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Elizabeth B. Lynch; Christy Tangney; Todd Ruppar; Laura Zimmermann; Joselyn Williams; LaDawne Jenkins; Steve Epting; Elizabeth Avery; Tamara Olinger; Teresa Berumen; Maggie Skoller; Rebecca Wornhoff – Prevention Science, 2024
African Americans (AAs) have higher prevalence of uncontrolled hypertension than Whites, which leads to reduced life expectancy. Barriers to achieving blood pressure control in AAs include mistrust of healthcare and poor adherence to medication and dietary recommendations. We conducted a pilot study of a church-based community health worker (CHW)…
Descriptors: African Americans, Hypertension, Racial Differences, Health Behavior
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Rackley, Eric D. – Religious Education, 2023
Informed by social and cultural perspectives, this article examines the religious literacies of sixteen Latter-day Saint young adults. Religious literacy for them was a deeply embedded religiosocial experience involving family, friends, and others associated with the faith (people); activities, events, and courses they participated in (programs);…
Descriptors: Religious Education, Literacy, Young Adults, Religious Factors
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Village, Andrew; Francis, Leslie J. – Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2023
This study draws on data provided to the Covid-19 & Church-21 Survey by 2,017 Anglicans (clergy and laity) living in England to explore the experiences of those leading and those accessing online (pre-recorded and live-streamed) and in-church services within the Church of England between January and July 2021. The data demonstrated that for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Churches