ArticleAmerican journal of epidemiology2022
Invited Commentary: Religious Service Attendance and Implications for Clinical Care, Community Participation, and Public Health.
Article in American journal of epidemiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Contemplative Practices as a Form of Stress Management for Patients with Kidney Disease.Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN · 2025Review
- Religion and Mental Health: Is the Relationship Causal?Journal of religion and health · 2025Article
- Linking Multi-Dimensional Religiosity in Childhood and Later Adulthood: Implications for Later Life Health.Research on aging · 2025Article
- Association between maternal religious service attendance and pregnancy loss in the United States: a secondary analysis of the Future Families & Child Wellbeing Study.Research square · 2024Article
- Religion and survival among European older adults.European journal of ageing · 2023Article
- Effect of religious service attendance on mortality and hospitalisations among Danish men and women: longitudinal findings from REGLINK-SHAREDK.European journal of epidemiology · 2023Article
- Bann and Aksoy Respond to "Religious Service Attendance and Public Health".American journal of epidemiology · 2022Article
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Abstract
In this commentary, we review the evidence concerning associations between religious service attendance and subsequent health and wellbeing outcomes. The evidence base for a link between religious service attendance and health has increased substantially over the past 2 decades. The interpretation and implications of this research require careful consideration (Am J Epidemiol. 2022;191(1):20-30). It would be inappropriate to universally promote service attendance solely on the grounds of the associations with health. Nevertheless, a more nuanced approach, within both clinical care and public health, may be possible-one that encouraged participation in religious community for those who already positively self-identified with a religious or spiritual tradition and encouraged other forms of community participation for those who did not. Discussion is given to potential future research directions and the challenges and opportunities for promotion efforts by the public health community.
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