Theory at a Glance is a simple and helpful guide to understand the
components and domains often used to drive public health interventions programs. Health theories can be a start to understand community health ministry program and opportunities to integrating faith.
Community participation is essential for successful engagement and sustainability. Participatory methods are a skill to develop and nurture in many aspects of community health and development.
The Community Toolbox is a web-based resource for organizations and practitioners looking for training materials and guides to take action in a community. Creating models,
When you become a member of CCIH, you have access to join
several working groups. One group is the Integration of Faith & Health Working Group focusing on bringing together theology and health to expand our understanding and training in community health ministry.
Community Health Evangelism is a primary strategy in transformational development. Learn and lead CHE initiatives in rural and urban areas to holistically serve people with Christ’s love.
This project provided support for the main prediction, which was
that the cruel and distant dimensions of God concept would be differentially useful in predicting distinct forms of divine struggle. As proposed, we found that seeing God as cruel dominated in predicting anger toward God and concern about God’s anger or disapproval toward the self, whereas seeing God as distant dominated in predicting doubts about God’s existence.
Understanding the dynamics of a community engagement approach
to integral missions leads to a healthy and biblical understanding of human dignity. Using he Social-Ecological and HWVA models to inform a CE approach, individuals and communities have not only experienced economic growth and access to educational opportunities but also greater sense of well-being and
peace in growing in their relationship with God as their Father, Redeemer, and Friend.
Currently, epidemiology is at the forefront of providing robust
evidence showing that associations between religion and health are causal. As the field engages more with this topic, inquiry should include the impact of the
changing religious landscape and inclusion of variables such as spirituality to establish causal inference. Epidemiologists are well equipped for this and therefore should also aim to establish causal inference through studies that
examine relationships between contextual-level religious measures and
individual health. Once systematic evidence has been developed, epidemiology will have meaningfully contributed to new theory and persuasive findings that can inform policy and health interventions to improve population health.
A similar feature among the models was the importance of understanding the impacts of a community’s worldview and beliefs on health to discussing the spiritual aspects of health and behavior change. Community engagement and cultivating relationships were two common themes motivating the models. A primary difference among the models was the direction of engagement.
Missionaries, NGO staff, and volunteers can engage in a spectrum of customized trainings from those serving on the front lines. These trainings give special attention to participatory engagement, understanding plants and appropriate technologies, and opportunities in community development.
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The Meros Center was created to be a place where faith-based health organizations, researchers, and learners can find the support they need to measure, innovate, and share their impact. In this vibrant hub of networking and discovery, believers work together to reflect the life, ministry, and mission of Jesus.
Our mission was brought to life by a partnership between Kingdom Workers and Wisconsin Lutheran College. Both organizations are committed to the vision of Meros.
