Spirituality as a determinant of health : Emerging policies, practices, and systems
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Long, Katelyn N. G., Symons, Xavier, VanderWeele, Tyler J., Balboni, Tracy A., Rosmarin, David H., Puchalski, Christina, Cutts, Teresa, Gunderson, Gary R., Idler, Ellen, Oman, Doug, Balboni, Michael J., Tuach, Laura S. and Koh, Howard K.. (2024). Spirituality as a determinant of health : Emerging policies, practices, and systems. Health Affairs. 43(6), pp. 783-790. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2023.01643
Authors | Long, Katelyn N. G., Symons, Xavier, VanderWeele, Tyler J., Balboni, Tracy A., Rosmarin, David H., Puchalski, Christina, Cutts, Teresa, Gunderson, Gary R., Idler, Ellen, Oman, Doug, Balboni, Michael J., Tuach, Laura S. and Koh, Howard K. |
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Abstract | Reimagining public health’s future should include explicitly considering spirituality as a social determinant of health that is linked to human goods and is deeply valued by people and their communities. Spirituality includes a sense of ultimate meaning, purpose, transcendence, and connectedness. With that end in mind, we assessed how recommendations recently issued by an expert panel for integrating spiritual factors into public health and medicine are being adopted in current practice in the United States. These recommendations emerged from a systematic review of empirical evidence on spirituality, serious illness, and population health published between 2000 and 2022. For each recommendation, we reviewed current federal, state, and local policies and practices recognizing spiritual factors, and we considered the ways in which they reflected the panel’s recommendations. In this article, we highlight opportunities for broader application and scale while also noting the potential harms and benefits associated with incorporating these recommendations in various contexts. This analysis, while respecting the spiritual and religious diversity of the US population, identifies promising approaches for strengthening US public health by integrating spiritual considerations to inform person- and community-centered policy and practice. |
Year | 2024 |
Journal | Health Affairs |
Journal citation | 43 (6), pp. 783-790 |
Publisher | Project Hope |
ISSN | 1544-5208 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2023.01643 |
PubMed ID | 38830169 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85194992663 |
Open access | Published as ‘gold’ (paid) open access |
Page range | 783-790 |
Funder | Templeton Religion Trust |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 03 Jun 2024 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 01 Jul 2025 |
Grant ID | TRT-2022-30967 |
Additional information | This open access article is distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/9200y/spirituality-as-a-determinant-of-health-emerging-policies-practices-and-systems
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