Department of Health Systems Management, Ariel University, 4 Kiryat Hamada, 40700, Ariel, Israel.
J Relig Health. 2022 Dec;61(6):4466-4480. doi: 10.1007/s10943-021-01207-8. Epub 2021 Mar 1.
In order to help fill the gap in midrange theory for the religion-health connection, this paper reviews relevant literature on religious capital as well as social capital, a concept with which religious capital is sometimes incorrectly conflated. It identifies elements and mechanisms for each type of capital, including both quality and quantity, and describes evidence for their relationship with health. Expanding, unifying, and integrating these theoretical elements can help better understand the underlying mechanisms of the relationship between religion and health, with concomitant policy implications such as faith-based interventions as well as spur additional research on the topic.
为了帮助填补宗教与健康关系的中等理论空白，本文回顾了关于宗教资本以及社会资本的相关文献，后者是一个与宗教资本时常被混淆的概念。本文确定了每一种资本的要素和机制，包括质量和数量，并描述了它们与健康之间关系的证据。扩展、统一和整合这些理论要素可以帮助更好地理解宗教与健康之间关系的潜在机制，并带来相应的政策影响，如基于信仰的干预措施，以及激发对该主题的更多研究。
