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"Spirituality and Health"
research
presented at conferences
Aug. 13, 2007 - Spirituality
and health research conducted by faculty
affiliated with the Center on Religion &
the Professions is being presented around
the country this year.
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| Anderson |
The team of Dr. Brick Johnstone,
Dr. James Campbell and Dr. Dong Pil Yoon
will present a paper and poster on "Exploring
the Relationships Between Religion/Spirituality
and Physical Health in Primary Care, Cancer,
Spinal Cord Injury, Brain Injury, and Stroke
Patients" Oct. 20-23, 2007, at the
North American Primary Care Research Group
Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia,
Canada.
Dr. Clay Anderson
will present on "Spirituality and Narrative
in Healthcare," on Oct. 12, 2007, and
Johnstone will present on "Spirituality
and Chronic Disability" on Oct. 13,
2007, at the 2007 MU Health Ethics Conference
on "Spirituality in Health and Healing"
in Columbia, Mo.
Johnstone will present
a lecture on "Update on the MU Spirituality
and Health Research Project" Sept.
28, 2007, at the Capitol Plaza in Jefferson
City, Mo., as part of the medical conference
"Update on the MultiCenter Faith and
Healing Center Project."
Johnstone will also
participate in a joint presentation with
spirituality and health researchers from
three major universities at the 2007 American
Psychological Association annual convention
in San Francisco, Calif., Aug. 17-20, 2007.
The title of the presentation is "Spirituality
& Health: Current Upgrades in Research,
Teaching & Clinical Services."
The other researchers are Barry Nierenberg
from the University of Miami, Florida, and
Robert Glueckauf, of Florida State University.
Nierenberg is working with primary care
physicians to incorporate a spirituality
dimension to care and to ask patients about
their spirituality if patients are interested.
Glueckauf is working on a parish nurse partner
project, evaluating an integrative spirituality
and counseling program.
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| Campbell |
Johnstone will talk
about the Center's neuropsychology of spirituality
study, which has shown that different parts
of the brain are related to spiritual functions.
He will also talk about his team's findings
that positive congregational support (related
to "religion" as behavior) predicts
positive mental health for people with health
conditions; and that positive spiritual
beliefs (related to a personal belief in
God as a support or with a plan) are related
to better physical health for people with
health conditions.
Campbell and Johnstone
were notified in August that their proposal
for the research initiative, "Religion
and Health: Effects, Mechanisms, and Intrepretations"
conducted by Duke University's Center for
Spirituality, Theology and Health was selected
for submission of a full proposal. They
propose to study the Long-Term Health Effects
of Spiritual Experience, Religious Activity
and Congregational Support on Patients in
Rehabilitation and Palliative Care. The
proposal was among 40 finalists selected
from a field of 232 proposals from more
than 20 countries.
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| Hinkebein |
Johnstone presented
on "Role of Spirituality and Religion
in Recovery from Trauma" June 12, 2007,
at the International Center for Psychosocial
Trauma 13th Annual Conference in Columbia,
Mo. He also presented on "The Neuropsychology
of Spirituality" at the MU Department
of Health Psychology didactic series on
May 25, 2007.
Johnstone gave a
national presentation earlier this year
on "Spirituality, Religion and Disability"
at the American Psychological Association
Rehabilitation Psychology Mid-Winter Meeting
March 16-18, 2007, in Charlotte, N.C. The
theme of the conference was "Spirituality
and Health: Current Updates in Research,
Teaching, and Clinical Services." He
co-presented with Dr. Joseph Hinkebein.
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| Yoon |
Johnstone is a neuropsychologist,
professor and chair of the MU Department
of Health Psychology. He leads the Center
on Religion & the Professions' spirituality
and health research project. The project
utilizes an interdisciplinary team that
studies the relationship between religion,
spirituality, and a variety of health-related
fields - including adolescent health behaviors,
neuroscience, physical health, mental health,
chronic cognitive and physical disability,
and medical disorders.
Campbell is a professor
and director of research at MU's Family
and Community Medicine. Anderson is associate
professor of Clinical Medicine, Medicine-Hematology
& Oncology at the University of Missouri
School of Medicine. Hinkebein is a clinical
associate professor with the MU Department
of Health Psychology. Yoon is an assistant
professor in the MU School of Social Work.
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