Marin Deborah B, Sharma Vanshdeep, Costello Zorina, Prieto Vilma, DePierro Jonathan, Starkweather Sydney, Robinson Mimsie, Goulbourne Desna, Jandorf Lina
Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029, USA.
Center for Spirituality and Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, 10029, USA.
J Community Health. 2025 Feb;50(1):81-86. doi: 10.1007/s10900-024-01397-8. Epub 2024 Sep 5.
The COVID-19 pandemic caused unprecedented disruption in all activities, especially those related to group gatherings. During the lockdown period, faith-based organizations, which are resources for both religious and health promotion activities, had to develop alternative strategies to meet those goals. The purpose of this paper is to describe the sustainability of M.I.C.A.H. Project HEAL, a partnership between an academic medical center and faith-based organizations in underserved communities in New York City, during the initial pandemic lockdown period. The use of virtual platforms facilitated Community Health Advisors (CHAs) in 13 organizations to conduct 47 health education workshops, reaching over 800 participants. Reliance on virtual platforms continued after in person gatherings were permitted. These data further support the benefits of academic partnerships with faith-based organizations to provide timely health information during a public health crisis.
新冠疫情给所有活动带来了前所未有的干扰，尤其是那些与群体聚会相关的活动。在封锁期间，作为宗教和健康促进活动资源的宗教组织不得不制定替代策略来实现这些目标。本文的目的是描述“M.I.C.A.H. 治愈项目”的可持续性，该项目是纽约市学术医疗中心与服务欠缺社区的宗教组织之间的合作项目，处于疫情初期封锁阶段。虚拟平台的使用促使13个组织的社区健康顾问开展了47次健康教育工作坊，覆盖了800多名参与者。在允许线下聚会之后，对虚拟平台的依赖仍在继续。这些数据进一步证明了与宗教组织建立学术合作关系在公共卫生危机期间提供及时健康信息的益处。
