Social Welfare and Social Development, Nipissing University, 100 College Drive, Box 5002, North Bay, ON, P1B 8L7, Canada.
Geography Department, Nipissing University, North Bay, ON, Canada.
J Relig Health. 2022 Feb;61(1):373-414. doi: 10.1007/s10943-020-01148-8. Epub 2021 Jan 6.
The association between religion and health has been the subject of growing interest in academia. However, limited reviews of such studies in Canada exist. The paper systematically reviews and synthesizes existing literature on the relationship between spirituality and health in Canada. Available general databases such as: Medline; Web of Science, PubMed, Sociological abstract, Social Service Abstracts, Google scholar, Humanities International Index, JSTOR, CPI.Q Canadian Periodicals, and American Theological Library Association were searched for the period between 2000 and April 2019 inclusive. Collected data were then systematically analysed for common themes about spirituality and health in Canada. In total, 151 articles were found, but only 128 had relevance with the study objectives. Overall, the analysis showed that religion and spirituality do influence health behaviours, and well-being. However, more gender-based studies need to be conducted to tease out the differences in religion/spirituality and health across different genders, and ethnic groups in Canada.
宗教与健康之间的关系一直是学术界日益关注的课题。然而，加拿大对此类研究的综述有限。本文系统地回顾和综合了现有的关于加拿大精神性与健康之间关系的文献。检索了包括 Medline、Web of Science、PubMed、Sociological abstract、Social Service Abstracts、Google scholar、Humanities International Index、JSTOR、CPI.Q Canadian Periodicals 和 American Theological Library Association 在内的所有可用的综合数据库，检索时间限定为 2000 年至 2019 年 4 月。收集的数据随后被系统地分析，以确定加拿大精神性与健康之间的共同主题。共检索到 151 篇文章，但只有 128 篇与研究目标相关。总的来说，分析表明宗教和精神信仰确实会影响健康行为和幸福感。然而，需要开展更多基于性别的研究，以梳理出加拿大不同性别和族裔群体在宗教/精神信仰和健康方面的差异。
