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Religious and spiritual determinants of health are well-established and necessary foundations for understanding health and relationships.

The setting of cross-cultural medicine inherently produces moral injury. This moral injury occurs because different cultures have different deeply held values, and medical care intersects with some of the most emotionally and spiritually powerful values. Moral injury is one of the most common reasons for distress in healthcare missionaries, and the consequences can be severe and lifelong. This calls for adequate preparation, ongoing mentoring, institutional boundary-setting, and further research. 

On Tuesday, June 27, Christian Relief, Development, and Advocacy (CRDA), hosted a webinar on Dr. Richard Slimbach’s provocative and important article, “Asking Tough Questions About International Development.” Three international colleagues responded to Dr. Slimbach’s reflections:

Jason Paltzer and Keyanna Taylor describe the opportunities to strengthen the evidence coming from faith-based health organizations to improve outcomes and credibility. Meeting the financial and design knowledge of organizations to conduct and disseminate research is critical to increasing impact in community health ministry