This is a Power Point Presentation (500K) to be used as a resource
for the speakers of CCHF's Speaker's Bureau for Student Groups.
The Power Point Presentation illustrates the need to serve among
the poor in healthcare. Topics covered include a Biblical Call
to Serve, Data on Barriers and Healthcare Disparities, the Effect
of Faith on Healing, the Health Insurance Crisis, and Approaches
that Christians can take to address the needs of the Underserved.
Become
a CCHF Member Organization
Find out more about how your organization can become affiliated
with and/or supportive of the work of Christian Community Health
Fellowship.
“Health Partnerships in Congregations: Are they a remedy
for the underserved?”
CCHF is committed to providing its members with relevant practice-based
research. We cite the study of Dr. Mark DeHaven et al from the
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas as an
example of a faith/health study that has relevance to CCHF members.
Dr. DeHaven's presentation of the findings at the 2001 American
Public Health Association conference entitled "Health Partnerships
in Congregations: Are they a remedy for the underserved?"
showed that while health directed activities of faith/religious
organizations can affect health and health behavior, very little
is known about the effectiveness of church-based or cooperative
interventions.
Health
Partnerships in Congregations: Are They a Remedy for the Underserved?
CCHF is committed to providing its members with relevant practice-based
research. We cite the study of Dr. Mark DeHaven et al from the
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas as an
example of a faith/health study that has relevance to CCHF members.
Dr. DeHaven's presentation of the findings at the 2001 American
Public Health Association conference entitled "Health Partnerships
in Congregations: Are they a remedy for the underserved?"
showed that while health directed activities of faith/religious
organizations can affect health and health behavior, very little
is known about the effectiveness of church-based or cooperative
interventions.
Summer
Service, Learning, and Research Internship
In the first year of the Best Practices project, CCHF successfully
pilot tested a research network plan that combines structured
data collection and a summer internship for health professions
students. During the summer of 2001, two medical students spent
eight weeks in CCHF-related health centers in Chicago to pilot
test data collection efforts. They interviewed providers to find
out what factors contributed to their long-term commitment in
an underserved setting as well as to determine how patients perceived
the integration of faith and health in faith-based health centers.
In addition to completing patient and provider interviews for
Best Practices pilot research, the students gained valuable professional
experiences by observing faith-based healthcare in action. To
find out more about this research process, lessons learned, and
key ingredients to success in Christian health center research,
view Dr. Farr Curlin's PowerPoint presentation that he gave at
the 27th Annual Midwest Health Care Conference.
