Organization:  Meros Center, Kijabe Hospital, and others

Background/Context:

Moral injury is a growing area of concern for healthcare mission teams as cultures collide and values conflict within and outside the professional healthcare space. Understanding the individual experience is important and understanding the prevalence and burden of moral injury on a broader scale is also needed to develop effective services and programs for mission teams, missionary and national providers.

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Research Question:

Given the personal and organizational impacts of moral injury and the value of early intervention, the overarching research question for this study is how to appropriately implement an assessment tool to identify moral injury among healthcare workers working in four different faith-based multicultural (mission) hospital settings.

Study Aims:

1. Implement the Mission-based Moral Injury Assessment Survey in a faith-based multicultural (mission) hospital setting
2. Understand the acceptability, value, and reliability of the results
3. Evaluate the difference in results between expat (non-local) and national healthcare workers
4. Determine other potential protective factors of moral injury, including demographic, interpersonal, and organization-level variables 

Impact:

This program of research aims to develop a method for assessing moral injury among healthcare workers in cross-cultural, faith-based facilities worldwide, enabling timely interventions that support and protect their physical, mental, and spiritual health.

Open Positions:

No Open Positions

Timeline:  MAY 2026 – APR 2027

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