study supported results from previous studies on the integral role of the Church and clergy in the African American community.
Moreover, this study highlights the importance of internal ministries in the Church and the need for further study and potential partnership opportunity.
本探索性定性研究旨在考察非裔美国浸礼会神职人员对有精神障碍的老年会众的牧灵关怀。本研究的指导框架是批判种族理论。
18 名非裔美国神职人员参加了一对一的访谈，组成了一个有目的的样本。
所有参与者都积极为有精神障碍的老年会众提供心理健康服务。“牧养羊群”是数据中揭示的主要新兴主题，也是本研究提出的牧灵关怀模式的核心概念。本研究的结果支持了之前关于教会和神职人员在非裔美国人群体中发挥重要作用的研究结果。
此外，本研究强调了教会内部部门的重要性，以及进一步研究和潜在合作机会的必要性。
