On March 22, 2018, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a workshop to examine the collaboration between the faith and health sectors, and to highlight the unique opportunities these collaborations offer to help improve population health outcomes. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.

Contents

• The National Academies of SCIENCES • ENGINEERING • MEDICINE
• PLANNING COMMITTEE ON EXPLORING THE ROLE AND POTENTIAL OF FAITH-BASED COMMUNITY ASSETS IN IMPROVING POPULATION HEALTH: A WORKSHOP
• ROUNDTABLE ON POPULATION HEALTH IMPROVEMENT
• Reviewers
• 1. Introduction
  • WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES
  • ORGANIZATION OF THE WORKSHOP AND PROCEEDINGS
• 2. Collaboration at the Intersection of Faith and Health
  • THE FOUNDATIONS OF FAITH–HEALTH COLLABORATION
  • DISCUSSION
• 3. Faith–Health Collaboration to Advance the Social Determinants of Health
  • THE CENTER FOR FAITH AND COMMUNITY HEALTH TRANSFORMATION
  • UMMA COMMUNITY CLINIC
  • DISCUSSION
• 4. Faith–Health Collaboration on Health Policy
  • A PERSPECTIVE ON HEALTH POLICY: HEALTH BEYOND HEALTH CARE
  • BUILDING FAITH–HEALTH BRIDGES FOR HEALTH-PROMOTING PUBLIC POLICY
  • DISCUSSION
• 5. Faith–Health Collaboration on Public Health Priorities
  • FOUNDRY MINISTRIES
  • THE CONGREGATIONAL HEALTH NETWORK: THE MEMPHIS MODEL
  • DISCUSSION
• 6. Reflections on the Day
• Appendix A. References
• Appendix B. 25/10 Crowdsourcing Participant Activity

Suggested citation:

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2021. Faith–health collaboration to improve community and population health: Proceedings of a workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/25375.

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.17226/25375

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