Healthy Community Partnership, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Medicine for the Greater Good, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, 4940 Eastern Avenue; 4th Floor, Asthma and Allergy Building, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA.
J Relig Health. 2021 Aug;60(4):2353-2361. doi: 10.1007/s10943-021-01290-x. Epub 2021 May 25.
Over the last 12-months during the pandemic caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have issued public health instructions with the hope of mitigating the spread of the virus. Through existing relationships established by an academic hospital, we established weekly community conference calls to disseminate such critical information on the pandemic and allow community leaders to discuss struggles and successes. From these calls, we were able to collaborate in a more intimate manner with faith-based organizations, whereby we emphasized and planned the role they could undertake during the pandemic. Such emphasis was made between our medical institution and various faith-based organizations through meetings titled "Congregational COVID-19 Conversations." Over the past 12-months, we held virtual meetings with 38 faith-based organizations: 15 Christian congregations, 21 Jewish synagogues, and 2 Islamic masjids. We describe in detail in this report a narrative summary of the meetings. From these meetings, we discussed several COVID-19-related themes that included how to have their place of worship disseminate public health messaging, aid in preparing buildings for public worship, and insight into preparing their regions for aid in both COVID-19 testing and for potential SARS-CoV-2 vaccine sites. This medical-religious partnership has proven feasible and valuable during the pandemic and warrants emphasis in that it has the potential to serve a vital role in mitigating COVID-19-related disparities in certain communities, as well as potentially ending the COVID-19 pandemic completely.
在由严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒 2 型（SARS-CoV-2）引起的大流行期间的过去 12 个月中，疾病控制与预防中心（CDC）发布了公共卫生指令，希望减轻病毒的传播。通过学术医院建立的现有关系，我们每周召开社区电话会议，传播有关大流行的此类关键信息，并让社区领导人讨论斗争和成功。通过这些电话会议，我们能够以更亲密的方式与信仰组织合作，强调并计划他们在大流行期间可以承担的角色。我们的医疗机构与各种信仰组织之间通过名为“Congregational COVID-19 Conversations”的会议强调了这一点。在过去的 12 个月中，我们与 38 个信仰组织举行了虚拟会议：15 个基督教教堂、21 个犹太教堂和 2 个伊斯兰清真寺。我们在本报告中详细描述了会议的叙述性总结。在这些会议中，我们讨论了几个与 COVID-19 相关的主题，包括如何让他们的礼拜场所传播公共卫生信息，帮助为公众礼拜准备建筑物，并深入了解如何为 COVID-19 检测和潜在的 SARS-CoV-2 疫苗接种点的援助做好准备。这种医疗与宗教的伙伴关系在大流行期间是可行且有价值的，值得强调的是，它有可能在某些社区减轻与 COVID-19 相关的差异方面发挥至关重要的作用，并有可能彻底结束 COVID-19 大流行。
