Building Healthy Communities through Medical-Religious Partnerships - Softcover

Bennett MD, Richard G.; Hale PhD, W. Daniel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0801892937 ISBN 13: 9780801892936

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009

Synopsis

Because health care works best when patients assume greater responsibility for their own health, community outreach and patient education have taken on increased importance. Building Healthy Communities through Medical-Religious Partnerships describes an innovative approach to the development of community-based health education and patient advocacy programs targeted at the prevention and management of disease.

Partnerships between health systems and religious congregations, the authors show, can be remarkably successful at bringing appropriate care to people who are often difficult to serve. The book offers valuable guidance for religious and medical leaders interested in developing programs in their congregations and communities. It includes practical and accessible information for establishing health education programs, identifies additional resources that can be obtained from local and national organizations, and discusses a range of medical topics. It also outlines how to train volunteers to assist others in navigating our complex health system.

This revised and expanded edition of Building Healthy Communities through Medical-Religious Partnerships includes several new chapters along with descriptions of five medical-religious partnership models. Special attention is given to the challenges and opportunities presented by our aging and increasingly diverse population.

About this title

Book Description:

How religious and health-care organizations can work together to create community-based health care programs

About the Author:

Richard G. Bennett, M.D., is the Raymond and Anna Lublin Professor in Geriatric Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and president of Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. W. Daniel Hale, Ph.D., is a professor of psychology and director of the Community Health Initiative at Stetson University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0801892937
• ISBN 13: 9780801892936
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 248