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- Public Health, Religion & Spirituality Bulletin: 2021 Volume »
- Public Health, Religion & Spirituality Bulletin: Issue 5, Fall 2021 »
- Faith-Based Organizations and SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination: Challenges and Recommendations: View Paper »
- Public Health, Religion, and Spirituality Network: Interview with Dr. Ellen Idler »
- Faith Leaders Spread the Word: Get Vaccinated: WebMD »
- Some Americans are skeptical about taking a Covid vaccine. Could religious leaders convince them?: America Magazine »
Narratives and counter-narratives in religious responses to COVID-19: A computational text analysis
Paper published on PLoS ONE on religious responses to COVID-19 authored by Ellen Idler, John A. Bernau, and Dimitrios Zaras.
Study Volunteers Needed
Study Description: A sociology honors student is seeking individuals to participate in a study exploring the identity negotiation strategies of politically liberal Christians in both religious and political spaces to determine which identity becomes salient and why....
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FEATURED VIDEOS
Ellen Idler shares her thoughts on faith communities and vaccines (Covid-19), and on the state of public health in the USA.
A NOTE OF GRATITUDE FOR THE WORK OF CAROL HOGUE
The Rollins School of Public Health celebrated the retirement of Carol Hogue, PhD, MPH, on September 4, 2019. In addition to her pioneering leadership in the epidemiology of maternal and child health, Carol was a leader in the field of religion and public health here at Emory. That leadership goes back to grants received from the Templeton and Robert Wood Johnson Foundations, and the spearheading of the Religion and Public Health Collaborative in the 2007 Strategic Initiatives.
Carol and her husband Lynn were core members of the group that produced our volume on religion and public health, with 33 other Emory authors. Largely because of Carol, religion and public health is a field of scholarship, teaching, and community engagement here at Emory that is unparalleled at any other university. As a member of the RPHC Executive Committee, Carol’s strategic thinking in meetings has been invaluable to the development of this program. This is important legacy, and the Religion and Public Health Collaborative, still going strong years later, will always be grateful to her.
FEATURED: WHAT WE’RE READING & WATCHING
A successful Covid vaccine rollout will require help from faith leaders
Some Americans are skeptical about taking a Covid vaccine. Could religious leaders convince them?
Podcast: “Religion as a Social Determinant of Health”
Ellen Idler, PhD, was recently interviewed by Dr. Sharon Bergquist for her long-running podcast, The Whole Health Cure, about religion as a social determinant of health Ellen Idler, PhD is the Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Sociology, and Director of Emory’s...
Virus!
When the viruses come, as they do from time to time, we rediscover the relevance of old ideas, such as public health and communities of compassion.
Religion as a Social Determinant of Public Health
Oxford University Press, 2014