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This book edited by Doug Oman, plus its individual chapters, are all available for online institutional access or purchase at Springer Link. The hardcover version is also published and available for order at Amazon (link) and others:

Why Religion and Spirituality Matter for Public Health: Evidence, Implications, and Resources
Editor: Doug Oman

A foreword by eminent public health leader Sandro Galea is followed by three major parts, on i) Evidence, ii) Implications for public health practice, and iii) Implications for professional training in public health.

More information about the book and its availability is summarized HERE ON THIS WEBSITE (LINK) or can be found at the publisher’s page for this book. Below are the table of contents, plus an excerpt from a review.

  • Review from American Academy of Religion, Reading Religion (link):  “this engaging volume… is both easy to read and understand”; “The book stands out as a ground breaking masterpiece that explores the relationships between R/S and physical, emotional, and social dimensions of health that everyone interested in this subject could find worth reading.”

Contents

Foreword
Sandro Galea

  1. Elephant in the Room: Why Spirituality and Religion Matter for Public Health (pp. 1–16)
    Doug Oman

Part I: Evidence Base

  1. Reviewing Religion/Spirituality Evidence from a Public Health Perspective: Introduction (pp. 19–26)
    Doug Oman
  2. Model of Individual Health Effects from Religion/Spirituality: Supporting Evidence (pp. 27–63)
    Doug Oman
  3. Religious/Spiritual Effects on Physical Morbidity and Mortality (pp. 65–79)
    Doug Oman
  4. Social and Community-Level Factors in Health Effects from Religion/Spirituality (pp. 81–110)
    Doug Oman & S. Leonard Syme
  5. Social Identity and Discrimination in Religious/Spiritual Influences on Health (pp. 111–137)
    Doug Oman & Amani M. Nuru-Jeter
  6. Environmental Health Sciences, Religion, and Spirituality (pp. 139–152)
    Doug Oman & Rachel Morello-Frosch
  7. Infectious Diseases, Religion, and Spirituality (pp. 153–163)
    Doug Oman & Lee W. Riley
  8. Public Health Nutrition, Religion, and Spirituality (pp. 165–173)
    Doug Oman
  9. Maternal/Child Health, Religion, and Spirituality (pp. 175–189)
    Doug Oman
  10. Health Policy and Management, Religion, and Spirituality (pp. 191–210)
    Doug Oman & Timothy T. Brown
  11. Public Health Education, Promotion, and Intervention: Relevance of Religion and Spirituality (pp. 211–223)
    Doug Oman & Linda Neuhauser
  12. Mental Health, Religion, and Spirituality (pp. 225–243)
    Doug Oman & David Lukoff
  13. Clinical Practice, Religion, and Spirituality (pp. 245–260)
    Doug Oman
  14. Weighing the Evidence: What is Revealed by 100+ Meta-Analyses and Systematic Reviews of Religion/Spirituality and Health? (pp. 261–281)
    Doug Oman & S. Leonard Syme
  15. Questions on Assessing the Evidence Linking Religion/Spirituality to Health (pp. 283–302)
    Doug Oman

Part II: Implications for Public Health Practitice

  1. Implications for Community Health Practitioners: Framing Religion and Spirituality within a Social Ecological Framework (pp. 305–322)
    Rabbi Nancy E. Epstein
  2.  Implications for Public Health Systems and Clinical Practitioners: Strengths of Congregations, Religious Health Assets and Leading Causes of Life (pp. 323–340)
    Teresa F. Cutts & Gary R. Gunderson

Part III: Implications for Educating of Public Health Professionals

  1. Introduction: What Should Public Health Students Be Taught About Religion and Spirituality? (pp. 343–355)
    Doug Oman
  2. Religion and Public Health at Emory University (pp. 357–370)
    Ellen Idler & Mimi Kiser
  3. The Initiative on Health, Religion and Spirituality at Harvard: From Research to Education (pp. 371–382)
    Tyler J. VanderWeele, Michael J. Balboni, & Tracey A. Balboni
  4. An Evidence-Based Course at U.C. Berkeley on Religious and Spiritual Factors in Public Health (pp. 383–395)
    Doug Oman
  5. The Boston University Experience: Religion, Ethics, and Public Health (pp. 397–408)
    Christina M. A. Gebel, Katelyn N. G. Long & Michael A. Grodin
  6. Faith Matters: “HBHE 710: Reli gion, Spirituality and Health” at the University of Michigan (pp. 409–420)
    Linda M. Chatters
  7. Incorporating Religion and Spirituality into Teaching and Practice: the Drexel School of Public Health Experience (pp. 421–433)
    Rabbi Nancy E. Epstein
  8. Online Teaching of Public Health and Spirituality at University of Illinois: Chaplains for the Twenty-First Century (pp. 435–444)
    Kathryn Lyndes, Wendy Cadge, & George Fitchett

Concluding Chapters

  1. International and Global Perspectives on Spirituality, Religion, and Public Health (pp. 447–462)
    Liz Grant & Doug Oman
  2. What’s Next?: Public Health and Spirituality (pp. 463–468)
    Doug Oman

Index

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