Saunders Donna M, Leak Jean, Carver Monique E, Smith Selina A
Guide Community Health Services Inc. Ellicott City, MD.
Refreshing Springs Outreach Sykesville, MD.
J Ga Public Health Assoc. 2017;7(1):26-38. doi: 10.21633/jgpha.7.105.
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.
Derived from a systematic search of articles published between 2007 and 2017, 36 studies were assessed with a Faith-Based 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.
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.
Regardless of integration, interventions were associated with beneficial outcomes. To determine the link between FBI integration and intervention outcomes, additional analyses are needed.
为了在当前涉及基于信仰的干预措施（FBI）以解决身心健康问题的研究基础上进一步开展研究，本研究a）回顾了相关出版物将信仰概念与健康相结合的程度，b）开始分析FBI与干预结果的整合程度。
通过对2007年至2017年间发表的文章进行系统检索，使用基于信仰的整合评估工具（FIAT）对36项研究进行评估，以量化信仰与健康的整合情况。采用基本统计程序来确定基于信仰的整合与干预结果之间的关联。
由于对信仰测量的使用不佳以及对信仰实践的使用适度且不一致，所评估的研究（平均而言）具有适度、不一致的整合。用于确定FBI整合对干预结果影响的分析程序不足以得出实际结论。
无论整合情况如何，干预措施都与有益结果相关。为了确定FBI整合与干预结果之间的联系，还需要进行额外的分析。
