item: #1 of 294 id: cjgh-10 author: George, Reena Mary title: Calling, conflict and consecration: the testament of Ida Scudder of Vellore date: 2014-06-19 words: 4325 flesch: 76 summary: Scudder I. Glimpses of my life and work in India by Dr Ida Scudder [updated 2012 Aug 15; cited 2014 Jan 26] Available from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT4BT7rdXTc 6. Calling, Conflict and Consecration: The Testament of Ida Scudder of Vellore Reena Mary George a a MBBS, MD(RT), MA(CS), Professor of Palliative Medicine, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India Abstract How does the hand of God grasp a hesitant human hand to reach out to a world that needs health and wholeness? keywords: christian; god; health; hospital; ida; india; medical; scudder; vellore; women cache: cjgh-10.pdf plain text: cjgh-10.txt item: #2 of 294 id: cjgh-100 author: Cuttilan, Amit Nirmal; Cuttilan, Ravi Amran; Chua, Si Min; Wilder-Smith, Annelies title: Assessing Long-term Impact of Values-based Community Health Education in Cambodia date: 2018-07-07 words: 6078 flesch: 55 summary: Many participants mentioned they would like the training to further include counseling and facilitation skills in addition to moral values training. They also felt that supplementary moral values trainings were useful, so that they were able to understand and apply moral values in their lives and also in subsequent training sessions. keywords: che; communities; community; education; health; organisations; participants; rhac; training; values cache: cjgh-100.pdf plain text: cjgh-100.txt item: #3 of 294 id: cjgh-101 author: Sloane, Andrew title: Love in a time of Ebola: reflections on theology of medicine in resource-challenged environments date: 2016-05-15 words: 5224 flesch: 62 summary: Thinking About Health If a crisis like Ebola raises questions about the nature and goals of medicine, so does the very different context of the West, with its increasing commodification of health care as a consumer product and the loss of notions of the inherent morality of medicine as a profession. Medicine is a matter of health care, not of health care. keywords: care; christian; community; ebola; god; health; medicine; people; practice cache: cjgh-101.pdf plain text: cjgh-101.txt item: #4 of 294 id: cjgh-102 author: Strand, Mark A.; Chen, Alice I; Pinkston, Lauren M title: Developing cross-cultural healthcare workers: content, process and mentoring date: 2016-05-15 words: 8138 flesch: 49 summary: Developing cross-cultural healthcare workers: content, process and mentoring Mark A Strand a , Alice I Chen b , Lauren M Pinkston c a PhD, Professor, School of Pharmacy and Department of Public Health, College of Health Professions, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA b MD, MAR, Medical Department, Shanxi Evergreen Service, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China c Doctoral candidate, Institute of Family and Neighborhood Life, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA Abstract Career service in cross-cultural healthcare mission work is the ambition of many people around the world. Younger generations of cross-cultural healthcare missionaries are shifting toward shorter terms of service. keywords: christian; cross; field; global; healthcare; learning; mentoring; missionaries; missionary; new; pinkston; process; service; strand; term; training; years cache: cjgh-102.pdf plain text: cjgh-102.txt item: #5 of 294 id: cjgh-104 author: Flessa, Steffen title: Future of Christian Health Services - An Economic Perspective date: 2016-05-15 words: 5173 flesch: 56 summary: The following section analyzes the properties of modern societies and concludes that “unconditional reliability” – as the distinctive feature of Christian health care services – is still of high relevance. Next, we analyze the portfolio of Christian health care services in order to determine the most appropriate service program of these institutions. keywords: care; care services; cash; christian; christian health; health; health care; market; priority; providers; reliability; services; society cache: cjgh-104.pdf plain text: cjgh-104.txt item: #6 of 294 id: cjgh-105 author: Downing, Raymond title: Christian involvement in Sustainable Development Goals date: 2016-05-15 words: 1982 flesch: 58 summary: Yet, note that for both sides there was a fundamental agreement on two points: 1) the rest of the world, the “Third World,” needed “development,” and 2) the key to development was economic: development meant economic development. 15 Illich made clear what was by now becoming obvious, that third world development was only economic development, a development that progressively erased indigenous cultures. keywords: christian; development; health; sdgs; world cache: cjgh-105.pdf plain text: cjgh-105.txt item: #7 of 294 id: cjgh-107 author: Larrison, Matthew title: Teleradiology Service for Mission Hospitals: Initial Experiences date: 2016-05-15 words: 1496 flesch: 45 summary: Teleradiology service for mission hospitals: initial experiences in Ethiopia and Kenya Matthew Larrison a , Stanley G. Cheng b and Stephen McManus c a MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, UAB Hospital, USA b Southern California Permanente Medical Group Department of Radiology, San Diego, CA, USA c AtlanticMedical Imaging, USA Introduction Throughout their history, mission hospitals have provided high quality and lifesaving medical care to regions of the world where medical care is sparse. As advances in diagnostic medical imaging have progressed and become mainstream in the developed world, mission hospitals have adopted advanced imaging modalities. keywords: hospital; radiologists; teleradiology; tenwek cache: cjgh-107.pdf plain text: cjgh-107.txt item: #8 of 294 id: cjgh-11 author: Freitas, Holly; Nayak, Marcia Anne title: The Fire Is Coming: An HIV-Prevention Intervention Contextualized To The Maasai People Of Tanzania date: 2014-06-19 words: 4546 flesch: 44 summary: Furthermore, all national HIV surveil- lance efforts, including KAP studies, have been con- ducted in Swahili,7 leaving non-Swahili speakers un- counted, their voices unheard, and their plight un- known to both national and international organiza- tions concerned with HIV and AIDS.8,9 Most Maasai people in Tanzania live in rural areas distant from city hubs where HIV prevention, testing, and treat- ment services can be obtained. 1) accepting attitudes toward those living with HIV/AIDS, 2) attitudes toward negotiating safer-sex- ual relationships with husband/wife, and 3) attitudes of adults toward educating youth about condoms to prevent HIV.7 Within our definition we also include attitudes toward self-efficacy in reducing HIV risk, vulnerability, or risk in contracting HIV and willing- ness to be tested for HIV infection. keywords: area; behaviors; comparison; health; hiv; intervention; knowledge; maasai; respondents; tanzania cache: cjgh-11.pdf plain text: cjgh-11.txt item: #9 of 294 id: cjgh-110 author: Sing Key, Rev Morris title: Karawaci Conference on Christian Response to Global Heath Issues date: 2016-05-15 words: 1306 flesch: 39 summary: Christian healthcare workers from 13 different countries participated. This conference was designed to bring together healthcare workers from a variety of backgrounds, ranging from chaplaincy, bioethics, academics, as well as those working with economic disparity and emerging healthcare issues. keywords: christian; conference; healthcare; response cache: cjgh-110.pdf plain text: cjgh-110.txt item: #10 of 294 id: cjgh-112 author: O'Neill, Daniel W title: Theological foundations for an effective Christian response to the global disease burden in resource-constrained regions date: 2016-05-15 words: 4037 flesch: 53 summary: This means that skills, best practices, and reflections must be shared — growing and learning together toward the goal of God-honoring improvements in global health. Conclusion Expanding Christian communities through- out the world are indeed in a critical position to be faithful witnesses to the God who heals, to be salt and light to a health care industry that desperately needs to provide affordable, accessible, compassionate whole-person care to every population, and to influence policy and practice in global health toward equity and justice. keywords: care; christian; church; global; god; healing; health; human; journal; systems; world cache: cjgh-112.pdf plain text: cjgh-112.txt item: #11 of 294 id: cjgh-113 author: Brooks, Michael F; Ehrenfried, Maggie title: Developing and measuring healthcare capacity and quality in Burundi: LifeNet International’s horizontal conversion franchise model date: 2016-11-08 words: 4163 flesch: 40 summary: Because 50% of the LN QSC corresponds directly to the MOH evaluation tool, there should be a correlation between improvements at facilities when measured by both tools over similar time periods during LN intervention. By training workers in the general health system instead of redistributing them according to vertical priorities, LN interventions strengthen local systems instead of weakening them. keywords: care; centers; franchise; health; international; management; model; qsc; quality; training; vertical cache: cjgh-113.pdf plain text: cjgh-113.txt item: #12 of 294 id: cjgh-114 author: Shumba, Constance Sibongile; Miyonga, Jonathan; Kiconco, Judith; Kerchan, Patrick; Tumwesigye, Tonny title: A qualitative study on provider perspectives on the barriers to contraceptive use in Kaliro and Iganga districts, Eastern Central Uganda date: 2016-11-08 words: 6679 flesch: 50 summary: The lack of awareness was attributed to lack of access to information, and this posed a barrier to use of family planning services and reflected the difficulties encountered by the healthcare workers in providing family planning and reproductive health. “People in the community believe that women can become infertile, get cancer and complications due to family planning methods.” keywords: chws; community; contraceptives; facility; family; family planning; health; methods; planning; uganda; use; women; workers cache: cjgh-114.pdf plain text: cjgh-114.txt item: #13 of 294 id: cjgh-116 author: Young, Rebekah; Hughes, Nicole; Wainwright, Elizabeth; Lankester, Ted; Grills, Nathan title: Community Health Global Network and sustainable development date: 2016-05-13 words: 2515 flesch: 48 summary: CHGN founder, Dr Lankester, commented that these organisations were “often not linked with other charities or local government services and (were) usually unaware that 10 miles down the track another group (were) doing almost exactly the same thing for the community they (were) serving.” 10 CHGN was created out of a desire to link together community organisations and to develop low-cost, high-impact Clusters for the purpose of collaboration, knowledge, and resource sharing around community health. Members identified that their Clusters differed from many other community-led initiatives in terms of their approaches (i.e., a relational and collaborative approach) and achievements (i.e., Clusters reported achieving changes in community health where other organisations had not in the past). keywords: chgn; clusters; community; development; global; health; organisations cache: cjgh-116.pdf plain text: cjgh-116.txt item: #14 of 294 id: cjgh-117 author: Larson, H Elliott title: Christians and the SDGs: Already and not yet date: 2016-05-15 words: 1068 flesch: 44 summary: But global health issues do not escape the purview of Christians, as evidenced by an international conference on global health issues that was attended by three journal editors. The SDGs have less to say specifically about human health than the Millennial Development Goals. keywords: christian; development; health; journal cache: cjgh-117.pdf plain text: cjgh-117.txt item: #15 of 294 id: cjgh-119 author: Tashobya, Christine Kirunga title: Book Review: Improving Aid Effectiveness in Global Health, Elvira Beracochea, Editor. Springer New York 2015, date: 2016-05-16 words: 1786 flesch: 50 summary: The book is intended to provide guidance to global health professionals for purposes of planning and implementing development projects and various initiatives and programs in global health. The USG approach to aid, in this book, has been said to consider defense and diplomacy before development; this has far reaching implications for how USG aid is managed and how it relates to international provisions and guidance for global health and aid management. keywords: aid; book; effectiveness; health cache: cjgh-119.pdf plain text: cjgh-119.txt item: #16 of 294 id: cjgh-12 author: Foster, Ken title: Beyond “Teach a Man to Fish”: Communal Meta-cognition as the Key to Sustainable Professional Development. date: 2014-06-19 words: 2085 flesch: 55 summary: This is relevant to medical education in resource-poor countries and is illustrated with the author’s own surgical experience. To the extent that medical education can be shifted away from maximizing the capacities of individual doctors and towards the promotion of a culture of learning as a community, then change begins to come from within. keywords: change; cognition; community; education; health; meta cache: cjgh-12.pdf plain text: cjgh-12.txt item: #17 of 294 id: cjgh-123 author: Fountain, Douglas L; Mukooza, Edward; Kanyesigye, Edward title: Health and wholeness undergraduate course in Uganda: potential public health impact and transferability date: 2016-11-08 words: 6324 flesch: 54 summary: For example, health courses could be more effective when they support students’ self-assessment, contract with students for change in health behavior, and encourage students to engage in campus-wide health programs. While common in other higher education contexts, general education courses and health education courses in particular are uncommon in the Africa higher education context. keywords: christian; course; education; fountain; global; health; kanyesigye; mukooza; public; students; ucu; uganda; university; wholeness cache: cjgh-123.pdf plain text: cjgh-123.txt item: #18 of 294 id: cjgh-125 author: Thomas, Dr. Tomi; Maliekal, Dr. Anto title: Maternal and child health from a human rights perspective: the Indian scenario and nuns as community health enablers date: 2016-11-08 words: 9069 flesch: 36 summary: Maternal and Child/Adolescent Mental Health Mental health problems are a key determinant of maternal and child mortality and morbidity, but are not currently recognized in existing initiatives to promote maternal health, and improve sexual and reproductive health and child health. Muzik M, Borovska S. Perinatal depression: implications for child mental health. keywords: care; chai; child; child health; children; christian; community; community health; health; human; india; internet; journal; jul; maliekal; maternal; mortality; rights; services; thomas; women cache: cjgh-125.pdf plain text: cjgh-125.txt item: #19 of 294 id: cjgh-126 author: Butler, Kathryn L title: Modern medicine failed me in Kenya date: 2016-11-08 words: 1406 flesch: 77 summary: They wove stories of rejection and discouragement at local clinics; anecdotes of struggling with ailments for years without an understanding of the cause; and the frequent complaints, “They just give me tablets, and it never gets better.” Yet God worked in our hearts, and in those of the patients whom we served, in ways subtle and dramatic, indiscernible, and cacophonous, beautiful, and mysterious. keywords: christ; clinic; face; patients cache: cjgh-126.pdf plain text: cjgh-126.txt item: #20 of 294 id: cjgh-127 author: Morgan, Huw title: PRIME Partnerships in International Medical Education - Restoring a Christian ethos to medical education worldwide date: 2016-11-08 words: 3292 flesch: 47 summary: Historical Context Modern medicine and medical teaching have developed in the Western world, influenced by both the Christian tradition of hospitality pioneered by the European monasteries 1 , and the Judao-Christian value system that has historically underpinned the major institutions of our society (Government, Law, Education, Commerce, etc.). So the realities of medical practice in the world today include the following:  Gross inequalities in access to health care within and between nations  Poor governmental management of health care systems  keywords: care; christian; countries; education; health; medical; medicine; prime; teaching cache: cjgh-127.pdf plain text: cjgh-127.txt item: #21 of 294 id: cjgh-129 author: Kvasnicka, John; Olson, Ken; Saga, Mufwimi; Danda, Ignas; Hurley, Randy; Moody, Gary; Wilke, Cindy title: Teaching quality improvement in Tanzania: a model of inter-professional partnership for global health development date: 2017-03-09 words: 5862 flesch: 49 summary: 22 Evaluation of global health education and training programs should include leadership development, effects on health care systems, and health outcomes. Managing the demand for global health education. keywords: attendees; care; christian; conference; development; education; global; health; hospitals; improvement; learning; quality; shoulder; table; tanzania; tzs cache: cjgh-129.pdf plain text: cjgh-129.txt item: #22 of 294 id: cjgh-13 author: Hartzler, Melody L.; Chen, Aleda M.H.; Murphy, Bethany L.; Rodewald, Sarah J. title: Evaluation of Jamaican knowledge of diabetes and health beliefs date: 2014-11-06 words: 5087 flesch: 52 summary: Associations of diabetes knowledge (SKILLD score) and readiness to take action (HBM-11 score) with demographic characteristics Readiness to take action (HBM-11) Diabetes knowledge (SKILLD) Scores range from 11 to 55, with higher scores indicating a readiness to take positive diabetes health actions. keywords: action; barriers; beliefs; care; diabetes; education; health; jamaica; knowledge; participants; patients; study cache: cjgh-13.pdf plain text: cjgh-13.txt item: #23 of 294 id: cjgh-130 author: Metzger, Amy M; Bormet, Mona title: Pharmaceutical stockouts: problems and remedies for faith-based health facilities in Africa date: 2017-07-12 words: 5462 flesch: 39 summary: To help them address these problems, CCIH collab- orated with John Snow, Inc., to produce a simple guide2 and webinar3 about how to get RH supplies for health facilities. They included HZ offices, health facilities, depots (faith-based and regional), the social marketing agency, MOH, and UNFPA. keywords: christian; facilities; faith; fbo; health; products; supplies; supply cache: cjgh-130.pdf plain text: cjgh-130.txt item: #24 of 294 id: cjgh-131 author: Slashcheva, Lyubov D; Strand, Mark A; VanReken, Ruth E; Sanford, Collin; Phillips, J Dwight; Halverson, Gloria title: Continuing medical and dental education on the global stage: The nexus of supporting international Christian healthcare workers and developing educators date: 2016-11-08 words: 5138 flesch: 42 summary: This faculty also has experience working in low resource countries, an asset that improves the practical application of didactic concepts to the practice settings of conference participants. Synonymous terms used to refer to the population served by the program described in this report include healthcare missionary, those engaged in missionary service, missionary physicians, and international healthcare workers. keywords: christian; conference; education; global; healthcare; medical; missionaries; participants; program; strand; support; workers cache: cjgh-131.pdf plain text: cjgh-131.txt item: #25 of 294 id: cjgh-132 author: Merry, Stephen Paul; Dahlman, Bruce; Sawatsky, Adam; Palmer, Dennis; Shannon, Kevin C.; Thacher, Thomas D. title: Starting and resourcing family and internal medicine residency programs as integral mission date: 2016-11-08 words: 4592 flesch: 34 summary: Most of them have been family medicine residency programs. Formation The steps to formation and accreditation of family medicine residencies have been delineated in other documents. keywords: care; christian; development; education; family; family medicine; health; hospital; medical; medicine; programs; residency; training cache: cjgh-132.pdf plain text: cjgh-132.txt item: #26 of 294 id: cjgh-133 author: Smith, James D; Poenaru, Dan; Phillips, J Dwight title: Fostering international undergraduate medical education date: 2016-11-08 words: 3576 flesch: 47 summary: The latter of these is most critical in light of the many new medical schools being opened without advance consideration of clinical teaching, resulting in medical schools literally competing for patients in both public and private hospitals. The reverse problem occurs in countries where medical schools recruit foreign students to raise tuition income, then teach the students in English using faculty whose command of English is suboptimal, thus leading to a poor atmosphere and outcome. keywords: christian; education; faculty; global; health; medical; phillips; poenaru; resources; schools; training cache: cjgh-133.pdf plain text: cjgh-133.txt item: #27 of 294 id: cjgh-134 author: Smith, James D; Holland, Roger P; Phillips, J Dwight; Falkenheimer, Sharon A title: Mobilizing and training academic faculty for medical mission: current status and future directions date: 2016-11-08 words: 4444 flesch: 45 summary: All of this may seem daunting and discourage some, but there are many resources already available to those pursuing health care education missions. The workgroup divided up its discussion between short- (less than 2 years) and long-term (more than two years) missions and then focused the discussion on the following topics: 1) Current status, 2) Identifying and mobilizing faculty, 3) Medical school needs in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), 4) Motivation for participation, 5) Barriers to participation in medical education missions, 6) Issues in medical education missions, 7) Recommendations for future efforts, and 8) Best practices. keywords: care; christian; education; faculty; health; missions; need; new; schools; training cache: cjgh-134.pdf plain text: cjgh-134.txt item: #28 of 294 id: cjgh-135 author: Smith, James D; Poenaru, Dan; Thompson, David; Phillips, J Dwight title: Surgical residency training in the mission setting: current status and future directions date: 2016-11-08 words: 4814 flesch: 53 summary: In some countries, recognition may also involve the Ministry of Education (MOE) that may control recognition of training programs in some countries. This made it difficult for non-university hospitals to have training programs. keywords: care; faculty; global; health; hospital; mission; paacs; program; residents; surgeons; training cache: cjgh-135.pdf plain text: cjgh-135.txt item: #29 of 294 id: cjgh-14 author: Campbell, Ian title: The intersection of home care and HIV with health and faith date: 2014-06-19 words: 2098 flesch: 63 summary: A recent example is shared from China, where community health and church workers have an intense interest in the development of local initiative in response to HIV. In local community we find who we are, and we meet God, if we wish, be- cause He is the facilitator of reconciling relation- ships. keywords: community; faith; health; hiv; home; zambia cache: cjgh-14.pdf plain text: cjgh-14.txt item: #30 of 294 id: cjgh-140 author: Falkenheimer, Sharon Ann title: Equipping healthcare professionals to care for the whole person date: 2016-11-08 words: 2240 flesch: 45 summary: Research is in progress to describe how such plans for whole person medicine training have been implemented in a variety of nations and will be published separately. The purpose of this article is to describe a program and international network helping to address the need for curricula and methods to educate healthcare professionals in whole person care wholistically and to make the availability of these resources more widely known to those likely to benefit from and use them. keywords: care; course; healthcare; medical; person; prime; spiritual cache: cjgh-140.pdf plain text: cjgh-140.txt item: #31 of 294 id: cjgh-141 author: Wordsworth, Helen Anne title: An educational model for preparing Christian nurses and church congregations to offer local whole-person health programmes date: 2016-11-08 words: 3052 flesch: 53 summary: Background Westberg, a Lutheran hospital chaplain and pioneer in the field of whole person health, saw the potential for nurses to use their skills with congregations in the 1970s. 10 This faces the Church with the following challenge: if Christian nurses are to work with congregations and communities in promoting whole person health, how may they be educated and given permission to rediscover the ministry of prayer in appropriate ways with patients? keywords: care; christian; church; community; health; nurses; nursing; parish cache: cjgh-141.pdf plain text: cjgh-141.txt item: #32 of 294 id: cjgh-142 author: Butcher, Nicole; Sitther, Adeline; Velavan, Jachin; John, Elizabeth; Thomas, Mary Chandra; Grills, Nathan title: Evaluation of community health worker training course effectiveness in India date: 2016-11-08 words: 4972 flesch: 56 summary: Community health workers for universal health-care coverage: from fragmentation to synergy. 4. Bhutta ZA, Lassi ZS, Pariyo G, Huicho L. Global experience of community health workers for delivery of health related millennium development goals: a systematic review, country case studies, and recommendations for integration into national health systems. keywords: areas; christian; clhtc; community; course; graduates; health; india; medical; respondents; trainees; training; workers cache: cjgh-142.pdf plain text: cjgh-142.txt item: #33 of 294 id: cjgh-145 author: Young, Rebekah; Reeve, Matthew; Devine, Alex; Singh, Lawrence; Grills, Nathan title: A realist evaluation of the formation of groups of people with disabilities in northern India date: 2016-11-08 words: 10055 flesch: 48 summary: It seemed that relational cohesion among group members was both a mechanism that promoted group formation and function, and also an outcome of group formation that members perceived as valuable. Modelling of group function Earlier group formation Enthusiasm of DPG members after seeing what has been accomplished by other groups More rapid transfer of responsibility for group leadership from NGO to DPG members Knowledge and resource sharing Earlier access to government schemes and entitlements Increased identity and confidence through larger group numbers Increased participation of group members in broader society Funding provision from external entity (NGO) in early phases of group formation Ability of groups to focus on developing strong relationships in early phases of group formation Retention of group members (due to the development of trusting relationships between members) Protection against financial mis-dealings in early phases of group formation Election of a treasurer and transition to collecting contributions for group finances Modelling of good financial practices Enablement of DPGs to sustain organisational costs in early phase 78 Young, Reeve, Devine, Singh & Grills Nov 2016. keywords: community; disabilities; disability; dpgs; dpo; formation; global; grills; group; health; members; ngo; people; staff; study; support cache: cjgh-145.pdf plain text: cjgh-145.txt item: #34 of 294 id: cjgh-146 author: Kroeker, Deborah A; Walling, Anne title: Outcomes of a faculty development conference in Mongolia date: 2016-11-08 words: 6183 flesch: 48 summary: Previous studies have addressed the outcomes of faculty development conferences, predominantly in westernized countries. 6 Little information is available on the outcomes of faculty development conferences in developing countries, especially those using a https://cmda.org/missions/detail/mei 40 Kroeker & Walling Nov 2016. keywords: conference; development; education; faculty; group; medical; participants; residency; survey; training cache: cjgh-146.pdf plain text: cjgh-146.txt item: #35 of 294 id: cjgh-147 author: Sessions, Kristen L; Phillips, J Dwight; Merry, Stephen P title: Avoiding pitfalls in overseas medical educational experiences date: 2017-03-09 words: 3224 flesch: 49 summary: Avoiding pitfalls in overseas medical educational experiences Kristen L Sessions a , J Dwight Phillips b , Stephen P Merry c a MSIV, School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA b MD, Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA c MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, USA Abstract In the United States, there are a growing number of medical students participating in international health electives. Medical students who participate in an international rotation are more likely to work in a resource-poor setting, care for poor and ethnic minorities, and choose primary care specialties after graduating. keywords: care; global; health; host; international; medical; short; students; trainees; training cache: cjgh-147.pdf plain text: cjgh-147.txt item: #36 of 294 id: cjgh-149 author: Larson, H Elliott title: Educating globally for health date: 2016-11-08 words: 706 flesch: 36 summary: These studies assess the effectiveness of very grass roots efforts in developing world contexts to build health capacity. Christian Journal for Global Health, 3(1):1-2 Educating globally for health keywords: christian; global; health cache: cjgh-149.pdf plain text: cjgh-149.txt item: #37 of 294 id: cjgh-15 author: Lankester, Ted title: Speaking Out Into the Future date: 2014-06-19 words: 1517 flesch: 56 summary: Christian Journal for Global Health, 1(1):3-5 Speaking Out Into a New Future Ted Lankester a a MA, MB, BChir, MRCGP, RCPSGlasg is founder of Community Health Global Network and Director of Health Services, Interhealth, UK. Renewing partnerships with faith based communities and services. keywords: christian; faith; health; new; world cache: cjgh-15.pdf plain text: cjgh-15.txt item: #38 of 294 id: cjgh-150 author: Shah, Vinod; Larson, H Elliott; Grills, Nathan; Soderling, Michael; O'Neill, Daniel title: Exporting medical education date: 2016-11-08 words: 1790 flesch: 46 summary: Four con- ference reports in this issue deal with efforts to provide assistance to medical education in low and middle income countries (LMIC). Their discussions showed awareness of the enormous challenges posed when attempting to deliver medical education in cross-cultural LMIC settings. keywords: education; health; medical; medicine; students; training cache: cjgh-150.pdf plain text: cjgh-150.txt item: #39 of 294 id: cjgh-152 author: Snyder, Cheryl; Chisenga, Rose title: Impact of a pre-clinical skills course with Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) on preparedness and confidence levels of medical students in Africa date: 2017-03-09 words: 5067 flesch: 40 summary: Impact of a pre-clinical skills course with Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) on preparedness and confidence levels of medical students in Africa Cheryl Snyder a , Rose Chisenga b a MA, DO, Associate Professor and Chair of the Science Department, San Diego Christian College, United States b MB ChB, Junior Resident Medical Officer, University of Zambia, Zambia Abstract Background: Many benefits of pre-clinical medical skills training have been documented in technologically advanced nations, and in the past decade these courses have been introduced to developing countries. 6-8 By 2012, pre-clinical medical skills training had been introduced into other African nations, however a literature search failed to report on cost-effective curriculum or evidence-based methodology. keywords: confidence; course; group; health; pal; patient; peer; program; skills; students; training; year cache: cjgh-152.pdf plain text: cjgh-152.txt item: #40 of 294 id: cjgh-156 author: Jun, Jeany Kim; Koo, Junia S.; Kang, Amy Y.; Chien, Deborah B.; Shim, Albert; Knutson, Dale; Kim, Eda M. title: Utilizing three years of epidemiological data from medical missions in Cambodia to shape the mobile medical clinic formulary date: 2017-03-09 words: 4400 flesch: 51 summary: Since most patients treated for hyperglycemia required the maximum dose of metformin at 2000 mg/day, four tablets of metformin 500 mg were required daily for patients. Methods: Data for patients seen during week-long mobile medical clinics was collected in Cambodia during Septembers 2012 to 2014. keywords: blood; cambodia; data; glucose; health; medical; medications; patients; prevalence; years cache: cjgh-156.pdf plain text: cjgh-156.txt item: #41 of 294 id: cjgh-157 author: Crouch, Mark title: The proper college date: 2017-03-09 words: 2499 flesch: 59 summary: A fantastic health education ministry suggests in one of its resources that “all those who are skilled and experienced teachers should consider whether they can spend some time every year, or the final years of their career before retirement, working as medical teachers in developing countries.” 8 While skilled and experienced teachers are needed, this ethos ought to be tailored to the medical climate of the receiving nation. Expatriate Christian physicians working in medical missions should be examples of Christ-like care in a hurting world to those under our instruction. keywords: bible; health; international; medical; medicine; world cache: cjgh-157.pdf plain text: cjgh-157.txt item: #42 of 294 id: cjgh-158 author: O'Neill, Daniel W title: What works? Evidence on the role of faith in poverty reduction date: 2017-03-09 words: 2308 flesch: 34 summary: Measuring religious faith in cancer patients: reliability and construct validity of the Santa Clara strength of religious faith questionnaire . The Evidence Working Group of the Joint Learning Initiative for Faith and Local Communities, of which Christian Journal for Global Health is a participant, seeks to 1. encourage “evidence literacy” among FBOs, 2. communicate to faith communities the evidence already known about the “doability” of addressing extreme poverty, 3. share and promote the generation of evidence about the activity and impact of faith groups toward ending extreme poverty, and 4. encourage the exploration, measurement and communication of the distinctive faith assets that faith communities can bring. keywords: christian; development; evidence; faith; health; impact; internet; poverty; world cache: cjgh-158.pdf plain text: cjgh-158.txt item: #43 of 294 id: cjgh-159 author: Erb, Kathy title: Christian Connections for International Health (CCIH) conference explores relationship between Christian faith and sustainable development, and role of FBOs in global health date: 2017-03-09 words: 2218 flesch: 34 summary: Christian Connections for International Health (CCIH) conference explores relationship between Christian faith and sustainable development, and role of FBOs in global health Kathy Erb a a Communications Manager, Christian Connections for International Health, United States The CCIH 30th Annual Conference was held June 17-19, 2016 at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, USA with a theme of sustainability and how it intersects with our Christian faith. Church-related education and health systems have worked closely with the health ministry to improve the health status of the Zambian people for more than 100 years, and Christian health organizations have shown their commitment to serving the needs of the vulnerable. keywords: christian; conference; development; faith; global; health cache: cjgh-159.pdf plain text: cjgh-159.txt item: #44 of 294 id: cjgh-16 author: Grundmann, Christoffer H title: Sent to heal! - About the biblical roots, the history, and the legacy of medical missions. date: 2014-06-19 words: 6404 flesch: 59 summary: The article situates medical missions within the broader context of the healing ministry of the Christian Church. The second section provides a survey of Christian healing initiatives and care for the sick from the Early Church until the emergence of medical missions in the nineteenth century. keywords: care; century; christian; church; god; grundmann; healing; health; jesus; journal; medical; ministry; missionary; missions; salvation; world cache: cjgh-16.pdf plain text: cjgh-16.txt item: #45 of 294 id: cjgh-160 author: Mitchell, Robert Bradley; Grills, Nathan John title: A historic humanitarian collaboration in the Pacific context date: 2017-07-12 words: 4500 flesch: 45 summary: Historically, there are some clear examples of ecumenical cooperation for the sake of the public good between Pacific churches. The context for CAN DO was the recog- nition that climate change was damaging health and wellbeing in Pacific communities – especially in terms of climate-related disasters – and that churches had a unique role within the civil society in the region. keywords: christian; churches; climate; collaboration; development; faith; global; health; journal; organisations; pacific cache: cjgh-160.pdf plain text: cjgh-160.txt item: #46 of 294 id: cjgh-161 author: Labosier, Brian C title: Book Review of Healing in the Gospel of Matthew: Reflections on Method and Ministry by Walter T. Wilson date: 2017-03-09 words: 1679 flesch: 52 summary: His approach is an interdisciplinary one built around both traditional and newer approaches to biblical criticism. by a given culture both in the ancient world and, by implication, today Put simply, his interdisciplinary approach challenges us to use these different approaches to biblical criticism to help us see new connections between diverse areas of knowledge. keywords: criticism; healing; matthew; wilson cache: cjgh-161.pdf plain text: cjgh-161.txt item: #47 of 294 id: cjgh-162 author: Butcher, Nicole; Grills, Nathan title: Impacts of community lay-leader health worker training & practice (Uttarakhand, India) date: 2017-07-12 words: 5731 flesch: 52 summary: Key words: community health worker, training, India, primary healthcare, advocacy, health system strengthening Introduction Community Health Workers (CHWs) provide and extend health education and healthcare to remote populations where geography and socio-economic disadvantage typically impede access to health information and services. What do community health workers have to say about their work, and how can this inform improved programme design? keywords: candidates; clhtc; community; course; global; graduates; health; healthcare; india; journal; support; training; villagers; workers cache: cjgh-162.pdf plain text: cjgh-162.txt item: #48 of 294 id: cjgh-163 author: Larson, H Elliott title: Supplement on health-related education, healing and sustainable development date: 2017-03-09 words: 698 flesch: 41 summary: Dr. Cheryl Snyder and Rose Chisenga developed a training program for senior medical students who then taught clinical skills to fourth year students. Training in clinical skills for medical students can be demanding of staff and teaching time, especially in settings where senior clinicians face competition for their time from their own practice and administrative duties. keywords: conference; health cache: cjgh-163.pdf plain text: cjgh-163.txt item: #49 of 294 id: cjgh-164 author: VanEnk, Lauren; Kasyaba, Ronald; Kanani, Prince Bosco; Tumwesigye, Tonny; Cachan, Jeannette title: Closing the gap: the potential of Christian Health Associations in expanding access to family planning date: 2017-06-30 words: 6298 flesch: 45 summary: The KIT assesses provider competency in screening for and offering family planning methods. Many CHAs have community health programs but are not currently offering family planning methods at the community level due to lack of funding and capacity. keywords: awareness; christian; community; family; family planning; health; intervention; methods; planning; providers; rwanda; uganda; year cache: cjgh-164.pdf plain text: cjgh-164.txt item: #50 of 294 id: cjgh-169 author: Allison, Adrienne; Basikoro, Eloho E. title: Why World Vision supports healthy timing and spacing of pregnancies to improve maternal and child health: a faith-based perspective date: 2017-07-12 words: 2599 flesch: 43 summary: As new data were published in 2008 and again in 2014, measuring the impact of the length of the preceding birth-to-conception interval on maternal, infant, and child mortality and child stunting, World Vision adopted the term “healthy timing and spacing of pregnancies” (HTSP) as its approach to family planning. However, children born to older mothers are less likely to be stunted and underweight than those born to mothers less than 18 years of age.2 In 2012, The Lancet published a report on birth timing and spacing that verified this research, and supported the integration of family planning with maternal and child health programs. keywords: birth; child; family; health; htsp; planning; pregnancies cache: cjgh-169.pdf plain text: cjgh-169.txt item: #51 of 294 id: cjgh-17 author: Thomas, Mathew Santhosh title: Book Review: Commitment, conscience or compromise date: 2014-06-19 words: 1025 flesch: 48 summary: Though the broader areas of Christian health care services have been researched by many, this research seems to be the first of its kind where the issue of relationship between changing financial contexts, government relationships, and services provided are being studied. There is potential for Christian health care services to provide compassionate and quality care with an ethos preferred by many seeking care. keywords: care; christian; health cache: cjgh-17.pdf plain text: cjgh-17.txt item: #52 of 294 id: cjgh-170 author: Bhatta, Ghanshyam K; Orellana, Josue; Mahat, Bidya; Mishra, Ishwar Nath; Tamrakar, Chandeshwari; Sah, Sujit Kumar title: The Increasing access to family planning services through a non-health sector: Technical Integration Coverage and Access (TICA) in Nepal date: 2017-07-12 words: 6278 flesch: 51 summary: TICA could also contribute to Nepal’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by supporting the private sector and MoH to increase availability of FP services and percentage of WRA utilizing FP methods. Table 6: Status of Currently Using Family Planning Methods by Age Categories Age Categories in Years FP Users FP Non-users keywords: family; groups; health; methods; nepal; planning; services; study; tica; use; women cache: cjgh-170.pdf plain text: cjgh-170.txt item: #53 of 294 id: cjgh-172 author: Fernandes, Helen Lea; Cantrill, Stephanie; Kamal, Raj; Shrestha, Ram Lal title: Inclusion of people with psychosocial disability in low and middle income contexts: a practice review date: 2017-10-23 words: 5583 flesch: 48 summary: There is a need for research which highlights approaches to broader inclusion, considering historical, cultural, social, and economic life contexts and recognises the community as a determinant of mental health—in prevention, recovery, resilience, and support of holistic wellness. The work of these local organisations draws attention to the complexities surrounding mental health, such as additional stigmatisation within the caste system, security concerns or natural disasters compounding accessibility, poverty, and additional stressors associated with political uncertainty and social exclusion. keywords: approaches; cmc; communities; community; development; disability; eha; government; health; inclusion; people; stigma; tpa; work cache: cjgh-172.pdf plain text: cjgh-172.txt item: #54 of 294 id: cjgh-173 author: Docking, Margaret Lynne title: Increasing the church’s relevance and impact in poor-resource areas by adding sexual reproductive health to missional activities date: 2017-07-12 words: 2295 flesch: 55 summary: He writes, “The church of Uganda recognises this manual and the Wise Choices for Life program as a unique opportunity to equip youth all over the world with knowledge on sexual reproduc- tive health, family planning, maternal child health, and HIV/AIDS within the context of their families and environment. Increasing the church’s relevance and impact in poor-resource areas by adding sexual reproductive health to missional activities www.cjgh.org July 2017 | 95 FIELD REPORT Christian Journal for Global Health | Increasing the church’s relevance and impact in poor-resource areas by adding sexual reproductive health to missional activities Margaret Lynne Dockinga a Director, Wise Choices for Life reproductive health training workshops, Uganda To be relevant in the world today, the church must prioritise sexual reproductive health and family planning. keywords: christian; church; family; health; planning; uganda; women cache: cjgh-173.pdf plain text: cjgh-173.txt item: #55 of 294 id: cjgh-175 author: Duah, James; Yeboah, Peter title: Family planning practice among Christian health service providers in Ghana: a case study date: 2017-07-12 words: 3911 flesch: 44 summary: This case report presents an overview of how the Christian Health Association has provided family planning services for marginalized communities in Ghana by Church denomina- tions some of whose doctrines forbid them from practicing certain forms of family planning. Consequently, family planning was prioritized by all agencies, including CHAG, such that about 115 midwives and community health nurses were trained in family planning methods within CHAG. keywords: chag; christian; family; ghana; health; methods; percent; planning cache: cjgh-175.pdf plain text: cjgh-175.txt item: #56 of 294 id: cjgh-178 author: McVay, John; Place, Christopher L.; Stevens, David L. title: Recruiting long-term healthcare missionaries: insights from surveys of those who have gone and those who aspire to go date: 2017-10-23 words: 7462 flesch: 63 summary: Please rate the following factors as no concern, some concern, or strong concern. Concerns for my children or future children Not a concern - Some concern - Strong concern 20. keywords: concern; concern concern; draw; healthcare; help; missionaries; missions; responses; survey; term cache: cjgh-178.pdf plain text: cjgh-178.txt item: #57 of 294 id: cjgh-18 author: Kimbrough, Bradly Alexander; Baker, Lisa title: A Study of Volunteer Community Health Workers Promoting Maternal Health Services in Rural Kenya: A Christian Viewpoint date: 2014-11-06 words: 6783 flesch: 58 summary: Jan S. A holistic approach to the economic evaluation of health programs using institutionalist methodology. A study of volunteer community health workers pro- moting maternal health services in rural Kenya: A Christian viewpoint. keywords: center; christian; chw; chws; community; cost; deliveries; east; health; koguta; lesotho; number; program; study; women cache: cjgh-18.pdf plain text: cjgh-18.txt item: #58 of 294 id: cjgh-180 author: Pallant, Dean H title: Faith-based development: how Christian organizations can make a difference, by Bob Mitchell, Foreword by Bryant L Myers, Orbis Books. 2017 date: 2017-07-12 words: 1510 flesch: 41 summary: Mitchell critiques secular development as often being too western, arrogant, and having too narrow an economic focus. Mitchell recognizes that the resources of faith are too often suppressed in development practice, even in Christian-based organizations, due to the “cult of modernity” (p166). keywords: christian; development; faith; fbos; mitchell cache: cjgh-180.pdf plain text: cjgh-180.txt item: #59 of 294 id: cjgh-182 author: Larson, H Elliott title: The global church and family planning: creative collaboration date: 2017-06-30 words: 1104 flesch: 35 summary: Family planning has been promoted as part of a Christian global health agenda, as exemplified in a previous editorial by Mosley.1 Two case studies illustrate approaches to fostering family planning within this agenda. The global church and family planning: creative collaboration Family planning is both a crucial issue for global health and a sometimes vexatious issue for many individual Christians and church institutions. keywords: christian; family; health; planning cache: cjgh-182.pdf plain text: cjgh-182.txt item: #60 of 294 id: cjgh-183 author: Oas, Rebecca Grace title: Communities of faith and the global family planning movement: friends or foes? date: 2017-07-07 words: 3728 flesch: 32 summary: To the extent that family planning is under- stood to exclude abortion, some Christian aid organizations have been able to justify providing family planning methods, inasmuch as the methods they offer are otherwise deemed morally acceptable. Rebecca Oasa a PhD, Associate Director of Research, Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam), New York, NY, USA Within the Christian community, diverse views exist on the theological and moral dimensions of family planning, and specifically of contraception. keywords: abortion; christian; family; family planning; health; international; methods; movement; organizations; planning cache: cjgh-183.pdf plain text: cjgh-183.txt item: #61 of 294 id: cjgh-184 author: Wubbenhorst, M. C.; Wubbenhorst, Jeffrey K title: Should Evangelical Christian organizations support international family planning? date: 2017-10-23 words: 10784 flesch: 49 summary: Given this Biblical evidence, it is clear that Christian family planning should have nothing to do with elective abortion, including “safe abortion.” Monique C. Wubbenhorst a and Jeffrey K. Wubbenhorst b a MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Division(s) of Duke Specialists in Benign Gynecology & Community Outreach and Education, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Duke University Medical Center, USA b DMin, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, South Hamilton, MA Abstract The evangelical Christian church and Christian international organizations today face considerable pressure to promote family planning in the course of their activities overseas. keywords: abortion; birth; christian; contraception; control; family; family planning; god; health; human; journal; life; maternal; mortality; nov; organizations; planning; pregnancies; pregnancy; risk; use; women; wubbenhorst cache: cjgh-184.pdf plain text: cjgh-184.txt item: #62 of 294 id: cjgh-185 author: O'Neill, Daniel W title: Practice and presence: a gathering for Christians in health care - finding God in all things date: 2017-07-12 words: 1524 flesch: 50 summary: Practice and presence: a gathering for Christians in health care – finding God in all things Daniel W. O'Neilla a MD, MA(Th), Assistant Clinical Professor of Family Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, USA With the complexities and time demands of health care in the late modern world and the scientific reductionist frameworks which tend to depersonalize medicine, as well as the complex systems which frame clinical and global health practice, there is a need for reflection and connection. Organized by the department of Theology, Culture, and Medicine, the conference accomplished its objectives of tuning our eyes and hearts to see God’s presence in our work in healthcare; to engage in imaginative, contemplative reading of scripture and prayer; to learn from Ignatian practices of discernment and decision- making; and to grow in friendship with one another.1 Seeing and Seeking God In the opening session John Hardt, PhD., Associate Professor in Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics, Stritch School of Medicine, and Vice President and Associate Provost of Mission Integration, Loyola University Health System and Health Sciences Division, introduced the Ignatian concepts of seeing God in all things and seeking God as “a beggar, a supplicant” through contemplation to attain divine love. keywords: christian; god; health; medicine; prayer; presence cache: cjgh-185.pdf plain text: cjgh-185.txt item: #63 of 294 id: cjgh-188 author: Alikali, Moses title: The attitudes and activities of pastors and faith leaders in Zimbabwe on the use of family planning methods among their members date: 2017-07-11 words: 4410 flesch: 35 summary: Family planning and its benefits Ninety-six percent of the respondents strongly believe family planning is of great importance to them and their families, and 92 percent agree that the number of children one has should correlate with their financial income. Family planning and abortion/religious beliefs Eighty-two percent of the respondents agree that family planning can reduce the rate of abortion, while some think family planning encourages abor- tion. keywords: faith; family; health; leaders; male; methods; planning; zimbabwe cache: cjgh-188.pdf plain text: cjgh-188.txt item: #64 of 294 id: cjgh-189 author: Ritchie, James V title: Death in a Mission Hospital date: 2017-10-23 words: 4510 flesch: 71 summary: Cultural objections to discussing impending death may be addressed by emphasizing the Christian understanding of earthly death and eternal life, and by honoring the passing of the believing patient. Furthermore, the Bible teaches us not to fear earthly death. keywords: care; ceremony; christian; death; end; families; god; life; patients cache: cjgh-189.pdf plain text: cjgh-189.txt item: #65 of 294 id: cjgh-19 author: Strand, Mark A.; Cole, Andrew M. title: Framing the role of Christians in global health date: 2014-11-06 words: 4926 flesch: 59 summary: Proposed Framework The following framework for understand- ing a distinctive ―Christian global health‖ identity and role has been constructed by the authors through selective review of the literature and ex- tensive discussion, developing the three dimen- sions of Christian global health. A model for relating the concepts of Christian global health keywords: christian; community; faith; global; health; healthcare; journal; medical; people; perspective; research; way; work; world cache: cjgh-19.pdf plain text: cjgh-19.txt item: #66 of 294 id: cjgh-191 author: Fort, Alfredo title: The quantitative and qualitative contributions of faith based organizations to healthcare: The Kenya case date: 2017-10-23 words: 5430 flesch: 44 summary: (See details of indicators and their values in Annex 1) Results Quantitative contribution to health care The 2010 KSPA report, Table 2.1 (page 18) reported on the number of health facilities at the time and broke them down by ownership. Health facilities in Kenya by type and ownership Type of service MOH, Public Private For profit Private Not for profit Faith-based Total All hospitals 261 53 64 75 453 Health centers (level 3) 473 21 88 139 721 Nursing homes (level 3) 3 89 54 9 155 Dispensaries (level 2) 2,393 74 380 509 3,356 Clinics (level 2) 20 1,126 693 102 1,941 Laboratory—stand-alone - 52 2 - 54 Dental clinics - 10 1 - 11 Total 3,150 1,425 1,282 834 6,691 Percentage 47% 21% 19% 12% 100% Source: Ministry of Medical Services and Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, 2010 keywords: care; contribution; facilities; facility; faith; fbos; government; health; kenya; organizations; percent; sector; services cache: cjgh-191.pdf plain text: cjgh-191.txt item: #67 of 294 id: cjgh-192 author: O'Shea, Eileen R.; Kanarek, Robin Bennett; Wallace Kazer, Meredith; Kelley, Patrick W.; Thomas, Tomi title: Building nursing capacity for palliative care at a Jesuit Catholic University: A model program date: 2017-10-23 words: 3523 flesch: 29 summary: Coyle N. Introduction to palliative nursing care. The ANA recommendations have education- al implications to enhance graduate level curricula with palliative care education. keywords: care; center; education; health; internet; kanarek; life; nurses; nursing; palliative; university cache: cjgh-192.pdf plain text: cjgh-192.txt item: #68 of 294 id: cjgh-193 author: Foster, Eleanor title: Starting a palliative care initiative using a transformational development approach in Kenya. date: 2017-11-05 words: 3546 flesch: 51 summary: The Kenya Hospice and Palliative Care Association had successfully lobbied the government to put palliative care on its list of essential services, so the sub-county hospitals were mandated to begin offering palliative services and the hospital provided a furnished building for palliative care services along with a supply of medications. The focus of palliative care is relieving the suffering of the patient who has a life limiting illness, and also the suffering of their family. keywords: care; community; development; god; health; initiative; life; palliative; program cache: cjgh-193.pdf plain text: cjgh-193.txt item: #69 of 294 id: cjgh-194 author: Munday, Daniel; Powys, Ruth title: Reflections on the challenges and opportunities for palliative care in Nepal date: 2017-10-23 words: 4480 flesch: 53 summary: This article explores the faith-based context for palliative care and describes the particular issues Nepal faces, the work of Christian mission organizations in supporting palliative care development, and the need for religious and cultural sensitivity. They have been undertaking needs assessment research to promote an evidence- based approach to palliative care development in Nepal. keywords: care; christian; death; development; dying; health; international; life; munday; nepal; palliative; powys cache: cjgh-194.pdf plain text: cjgh-194.txt item: #70 of 294 id: cjgh-195 author: George, Reena title: Broken for you date: 2017-10-23 words: 174 flesch: 37 summary: Reena George, MBBS, MD, MA (Christian Studies), Professor, Palliative Care/Radiation Oncology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India reena.vellore@gmail.com Cite this article as: George R. Broken for you. Christian Journal for Global Health 4(3):102 Broken for You Reena Georgea Touch life tenderly like seed cotyledons, with warm, safe Fatherly hands that deliver, embrace and set free. keywords: life cache: cjgh-195.pdf plain text: cjgh-195.txt item: #71 of 294 id: cjgh-198 author: George, Reena; Mathew, Shefali title: Anatomy lessons date: 2017-10-23 words: 3584 flesch: 66 summary: The brachial plexus that enabled all of these milestones in human history can be damaged by many cancers: breast, lung, and supraclavicular nodes from different primaries. If a patient with breast cancer starts getting supra-scapular pain, I worry about recurrence near the deep brachial plexus, even if the chest wall is pristine. keywords: abdomen; anatomy; body; cancer; care; christian; george; health; patient cache: cjgh-198.pdf plain text: cjgh-198.txt item: #72 of 294 id: cjgh-199 author: Campbell, Ian title: Approaching death in a mission hospital: Foundational experiences shaping health practice and life together date: 2017-11-02 words: 1622 flesch: 47 summary: Setting up community health programmes, fourth edition. EDITORIAL Approaching death in a mission hospital: Foundational experiences shaping health practice and life together Ian Campbella a MBBS, MRCP(UK), DRCOG, MFTM (RCSP-Glasgow), Coordinator, Affirm Facilitation Associates, London, UK The article Death in a Mission Hospital by James V Ritchie in this issue is highly relevant to Christian health practitioners anywhere. keywords: death; faith; health; mission; passing cache: cjgh-199.pdf plain text: cjgh-199.txt item: #73 of 294 id: cjgh-200 author: O'Neill, Daniel W title: Finding Grace in the Face of Dementia by John Dunlop - Crossway, 2017 date: 2017-11-02 words: 1023 flesch: 45 summary: This involves applied biblical values, trust, respect, loving care, relationship building, living for the moment, cherishing memories, citing scripture, church involvement, spiritual growth, prayer, and ending life well. Yet many countries lack awareness and understanding of dementia, resulting in stigmatization, inadequate care, and significant economic hardship. keywords: care; dementia; health cache: cjgh-200.pdf plain text: cjgh-200.txt item: #74 of 294 id: cjgh-201 author: Larson, H Elliott title: Addressing Palliative Care in Low and Middle Income Countries date: 2017-11-02 words: 1049 flesch: 35 summary: Christian Journal for Global Health 4(3) Addressing palliative care in low-and middle-income countries This is an auspicious year for palliative care, being the 50 th anniversary of the establishment of St. Christopher’s Hospice in London by Dame Cicely Saunders. keywords: care; christian; health; palliative cache: cjgh-201.pdf plain text: cjgh-201.txt item: #75 of 294 id: cjgh-202 author: Downing, Raymond title: The Annunciation of the Gospel date: 2018-07-07 words: 3494 flesch: 63 summary: His simple plea 50 years ago was that we disengage from development institutions so that we could more fully live the gospel. Our review of medical missions, however, reveals that over the last two centuries, apologists have included a great deal which may not be gospel. keywords: church; development; gospel; health; illich; medical; power; suffering cache: cjgh-202.pdf plain text: cjgh-202.txt item: #76 of 294 id: cjgh-203 author: Sleasman, Michael J; Cunningham, Paige Comstock title: Bioethics, the global church, and family planning date: 2017-11-19 words: 3150 flesch: 35 summary: Part of the purpose of this themed issue was to raise particular ethical and theological questions surrounding the practice of family planning and its relationship to these broader efforts to reduce maternal and infant mortality, particularly within the context of faith-based organizations. 2 Thus, it was of particular interest to CBHD to address questions concerning family planning and the global Church in light of Christian bioethical and/or Christian bioethical resources that could be brought to bear on the conversation. keywords: awareness; bioethics; christian; christian journal; family; health; journal; planning cache: cjgh-203.pdf plain text: cjgh-203.txt item: #77 of 294 id: cjgh-205 author: Mosley, Wiley Henry title: Why Evangelical Christians Are Supporting International Family Planning: A Response to "Should evangelical Christian organizations support international family planning?" date: 2018-07-06 words: 6383 flesch: 40 summary: Specific points addressed are as follows: fundamentals of the global demographic transition including how the contraceptive revolution has slowed world population growth; the social, economic, and cultural forces driving couples to choose to control their fertility for the welfare of their families; the critical role of contraceptive practice in preventing unintended pregnancies and abortions as well as directly promoting safe motherhood and child health; the evidence that women and couples in less-developed countries desire to control their fertility as attested by the measurement of unmet need for family planning; and the reason why failing to provide poor women and couples in less-developed countries who want to control their fertility with the information and contraceptive methods of their choice is likely to lead to unintended pregnancies and more abortions. Key Words: Christian, family planning, contraception, abortion, international health, morality, safe motherhood, maternal mortality, public health, demographic transition, unmet need, unintended pregnancy 5 Mosley July 2018. keywords: abortion; christian; contraception; couples; family; family planning; fertility; health; international; planning; population; women; world cache: cjgh-205.pdf plain text: cjgh-205.txt item: #78 of 294 id: cjgh-206 author: Doolittle, Benjamin R title: Vulnerability and care: Christian reflections on the philosophy of medicine by Andrew Sloane - Bloomsbury 2016: T & T Clark 2016 date: 2018-07-07 words: 1655 flesch: 57 summary: Christian Reflections on the Philosophy of Medicine by Andrew Sloane - Bloomsbury 2016 Benjamin R Doolittlea a MD, M Div, FAAP, FACP, Associate Professor, Yale University School of Medicine; Program Director, Combined Internal Medicine & Pediatrics Residency Program; Medical Director, Yale Medicine-Pediatrics Practice, United States of America Healthcare is in crisis. Cite this article as: Doolittle B R. Vulnerability and Care: Christian Reflections on the Philosophy of Medicine by Andrew Sloane – Bloomsbury 2016. keywords: care; christian; medicine; sloane cache: cjgh-206.pdf plain text: cjgh-206.txt item: #79 of 294 id: cjgh-207 author: Dyer, Jennifer Eaton; Heuser, Brian Lloyd title: How U.S. Conservatives Perceive and Respond to International Nutrition Issues, and How to Shape Messaging for Successful Advocacy date: 2018-07-07 words: 5688 flesch: 45 summary: Christian Journal for Global Health 5(1):32-43 Across all questions, women found the language of mothers (+5%), children (+6%), and babies (+5%) significantly more compelling within nutrition statements than men when key words were examined, as demonstrated in Figure 7. Key Words: global nutrition, national security, conservatives, advocacy, policy, first 1000 days, nutrition, international aid 32 Dyer & Heuser July 2018. keywords: children; christian; development; figure; funding; global; health; issues; journal; nutrition; prscs; respondents; u.s cache: cjgh-207.pdf plain text: cjgh-207.txt item: #80 of 294 id: cjgh-21 author: Karpf, Ted title: Faith and Health: Past and Present of Relations Between Faith Communities and the World Health Organization date: 2014-06-19 words: 6007 flesch: 52 summary: 2 Highlights include discussions of the fol- lowing: the role of Christian health care provid- ers, the relationship of role and mission, the process by which religious institutions came to work with other entities to extend their influence, and the broad range of health services that reli- gious institutions had come to provide in the countries where they had missions. At WHO’s 1976 Assembly, Dr. Mahler called for the use of primary health methodology to make health services available to all by the year 2000 and of- fered the facilities of WHO to analyze the problems of each country, so as to enable development of health policies and targets which would help national governments achieve this goal. keywords: aids; care; christian; communities; faith; global; health; hiv; organizations; report; services; work; world cache: cjgh-21.pdf plain text: cjgh-21.txt item: #81 of 294 id: cjgh-214 author: Phillips, J Dwight; Smith, James D title: Medical Education as Mission date: 2018-07-07 words: 1258 flesch: 58 summary: Medical education as mission J Dwight Phillipsa and James D Smithb aMD, Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA bMD, Professor Emeritus, Otolaryngology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA We appreciate the insightful commentary of Dr. Mark Crouch in his article The Propper College,1 some of which was stimulated by our articles in an earlier issue of CJGH.2 In fact, we heartily agree with Dr. Crouch and add these additional comments to further emphasize some of the important points he raised. Morgan H. PRIME partnerships in international medical education — restoring a Christian ethos to medical education worldwide. keywords: crouch; health; medical cache: cjgh-214.pdf plain text: cjgh-214.txt item: #82 of 294 id: cjgh-215 author: Boan, David; Andrews, Benjamin; Drake Sanders, Kalen; Martinson, Daniel; Loewer, Elizabeth; Aten, Jamie title: A Qualitative Study of an Indigenous Faith-Based Distributive Justice Program in Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya date: 2018-09-01 words: 9435 flesch: 58 summary: Conflict Resolution Containing, preventing, and resolving conflict was a major focus of URHC described by many interviewees, such as “a person from one side and another side wanted revenge, but now the pastors from URHC community came together with the pastors from the refugee camp and discuss the issue so the situation would not build with them fighting.” A person from one side and another side wanted revenge, but now the pastors from URHC community came together with the pastors from the refugee camp and discuss the issue so the situation would not build with them fighting.” keywords: camp; christian; church kakuma; churches; community; conflict; international; justice; kakuma town; kenya; pentecostal; people; refugee; sudan; town; urhc cache: cjgh-215.pdf plain text: cjgh-215.txt item: #83 of 294 id: cjgh-219 author: Soderling, Mike title: Humanity 2.0 – A Healthy Environment for Pregnancy, Business Ethics and The Media date: 2018-07-07 words: 1510 flesch: 55 summary: It is the goal of a Forum to identify one specific venture that has high probability to fundamentally alter human life on earth and then to rally support for a cross sector collaborative venture.1 The specific venture identified as being an impediment to human progress for this event was the current state of maternal health for those living in under-resourced parts of the world. This time was focused primarily on the crises in maternal health with the most passionate advocate being Jennie Joseph, a midwife working in a rural setting in Florida. keywords: environment; health; humanity; panel; tenderness cache: cjgh-219.pdf plain text: cjgh-219.txt item: #84 of 294 id: cjgh-22 author: Long, W Meredith title: Book Review: In the Company of the Poor: Conversations with Dr. Paul Farmer and Fr. Gustavo Gutiérrez date: 2014-06-19 words: 1124 flesch: 63 summary: In the Company of the Poor: Conversations with Dr. Paul Farmer and Fr. Dr. Paul Farmer, a physician and medical anthropologist, is the founding director of Partners in Health and, now, the Chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Universty. keywords: health; poor cache: cjgh-22.pdf plain text: cjgh-22.txt item: #85 of 294 id: cjgh-221 author: Agner, Dale Roemer title: Living the Gospel Through the Feet of a Refugee: Sharing Abraham’s Hope in Kindness and Humility date: 2018-09-05 words: 3198 flesch: 69 summary: He had likely worn out many shoes during his travels. His feet had obvious sores, and his clothes had not been washed for many days or weeks. keywords: abraham; hope; jesus; refugees; shoes; translator; traveler cache: cjgh-221.pdf plain text: cjgh-221.txt item: #86 of 294 id: cjgh-222 author: Suleiman, Salim; Nance, Matthew; O'Neill, Daniel W title: A Localized Home-based Health Care Delivery Model for Refugees in Jordan date: 2018-09-05 words: 3864 flesch: 50 summary: Throughout this crisis, governmental and non-governmental bodies such as Medair, Caritas, Operation Mercy, and Oun were offering medical care to refugees, but were unable to keep up with the demand, leaving a significant gap in the number who could receive adequate care. Even when, at times, spiritual care was not welcomed, medical care was offered as long as the patient had no reliable sources to continue to obtain it. keywords: care; christian; families; health; home; jordan; model; patients; refugees; volunteers cache: cjgh-222.pdf plain text: cjgh-222.txt item: #87 of 294 id: cjgh-224 author: Costello, Tim; von Kalm, Nils title: Responding to Refugees in Australia: What is the Christian Response? date: 2018-09-20 words: 4341 flesch: 45 summary: In our country, Australia, fear of “the other” has led to a toxic debate on refugees and asylum seekers that has damaged our collective soul. This idea of isolating ourselves ranges from dealing with refugees, asylum seekers and migrants, to terrorism and the uncomfortable ideas and ideologies that feed it, to the cost and inconvenience of shifting to a low carbon economy if we are to avoid catastrophic climate change. keywords: asylum; australia; christian; church; fear; jesus; people; policy; refugees; seekers; sept; world cache: cjgh-224.pdf plain text: cjgh-224.txt item: #88 of 294 id: cjgh-227 author: Larson, H Elliott title: Two Cases of Excluded Middle? date: 2018-07-08 words: 879 flesch: 43 summary: Professor Mosley offers empirical evidence that introduction of modern family planning methods into societies where these had not been available resulted in reduced rates of abortion. She also argues that modern contraception makes pregnancy the sole responsibility of a woman, freeing men from an incentive to marry and an obligation to care for mother and child. keywords: family; global; pregnancy cache: cjgh-227.pdf plain text: cjgh-227.txt item: #89 of 294 id: cjgh-228 author: Paltzer, Jason title: Training a Christian Public Health Workforce: A Qualitative Study of Christian Public Health Training Programs date: 2018-11-08 words: 4481 flesch: 37 summary: Christian Journal for Global Health 5(3):12-22 Appendix A Public Health as Mission – A survey to measure Christian characteristics and competencies within public Christian health training programs Thank you for taking time to complete the survey regarding unique characteristics and competencies of Christian public health training programs. Christian Journal for Global Health 5(3):12-22 Training a Christian public health workforce: A qualitative study of Christian public health training programs Jason Paltzera a MPH, PhD, Grand Canyon University, University of Wisconsin-Madison Population Health Institute, USA Abstract Objective: The objective of this qualitative pilot study was to identify opportunities and challenges Christian public health training programs experience when it comes to equipping public health students to work within Christian health mission organizations. keywords: christian; community; competencies; faith; global; health; programs; public; training; worldview cache: cjgh-228.pdf plain text: cjgh-228.txt item: #90 of 294 id: cjgh-229 author: McLaughlin, Eric; Pfister, Alyssa title: Equipping African Medical Students with Ethical Decision-Making Skills: a Case-Based Method from Burundi date: 2018-11-08 words: 2599 flesch: 52 summary: Additionally, we maintain that the creation of bioethics case scenarios specifically applicable to the context of our African learners has been instrumental in making such a content module useful in growing the ethical decision-making capacity of the participants. Facilitation of case discussions has been especially aided by structuring cases that specifically force the making of a difficult ethical decision, soliciting an articulation of any disagreements existing within the presenting group, and exploring permutations of each case in order to see if that changes opinions and to clarify the underlying ethical principles at play. keywords: bioethics; case; context; learners; module; principles; students cache: cjgh-229.pdf plain text: cjgh-229.txt item: #91 of 294 id: cjgh-231 author: Larson, H Elliott title: The Fifth Year for CJGH date: 2018-07-10 words: 475 flesch: 43 summary: We will be issuing another call for papers relating to the imitation of Christ in global health, and how He responded to disease, economic disparities, fears and social alienation. A second original article, from investigators at Vanderbilt University, surveys attitudes held by political, religious, and social conservatives in the US toward funding for global health initiatives relating to nutrition and food security and compares them to the general population. keywords: health; issue cache: cjgh-231.pdf plain text: cjgh-231.txt item: #92 of 294 id: cjgh-233 author: Thomas, Kate; Smith, James; Phillips, J Dwight; Falkenheimer, Shari title: Solving Ethical Dilemmas in International Healthcare Professional Education: A Case Study Using a Revised Ethical Model date: 2018-11-08 words: 3148 flesch: 43 summary: They valued whole person care and growth for patients and residents. This option also incorporated the dean and faculty’s value and aim to graduate competent physicians. keywords: faculty; family; program; resident; university cache: cjgh-233.pdf plain text: cjgh-233.txt item: #93 of 294 id: cjgh-234 author: Carlough, Martha Christine title: God in a Cup date: 2018-11-08 words: 340 flesch: 68 summary: God in a cup Martha Christine Carlougha a MD, MPH, Professor, UNC/Chapel Hill and Theology, Medicine and Culture Initiative of Duke Divinity School, USA I wait slightly less than patiently, taking up slightly more than my share of floor space on the ladies’ side of church. Correspondence: Martha Christine Carlough, UNC/Chapel Hill and TMC Initiative of Duke Divinity School, United States of America. keywords: cup; god cache: cjgh-234.pdf plain text: cjgh-234.txt item: #94 of 294 id: cjgh-235 author: Houweling, Rebecca; Astle, Barbara title: Principles to Guide a Volunteer Humanitarian Faith-based Short-Term Medical Mission in Nepal: A Case Study date: 2018-11-08 words: 4124 flesch: 45 summary: In conclusion, the retrospective application of these principles by Lasker between three NGOs provided additional beginning insights and understanding of how to approach volunteer global health trips, with the potential for fostering mutual learning towards the attainment of the SDGs. While well intentioned for doing good, there is an increasing awareness of the importance for improved preparation for international volunteers involved in short-term medical missions (STMMs). keywords: based; community; global; health; host; international; lasker; nepal; principles; volunteers cache: cjgh-235.pdf plain text: cjgh-235.txt item: #95 of 294 id: cjgh-236 author: Grundmann, Christoffer H title: Christ as Physician: The ancient Christus medicus trope and Christian medical missions as imitation of Christ date: 2018-11-08 words: 5561 flesch: 64 summary: The ancient Christus medicus trope and Christian medical missions as imitation of Christ Christoffer H. Grundmanna a M.Th., D.Th., Professor in Religion and the Healing Arts, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana, United States of America Abstract Only a few people will know that as early as the second century AD, Christ was called a physician. It implied that redemption is as corporeal as the work of medical practitioners, an aspect crucial for Christian medical missions. keywords: christ; christian; christus; church; god; healing; health; jesus; medical; medicus; missions; physician cache: cjgh-236.pdf plain text: cjgh-236.txt item: #96 of 294 id: cjgh-237 author: O'Neill, Daniel W title: The Lancet Global Health Academic Writing Workshop: Navigating and Getting Noticed in the Scholarly Publishing World date: 2018-09-20 words: 2093 flesch: 41 summary: Enhancing the QUAlity and transparency of health research. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30464-1 4. WMA Declaration of Helsinki — Ethical principles for medical research involving human subjects. keywords: global; health; journal; paper; research; results; work cache: cjgh-237.pdf plain text: cjgh-237.txt item: #97 of 294 id: cjgh-238 author: Mitchell, Robert Bradley title: The Case for a Theology of Disaster Risk Management date: 2018-11-08 words: 3481 flesch: 48 summary: They rank from 1st (Vanuatu), 6th (Solomon Islands), 11th (PNG), to 15th (Fiji) in terms of disaster risk on the World Risk Index (out of 171 nations).6 This research will then help inform an indigenous and systematic theology of disaster risk management. keywords: christian; church; churches; communities; disaster; journal; pacific; research; risk cache: cjgh-238.pdf plain text: cjgh-238.txt item: #98 of 294 id: cjgh-239 author: Aronson, Robert E title: Public Health, Systems Change, Justice and the Work of the Kingdom date: 2019-05-31 words: 7472 flesch: 54 summary: With public health’s embrace of a perspective that understands that population health is a result of a broad set of health determinants, including social determinants, solutions to public health problems extend far beyond education and persuasion for voluntary behavior change or technical and medical interventions to halt the spread of disease. Christian Journal for Global Health 6(1) Public health, systems change, justice and the work of the kingdom Robert E Aronsona a DrPH, MPH, Professor, Public Health Program, Taylor University, Upland, IN, USA Abstract Disparities in population health statuses are tied to inequities in society, and not just differences in personal decision-making and behavior. keywords: change; christian; disease; god; health; isaiah; jesus; kingdom; new; people; public; social; systems; year cache: cjgh-239.pdf plain text: cjgh-239.txt item: #99 of 294 id: cjgh-24 author: Landa, Apolos title: Shalom & eirene: The full framework for health care date: 2014-06-19 words: 1937 flesch: 61 summary: 1 Cradled in this context, the mentality of the church and Christianity has not given enough centrality to wholeness and harmony in all spheres of human life, especially in its temporal and physical conditions and relationships. This has biased the scope of mission and health care. keywords: god; health; human; person; shalom; wholeness cache: cjgh-24.pdf plain text: cjgh-24.txt item: #100 of 294 id: cjgh-243 author: Alford, Kristen R; Koeman, Jamison L title: Forging Relationships Between Faith-based and Secular Organizations to Address the Global Water Crisis: A Case Study from Liberia date: 2019-05-31 words: 4445 flesch: 46 summary: Unlike many other public health partnerships, this partnership engages the corporate sector. Neither faith- based organizations nor governmental agencies are equipped to solely reach global public health goals, and must rely on the expertise and experience of each other along with other players in civil society.29,32 Inclusion of multiple disciplines among multiple sectors provides a holistic approach to addressing community health.33 Continued commitment from “multiple agents of change working across sectors over time across ecological levels” is needed to continue to improve population health outcomes.19 keywords: challenges; data; faith; global; goals; health; liberia; organizations; partnerships; process; project; public; water; work cache: cjgh-243.pdf plain text: cjgh-243.txt item: #101 of 294 id: cjgh-244 author: O'Neill, Daniel W title: Health Disparities: A Time for Action. A Conference of the Consortium of Universities of Global Health date: 2018-09-14 words: 5027 flesch: 46 summary: He quoted Kathleen Sebelius, former U.S. Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services: In many ways, human health is the great global connector. There are 783M without access to clean water globally, and in South Africa, there has been a significant drop in water levels more than typical variations, affecting agriculture and human health. keywords: action; care; christian; climate; community; data; equity; global; health; liberty; need; public; university; women; world cache: cjgh-244.pdf plain text: cjgh-244.txt item: #102 of 294 id: cjgh-246 author: Montgomery, Laura M title: Hoping to Help: The Promises and Pitfalls of Global Health Volunteering by Judith Lasker, Ithaca: ILR Press; 2016 date: 2018-11-08 words: 1762 flesch: 45 summary: Special issue: anthropology and sociology of short term missions. Apart from rare examples, however, we do not hear the voices of those on the receiving end of the care provided by global health volunteers: the patients. keywords: care; global; health; organizations; term cache: cjgh-246.pdf plain text: cjgh-246.txt item: #103 of 294 id: cjgh-247 author: O'Neill, Daniel W title: Welcoming the Stranger: Responding to the Global Refugee Crisis date: 2018-09-20 words: 926 flesch: 58 summary: In addition, we offer reports from the annual meeting of the Consortium of Universities of Global Health, focusing on refugee care, climate change, a global health debate, gender and economic disparities, research and publication. Israel was considered a foreigner even in their own land and historically were refugees from Egypt, which created solidarity with the displaced. keywords: foreigner; god; refugees cache: cjgh-247.pdf plain text: cjgh-247.txt item: #104 of 294 id: cjgh-25 author: None title: cjgh-25 date: None words: 3138 flesch: 58 summary: The last of these is by far the most important object, and yet the first deserves the attention of the disciples of Him who went about continually doing good, healing all manner of disease among the people.10 The first purpose of medical missions, he says, is the advancement of medical science; the second “more direct” and “most important” object is the promotion of “evangelical truth” in countries overrun with ignorance, idolatry, and superstition. In fact, as early as 1842, the year after Livingstone first arrived in Africa, Dr. Daniel Macgowan gave an address on medical missions in New York. keywords: african; medical; medicine; missionary; science; spiritual; superstition cache: cjgh-25.htm plain text: cjgh-25.txt item: #105 of 294 id: cjgh-250 author: Wilson, Andrew title: Barriers and Enablers Provided by Hindu Beliefs and Practices for People with Disabilities in India date: 2019-12-23 words: 6654 flesch: 44 summary: For instance, her study reports that Hindus in rural Haryana sometimes viewed conception during a solar or lunar eclipse as a cause for limb deformity.16 Historically, Miles found that maternal behaviour was believed to cause disability in the writings of Caraka.19 A more sinister explanation for disability in Haryana was that wandering spirits caused limb deformities at the command of the local witchdoctor, as found by Mehrota.16 These peripheral beliefs are not derived from the Hindu texts, but they are nonetheless beliefs held by Hindus and illustrate what Rao labels as the pluralist viewpoint of many Hindu people.1 Hindu beliefs can enable people with disabilities In a study investigating parental explanatory models for intellectual disability, John found that the majority of participants utilised religion as a coping resource.20 These parents viewed their child as a blessing from God. In turn, this karmic understanding of disability can discourage people with disabilities from accessing medical treatment. keywords: beliefs; christian; disabilities; disability; health; hindu; hinduism; india; internet; karma; people; review; study cache: cjgh-250.pdf plain text: cjgh-250.txt item: #106 of 294 id: cjgh-253 author: Lunn, John S. title: Spiritual Care Visualized date: 2019-04-03 words: 4390 flesch: 68 summary: Christian Journal for Global Health 6(1) Spiritual Care Visualized John S. Lunna a Vicar, Pastor, Grace Episcopal Church; Chaplain, Hospice Hawaii, United States of America Abstract Years ago, the author was asked by a prominent palliative care leader if spiritual care could be conveyed in a ladder format as pain management had been by the World Health Organization (WHO). Many practitioners think about spiritual care as a way to identify and address spiritual distress. keywords: care; christian; faith; god; health; life; pain; spiritual; spirituality cache: cjgh-253.pdf plain text: cjgh-253.txt item: #107 of 294 id: cjgh-255 author: Larson, H Elliott title: Following Christ in Global Heath Service date: 2018-11-02 words: 884 flesch: 42 summary: Following Christ in global health service The call for papers for this third issue of 2018 was “Following Christ in Global Health Service.” - a collective reflection from the 7th Triennial Micah Global Consultation on integral mission and resilient communities in Philippines in September.1 Following Christ is a widespread and diverse phenomenon as the gospel is contextualized in various global cultures. keywords: christ; christian; health; world cache: cjgh-255.pdf plain text: cjgh-255.txt item: #108 of 294 id: cjgh-257 author: Larkin, Sarah title: What is the Cry of Your Heart? Collective reflections from 7th Triennial Micah Global Consultation date: 2018-11-06 words: 1127 flesch: 70 summary: Let there be a way To close the chasm between people in the Church-Fractured O let the Church-Bride in all her glory arise, So that people world-wide would see Jesus with new eyes, Catch His sacred heart From the days of John the Baptist until now The Kingdom of God advances. Because God is NOT A donor, An NGO, A CEO, A nation-state God is God - 56 Larkin Nov 2018. keywords: cry; god; heart cache: cjgh-257.pdf plain text: cjgh-257.txt item: #109 of 294 id: cjgh-259 author: Kurapati, Indira; O'Neill, Daniel W title: The XVI International Christian Medical and Dental Associations World Congress date: 2018-11-06 words: 1444 flesch: 42 summary: Acnowledgements: International Christian Medical and Dental Associations (http://icmda.net), Christian Medical Association of India (www.cmai.org), and Evangelical Medical Fellowship of India (http://www.emfi.in) Correspondence: The congress was organized by the International Christian Medical and Dental Association (ICMDA), Christian Medical Association of India (CMAI), and Evangelical Medical Fellowship of India (EMFI). keywords: christian; congress; health; india; medical cache: cjgh-259.pdf plain text: cjgh-259.txt item: #110 of 294 id: cjgh-26 author: Larson, H. Elliott; O'Neill, Daniel title: Collective Wisdom and Practical Knowledge: the New Christian Journal for Global Health date: 2014-06-19 words: 1106 flesch: 40 summary: The current issue embodies the original call for papers that speak to the past, present and future of global health work that is inspired and informed by a Christian world view. The tides of change in global health must in- clude people of faith who retain and express the wisdom of God with a relevant Grand Narrative. keywords: christian; health; journal; world cache: cjgh-26.pdf plain text: cjgh-26.txt item: #111 of 294 id: cjgh-261 author: Crouch, Mark title: Working Order: Health, Personal Responsibility, and Rights in an Age of Limited Agency. date: 2019-05-31 words: 2657 flesch: 50 summary: While personal health choices ought to be considered when crafting policy based on health as a human right, the limited agency available to many of the world’s destitute and sick should temper arguments that entitlement will naturally follow provision of health as a human right. According to the WHO fact sheet on human rights and health, states are obligated to secure access to health care and to provide reasonable conditions affecting the determinants of health for their citizenry.3 A conflict arises when the determinants of health are partially or wholly within the decision-making powers of the citizen(s) themselves, i.e., in our example, the choice to engage in unsafe sexual practices or to access inappropriate health services. keywords: agency; christian; forces; health; responsibility; right cache: cjgh-261.pdf plain text: cjgh-261.txt item: #112 of 294 id: cjgh-263 author: Blair, Jacob D. title: Jacob's Pharmacy date: 2019-05-31 words: 375 flesch: 74 summary: So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Correspondence: Jacob D Blair, Arequipa, Peru. keywords: medicine cache: cjgh-263.pdf plain text: cjgh-263.txt item: #113 of 294 id: cjgh-265 author: Jansen, Perry title: The Role of Faith-Based Organizations and Faith Leaders in the 2014-2016 Ebola Epidemic in Liberia date: 2019-05-31 words: 4636 flesch: 49 summary: It was a courageous offer we could not refuse, and since then we have tried to work hand in hand, albeit with protective gloves, in the fight against Ebola.19 SP had a long-standing relationship with ELWA Hospital, a mission hospital founded by US- based mission SIM (a non-denominational Christian mission organization) in the 1950s.12 MSF is considered to be the world experts at managing Ebola outbreaks. Liberia’s first confirmed case was only a week later, and by June, Ebola cases had been documented in the capital city of Monrovia. keywords: christian; disease; ebola; epidemic; faith; global; health; international; leaders; liberia; msf; organizations; response; west cache: cjgh-265.pdf plain text: cjgh-265.txt item: #114 of 294 id: cjgh-267 author: Thomas, Mathew Santhosh title: Reflecting on Human Rights in Global Health Contexts date: 2019-05-31 words: 2116 flesch: 49 summary: These articles came out of a global consultation in 2015, in Albania, and covers the above topics in detail.1 Owoeye, from Obafemi Awolowo University in Nigeria, looks at the operation of fundamental human rights in the Deeper Life Bible Church, of which he is part, and reflects on the Nigerian constitution, church practices, and the biblical understanding of human rights as derived from the inherent dignity of the human person.2 In a review on human rights issues of Dalits in India, the author Monica Jyotsna Melanchthon notes that Christian theory and practice have also been woven into the fabric of Dalit, Adivasi, and the Indian woman’s faith, courage, and healing in the face of the violation of their rights. Though human right to health is not widely discussed in theological literature, general human rights from biblical perspectives are a well- researched and reflected issue, and there is no dearth of knowledge on the topic. keywords: christian; freedom; health; human; rights; world cache: cjgh-267.pdf plain text: cjgh-267.txt item: #115 of 294 id: cjgh-269 author: Armstrong, Lois Joy title: Health, Rights, and Culture: Reflections on the meanings of the word "rights" from a cross cultural health worker date: 2019-05-31 words: 3723 flesch: 69 summary: Health and Rights in Honour-Shame cultures Honour–shame cultures make up the largest part of the non-Western world today, and this is where some of our biggest global health challenges exist. Christian Journal for Global Health 6(1) Health, Rights, and Culture: Reflections on the Meanings of the Word Rights from a Cross-cultural Health Worker Lois Joy Armstronga a BSc, MPHTM, Research Co-ordinator, Epidemiology and Research Dept, Duncan Hospital, Bihar, India Abstract Crossing cultures challenges the way one thinks about health and rights. keywords: cultures; health; honour; jesus; people; power; rights; shame cache: cjgh-269.pdf plain text: cjgh-269.txt item: #116 of 294 id: cjgh-271 author: Tuckwell, Gareth David title: One step at a time: The birth of the Christian Medical College, Vellore by Reena George, Roli Press, 2018 date: 2019-05-31 words: 1569 flesch: 59 summary: It is encouraging to read how certain core values and beliefs that were so evident in the life and work of Ida Scudder (such as learning, ever-advancing skills, and a focus on reaching out to poor and marginalised people) remain close to the heart of CMC today. Today, when time seems at such a premium, it would be easy to decide that giving precious hours to reading over 300 pages centred on the birth and development of CMC would be a poor investment. keywords: book; christian; cmc; today cache: cjgh-271.pdf plain text: cjgh-271.txt item: #117 of 294 id: cjgh-275 author: York, Hunter title: Understanding Treatment-Resistant Depression: A Missionary’s Autobiographical Case Report date: 2019-05-31 words: 4753 flesch: 56 summary: He notes that 10-30% of cases of depression are refractory to pharmacologic treatment, and 30% of those with TRD do not respond to any treatment.6 Gish identified 19 stressors that contributed to a possible build up to depression among cross- cultural workers that, if unrelieved, lead to health issues, relational problems, and cognitive impairment.7 A study in the United States concluded that 35% of pastors battle depression, fear, and anxiety, and that only one out of ten pastors will retire as a pastor.8 Depression is a major cause of attrition among cross-cultural workers, with an incidence of 27-32% among missionary healthcare workers.9 Burnout does not equate with depression but is often a precursor to depression if left unmanaged. Key words: Treatment Resistant Depression, Suffering, Missionary retention, Empathy, Transcendence Introduction According to a World Health Organization estimate, unipolar depression is the leading cause of ill health and disability worldwide, affecting 300 million people.1 Worldwide, irrespective of cultures, there has been a steady increase in the reported cases of depression, considered an epidemic of modernization. keywords: christian; depression; faith; global; god; health; life; missionary; time; treatment; years cache: cjgh-275.pdf plain text: cjgh-275.txt item: #118 of 294 id: cjgh-277 author: Mathias, Kaaren; Burke, Michael title: Dignity and Right to Health Award: ICMDA Leadership in Christian Health and Development Initiative date: 2019-05-31 words: 1817 flesch: 46 summary: For example, Burans developed an initiative to increase social inclusion among young people affected by PPSD, and this successfully increased mental health and social participation, and reduced behavioural difficulties for those participating.7 Burans' key achievements to date include: • Identifying more than 1,250 people with PPSD and supporting their recovery with counselling, psycho-social support groups, and access to mental health services. Mathias K. Shadows and light — examining community mental health competence in North India. keywords: award; burans; christian; community; health; mathias; people cache: cjgh-277.pdf plain text: cjgh-277.txt item: #119 of 294 id: cjgh-279 author: York, Hunter title: A Biblical Reflection on the Passion of Jesus Christ as it Relates to 20 Years of Treatment Resistant Ministerial Depression date: 2019-05-31 words: 4961 flesch: 64 summary: But, I refuse to surrender as long as God gives me faith. At times, I can barely conjure the will to go on and can only toss inarticulate, monosyllabic pleas out to God. keywords: christian; depression; faith; god; jesus; life; pain; suffering cache: cjgh-279.pdf plain text: cjgh-279.txt item: #120 of 294 id: cjgh-28 author: Thompson, David Carl title: From Central Africa to Egypt: A Surgeon’s Journey date: 2019-12-23 words: 3242 flesch: 58 summary: Even as late as 2012 when there were other surgeons on our staff, we were able to control most aspects of our surgical practice. Eastern culture reveres elders, so much so that O.R. nurses are ashamed to make older surgeons wait. keywords: africa; egypt; hospital; operating; patients; surgeons cache: cjgh-28.pdf plain text: cjgh-28.txt item: #121 of 294 id: cjgh-285 author: Addissie, Adamu title: Global Health Means Listening by Raymond Downing, Manqa, 2018 date: 2019-05-31 words: 2130 flesch: 59 summary: By the same token, listening in global health would entail listening not only from the perspective of the recipients and partners, but also the recipients listening to what global health workers bring of value. Or is it too late?1 In Global Health Means Listening, Dr Raymond Downing illustrates how listening in global health is important and timely based on his many years of experience as a physician and educator in Africa. keywords: book; global; health; listening; reflections cache: cjgh-285.pdf plain text: cjgh-285.txt item: #122 of 294 id: cjgh-289 author: Phillips, J Dwight; Hermiz, Mary; Smelter, Laura; Smith, James D title: Critical Thinking in Medical Education Missions date: 2019-05-16 words: 4057 flesch: 45 summary: Critical thinking is the use of purposeful, self-regulatory judgment which results in interpretation, analysis, evaluation, and inference as well as the explanation of the evidential, conceptual, methodological, criteriological, or contextual considerations upon which that judgment was based. Critical thinking is important because the healthcare workplace and the science on which healthcare is based continue to advance and evolve. keywords: challenges; cross; education; health; language; learning; skills; teaching; thinking cache: cjgh-289.pdf plain text: cjgh-289.txt item: #123 of 294 id: cjgh-291 author: Larkin, Sarah title: My Mother Weakens date: 2019-05-31 words: 338 flesch: 60 summary: My Mother Weakens Sarah Larkina a BA (Religious Studies), MA (Pastoral Theology), Poet, works for Integral Alliance, London, UK The world turns and bodies burn and fall Many call for help and justice Correspondence: Sarah Larkin (née Fordham), London, UK. keywords: christian cache: cjgh-291.pdf plain text: cjgh-291.txt item: #124 of 294 id: cjgh-293 author: Grundmann, Christoffer H title: Such a Time of It They Had - Global Health Pioneers in Africa by Raymond Downing. Manqa Books, Nairobi, 2018 date: 2019-05-31 words: 1518 flesch: 54 summary: While being fully aware that “attempts... at solidarity can be pathetic” and that “solidarity with Africans does not fix things,” Downing still holds on to it because it is “a start” (p. 303) even though “today in global health our self- imposed mandate does not include living with people, sharing their lives and problems“ (p. 301f; original emphasis). Exposing these and like motives subtly at work in many global health care programs, Downing persuasively drives his point home: while almost everyone engaged in global health honestly wants to solidarize with the disadvantaged through sharing of resources and volunteering time and expertise, it is a lack of discourse about the meaning of solidarity which causes what “we often get... wrong” (p. 16). keywords: chap; health; solidarity cache: cjgh-293.pdf plain text: cjgh-293.txt item: #125 of 294 id: cjgh-297 author: Pender, James Samuel; Gomez, Cletus Praveen; Perera, Ranasinghe Arachchige Tuder Mahesh; Williams, John Anthony; Roshan, Ravindran title: Church-led Partnerships with Interfaith Religious Leaders and Government for Raising Awareness on Leprosy in Sri Lanka date: 2019-12-23 words: 2315 flesch: 41 summary: In order to address this low awareness, inter-faith communities were mobilized by trained church leaders to work together to increase leprosy awareness, reduce stigma, and support people affected by leprosy, building strong relationships across inter-religious divides in the process. The district church teams were firstly trained by their district public health inspectors about leprosy and then raised awareness within their respective churches by conducting leprosy awareness Sunday services. keywords: awareness; district; health; interfaith; leprosy; sri cache: cjgh-297.pdf plain text: cjgh-297.txt item: #126 of 294 id: cjgh-299 author: Gijsbers, Alan title: Hostility to Hospitality: Spirituality and Professional Socialization within Medicine. Balboni MJ, Balboni TA. Oxford, 2019. date: 2019-05-31 words: 4251 flesch: 54 summary: There is a reduction in interest in the religious/spiritual dimension of clinical care in modern medicine, as the authors’ data shows, but I am not sure it can be blamed on a drive for cure rather than a drive for care. The humane care of the patient has figured prominently in my clinical experience both in secular and Christian institutions, and there are regular articles on this human dimension of clinical care in reputable medical journals. keywords: care; christian; god; health; medicine; religion; science; spirituality; theology cache: cjgh-299.pdf plain text: cjgh-299.txt item: #127 of 294 id: cjgh-301 author: Younkin, Felisha L; Laswell, Emily; Coe, Kristi; Hanson, Joy; Snyder, Robert; Chen, Aleda title: Impact of an Interprofessional Training Session on Student Spirituality and Faith Integration in the Workplace date: 2019-12-23 words: 4353 flesch: 53 summary: The objective of this study was to determine the impact of an interprofessional training session on student spiritual health and perceived confidence and competence in sharing their faith with patients. Christian Journal for Global Health 6(2) Impact of an Interprofessional Training Session on Student Spirituality and Faith Integration in the Workplace Felisha L Younkina, Emily Laswellb, Kristi Coec, Joy Hansond, Robert Snydere, Aleda Chenf a PhD, IMFT, Professor, Dept of Psychology, Cedarville University, Ohio, USA b PharmD, BCPS, Professor, School of Pharmacy, Cedarville University, Ohio, USA c MS, MLIS, RN, Professor, Cedarville University School of Nursing, Ohio, USA d Student, Department of Psychology, Cedarville University, Ohio, USA e MD, President, HIS Global, Pennsylvania, USA f PharmD, PhD, Professor, School of Pharmacy, Cedarville University, Ohio, USA Abstract Providing spiritual care to patients can result in improved health outcomes and health- related quality of life. keywords: 0.001; care; christian; faith; health; healthcare; patients; spiritual; students; training cache: cjgh-301.pdf plain text: cjgh-301.txt item: #128 of 294 id: cjgh-305 author: Patrick, John title: The Judeo-Christian Influence on Global Health, Human Rights, and Justice date: 2019-05-31 words: 3574 flesch: 67 summary: Only by accepting [Christian] under- standing of transcendence as our criterion can we understand the real meaning of... freedom, human rights, tolerance, equality, justice, the rule of law, universality and environmental protection.1 -Chinese scholars quoted by Niall Ferguson Universal global health, human rights, and justice are all problematic ideas. This is where our thinking about global health, human rights, and justice must start. keywords: christian; global; god; health; justice; law; rights; world cache: cjgh-305.pdf plain text: cjgh-305.txt item: #129 of 294 id: cjgh-307 author: Adu-Gyamfi, Samuel; Verghese, Roopa title: Primary Health Care Revisited: A Review of the October 2018 Contact Issue date: 2019-05-31 words: 4869 flesch: 52 summary: We are duly informed that in the past, health care was regressively distributed, with the result that the great majority of mankind were and are still allowed to suffer from diseases, disabilities, and deprivations, which the world community as a whole has the skill and resources to relieve. One drawback is that health care has been considered a rather low priority in the demands on community resources as compared to education and other social needs. keywords: adu; care; christian; community; gyamfi; health; human; journal; medical; need; people; social; world cache: cjgh-307.pdf plain text: cjgh-307.txt item: #130 of 294 id: cjgh-309 author: Larson, H Elliott title: Justice and Human Rights in the Pursuit of Global Health date: 2019-05-31 words: 943 flesch: 35 summary: John Patrick examines the presuppositions behind contemporary ideas on global health, human rights, and justice and finds that their success is dependent upon a Judeo- Christian world view, as well as developing a moral framework early in subsequent generations. We offer reviews of recently published books dealing with various aspects of global health. keywords: health; healthcare; justice; rights cache: cjgh-309.pdf plain text: cjgh-309.txt item: #131 of 294 id: cjgh-311 author: Dykstra, Ruth; Paltzer, Jason title: A Review of Faith-Based Holistic Health Models: Mapping Similarities and Differences date: 2020-06-30 words: 6205 flesch: 46 summary: Conclusion Within the scope of holistic community health and development, many models exist. Introduction The relationship between faith-based organizations and community health and development has been the topic of much discussion within the past twenty years with focus on how a holistic model can lead to a more successful and sustainable outcome.1,2,3 Holistic health can be difficult to define and even more difficult to apply in practice.4 Public health and religion have at times been at odds with each other resulting in distrust and limited collaboration for the benefit of the community.5 Given this history, communities of faith and public health agencies have successfully worked together to improve health in faith-based partnerships.6 This history provides the significance for reviewing existing approaches not only to work together but to authentically combine faith with public health. keywords: blank; change; christian; church; community; development; faith; global; health; holistic; individual; models; review cache: cjgh-311.pdf plain text: cjgh-311.txt item: #132 of 294 id: cjgh-313 author: Carr, Neville Howard title: Disability in Mission – The Church’s Hidden Treasure, eds. David C Deuel and Nathan G John, Hendrickson, 2019 date: 2019-12-23 words: 1870 flesch: 57 summary: In addition, some theological views may lead to non-inclusive approaches to persons with disabilities, which is being challenged in the twenty-first century.1 There is little in the literature on living with disability as a redemptive part of effective and sustainable missionary service. Many who approach mission agencies suffer from “physical illness (e.g., food allergies), mental health issues and relational dysfunction,” yet “mission policies and practices still seem unwilling to look past a perceived risk and fully embrace workers with disabilities. keywords: book; disability; god; health; mission; missionary cache: cjgh-313.pdf plain text: cjgh-313.txt item: #133 of 294 id: cjgh-315 author: Ellis, Danielle title: Humble Thyself: The Imitation of Christ in Medical Missions date: 2019-12-23 words: 4251 flesch: 53 summary: In medical missions, specifically, the consequences include the potential of compromised individual and collective health. In medical missions, questions about how to assume a Christian posture are complicated, not only by the sociohistorical context of the missions movement but also by the fact that medicine in and of itself engenders imbalances in power. keywords: christ; christian; god; health; jesus; missionaries; missions; paul; posture cache: cjgh-315.pdf plain text: cjgh-315.txt item: #134 of 294 id: cjgh-317 author: Opiyo, Judith Siambe; Fast, Paul Shetler title: Adapting Care Groups to Urban Slums: A Case Study of a Church-Based Effort to Improve Maternal and Child Health Outcomes in Mathare, Nairobi, Kenya date: 2019-12-23 words: 5768 flesch: 40 summary: Key words: maternal health; child health; social and behavioral change communication; care groups; urban; slum; Kenya 33 Opiyo & Fast Dec 2019. Disease control priorities: reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health keywords: care; change; child; community; groups; health; indicators; kenya; mathare; months; participant; project; women cache: cjgh-317.pdf plain text: cjgh-317.txt item: #135 of 294 id: cjgh-319 author: Jansen, Perry title: Health Systems Strengthening Through the Faith-Based Sector: Critical Analysis of Facilitators and Inhibitors of Nationalization of Mission Hospitals in India date: 2020-06-30 words: 8936 flesch: 41 summary: Christian Journal for Global Health 7(2) Health systems strengthening through the faith-based sector: Critical analysis of facilitators and inhibitors of nationalization of mission hospitals in India Perry Jansena a MD, MPH, DTMH, Vice President-Teaching Hospital Network, African Mission Healthcare Abstract Introduction: The extensive network of Christian mission hospitals in India faced an abrupt loss of financing and supply of medical missionaries during and after independence in 1947. Key words: India, mission hospital, indigenization, nationalization, sustainability, Christian. keywords: christian; education; global; health; healthcare; hospitals; india; jansen; journal; june; leadership; medical; mission; mission hospitals; missionaries; missionary; poor; services; systems; women; world cache: cjgh-319.pdf plain text: cjgh-319.txt item: #136 of 294 id: cjgh-32 author: Beistline, Holly Anne title: Understanding the barriers of clean water access in urban slums of Kolkata, India date: 2016-05-15 words: 4587 flesch: 53 summary:  Water practices: Information was gathered about the main source of water, quantity and quality available, if any methods are used to clean water, and reasons why they do not treat their water. Water for people water for life: the United Nations world water development report. keywords: drinking; health; india; july; knowledge; kolkata; slums; study; table; urban; water cache: cjgh-32.pdf plain text: cjgh-32.txt item: #137 of 294 id: cjgh-321 author: Thekkekara, John Varghese title: Sustainability and Inclusiveness in a Competitive Market: A Study of Faith-Based Hospitals in India date: 2020-06-30 words: 6931 flesch: 52 summary: The study found that despite the variation in the services and infrastructure of mission hospitals across India, these facilities have had an on-going commitment and a long-standing operation with regard to population health. This indicates that the response of the people towards healthcare providers, even those who are mission hospitals, is changing, and this could be due to increased expectations and awareness. keywords: case; christian; fbhs; health; healthcare; hospitals; inclusiveness; india; market; mission; services; study; sustainability; technology cache: cjgh-321.pdf plain text: cjgh-321.txt item: #138 of 294 id: cjgh-323 author: Lundie, Ruth Edith; Hancox, Deborah Merle title: The Local Church and the First Thousand Days of a Child's Life: A Mixed Methods Study from South Africa date: 2020-08-06 words: 7110 flesch: 43 summary: Methods: A mixed-method study was conducted with 194 respondents, seeking to understand knowledge and attitudes of church leaders towards F1000D, current church responses, existing F1000D models and approaches that may be suited to the church, the role that respondents see for the church in F1000D, and barriers to mothers accessing F1000D services. The research showed that although there is limited knowledge and engagement with F1000D by church leaders, there is broad consensus that the church does have a significant role to play in this life stage. keywords: children; christian; church; churches; development; f1000d; health; leaders; life; mothers; parents; research; role; services; south; support cache: cjgh-323.pdf plain text: cjgh-323.txt item: #139 of 294 id: cjgh-325 author: Slover, Gretchen title: A Quantitative Assessment of the Need for Offering Counselling Services to Medical Students attending University of Zambia, School of Medicine. date: 2020-06-30 words: 4750 flesch: 51 summary: A quantitative assessment of the need for offering counseling services to medical students at the University of Zambia School of Medicine Gretchen Slovera, Kelsie Martinezb, and Kathrin Barnes c a MS, PsyD, LMFT, MALaw, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist b MA, Doctoral student, pre-dissertation, Alliant International University, San Diego, CA;. The inclusion criteria were the fourth year, medical students attending the University of Zambia, School of Medicine. keywords: counseling; figure; health; medicine; school; services; students; studies; university; zambia cache: cjgh-325.pdf plain text: cjgh-325.txt item: #140 of 294 id: cjgh-33 author: Jesudian, Gnanaraj; Rhodes, Michael title: Surgical Work in Medical Missions: Study in Remote Areas of India date: 2014-11-06 words: 2725 flesch: 56 summary: This led to the introduction of the SSI diagnostic camp in 2000, followed by surgical camps in 2002. At Chinchpada, the medical camps were followed by surgical camps that undertook surgical proce- dures at remote villages, sometimes using sun- light for surgical illumination. keywords: camps; christian; churches; gnanaraj; medical; mission; work cache: cjgh-33.pdf plain text: cjgh-33.txt item: #141 of 294 id: cjgh-331 author: Armstrong, Lois Joy title: Big Picture, Small Picture, and a conversation with Habakkuk and God. date: 2019-12-23 words: 1241 flesch: 77 summary: Big picture, small picture, and a conversation with Habakkuk and God. (Habakkuk 2:2, NIV) Habakkuk, I am so thankful that you wrote down this conversation with God. keywords: god; habakkuk cache: cjgh-331.pdf plain text: cjgh-331.txt item: #142 of 294 id: cjgh-333 author: Larson, H Elliott title: Faith Integration and Interfaith Collaboration date: 2019-12-23 words: 949 flesch: 44 summary: Progress in economic development and in access to adequate health care has been uneven in many low- and middle-income countries, and innovative case studies can provide useful information on how to target left-behind communities. Idler E, Levin J, VanderWeele TJ, Khan A. Partnerships between public health agencies and faith communities. keywords: christian; global; health; public cache: cjgh-333.pdf plain text: cjgh-333.txt item: #143 of 294 id: cjgh-335 author: Okojie, Paul West; Lane, Richard title: Healthcare Options and Factors Influencing Health Seeking Behavior in a Rural Community in Nigeria: A Cross-sectional Study date: 2020-06-30 words: 4919 flesch: 49 summary: Rural poor, and rural health care: a social need for the policy shift. Versteeg M, du Toit L, Couper I. Building consensus on key priorities for rural health care in South Africa using the Delphi technique. keywords: care; community; education; factors; health; health care; healthcare; medicine; nigeria; primary; respondents; rural; seeking; study cache: cjgh-335.pdf plain text: cjgh-335.txt item: #144 of 294 id: cjgh-337 author: Long, Kate; Chandy, Sujith; Feeley III, Frank Goodrich (Rich); Laing, Richard; Laird, Lance D.; Wirtz, Veronika J. title: Mission Hospital Responses to Challenges and Implications for their Future Role in India’s Health System date: 2020-06-30 words: 9413 flesch: 41 summary: The second most common set of challenges were issues around meso (mission hospital) governance which operated as a chronic stress among mission hospitals. This study explored the main internal and external challenges facing mission hospitals, their response to those challenges, and the role they might play in the broader health system going forward. keywords: capacity; challenges; christian; everyday; facility; global; governance; health; health system; hospitals; india; mission; mission hospitals; profit; providers; public; resilience; response; social; system cache: cjgh-337.pdf plain text: cjgh-337.txt item: #145 of 294 id: cjgh-34 author: Bersagel Braley, Matthew T title: Global Health after Pentecost: Toward Theological Reflection as a Religious Health Asset date: 2014-11-06 words: 9137 flesch: 52 summary: 30 A reli- gious health asset, most basically, is ―an asset lo- cated [in] or held by a religious entity that can be leveraged for the purposes of development of pub- lic health.‖ 31 The concept of religious health as- sets has been used to: (1) get a clearer picture of what religious entities are doing; (2) justify greater attention to religion on the part of global health actors; and (3) articulate in language accessible to global health the value of religious entities. In this way, religious health assets — tangible and intangible — become valuable if they can be rendered intelligible and appreciated using the existing lexicon and logic of global health. keywords: aids; assets; care; christian; entities; faith; global; health; health assets; hiv; human; leaders; organization; practices; religion; response; theological; world; world health cache: cjgh-34.pdf plain text: cjgh-34.txt item: #146 of 294 id: cjgh-341 author: Andrews, Susan title: Identification of Current Best Practices for Short-term Medical Mission Trips and Adherence to Current Common Principles and Guidelines date: 2020-05-23 words: 7496 flesch: 42 summary: Countries are in various stages of adopting and enforcing the published IS&G.8 Current published guidelines for STMM practice primarily address the establishment of a system for planning and organizing teams for travel. Conclusion This study identified variation in the degree to which STMM trips incorporated recommended best practices related to preparation, pre-trip needs assessment, onsite management of care including medication administration, documentation of data obtained during the visit, and post-visit surveys from participating HCPs. keywords: care; clinic; community; data; guidelines; health; host; mission; patients; practices; recommendations; stmm; survey; term; trip cache: cjgh-341.pdf plain text: cjgh-341.txt item: #147 of 294 id: cjgh-343 author: Manoth, Sundeep; Carr, Bethany title: Setting Up Community Health Programmes in Low and Middle Income Countries, Fourth Edition, by Ted Lankester and Nathan Grills, Oxford University Press, May 2019 date: 2020-06-30 words: 1985 flesch: 44 summary: To improve reproductive health, family planning, and sexual health, these topics are included in community health programmes at an early stage. This book can also be recommended to programme managers and practitioners from government and civil society who wish to set up or develop community health and development programmes, rural and urban. keywords: care; community; development; health; programmes; section cache: cjgh-343.pdf plain text: cjgh-343.txt item: #148 of 294 id: cjgh-347 author: Ampon-Wireko, Sabina; Lu Lin, Zhou; Asante Antwi, Henry ; Wireko Brobbey, Ebenezer; Kachie Tetgoum, Arielle Doris title: Does Universal Health Insurance Act as a Driver of Increased Life Expectancy? Evidence from Selected Emerging Economies date: 2020-06-30 words: 6081 flesch: 55 summary: Jakovljevic et al. noted that the speedy increase in life expectancy echoes the overall influence of an operational healthcare system and policies within a country.8 Some researchers, such as Deaton and Xiong et al.,9 tend to concentrate on health insurance and accessibility of health care universal capital while Duku et al.10 and Yang11 focus on perception and quality of universal health insurance (UHI). However, an ongoing discourse among scholars, technocrats, and policy makers is whether health insurance is partly ascribed to the historical forces that drive the increase in LER among emerging countries. keywords: blank; care; causality; countries; data; expectancy; global; health; insurance; june; life; panel; results; study; test; uhi; wireko cache: cjgh-347.pdf plain text: cjgh-347.txt item: #149 of 294 id: cjgh-351 author: Lindtjorn, Bernt title: The Role of a Mission Organization in Building a Sustainable Government Hospital in Southern Ethiopia date: 2020-06-30 words: 7585 flesch: 52 summary: By training, I am a medical doctor and surgeon with long and extensive experience in hospital work, research, disease control, institutional development, research management, and teaching and work in developing countries. Key words: mission history, mission hospital, sustainability, Ethiopia Introduction This article presents a summary of the 70 year history of the Yirga Alem Hospital in Southern Ethiopia. keywords: alem; development; ethiopia; government; health; hospital; lindtjørn; mission; nlm; norwegian; pmid; pubmed; sidama; southern; staff; tuberculosis; work; years; yirga cache: cjgh-351.pdf plain text: cjgh-351.txt item: #150 of 294 id: cjgh-36 author: Powell, Clydette Linda title: Working together for global health goals: The United States Agency for International Development and Faith-based organizations date: 2014-11-06 words: 4362 flesch: 46 summary: 23 In Cambodia, USAID funding to the Khmer HIV/AIDS NGO Alliance facilitates some FBOs to implement the HIV Home and Community Based Care as part of its response to HIV/AIDS in Cambodia. For example, in 2012, USAID Rwanda signed grants with three civil society organizations (Caritas Rwanda, African Evangelistic Enterprise Rwanda, and FXB Rwanda), two of which are faith based. keywords: development; faith; fbos; health; international; leaders; organizations; services; support; usaid; work cache: cjgh-36.pdf plain text: cjgh-36.txt item: #151 of 294 id: cjgh-363 author: Thomas, Richard; French, Niels title: The Population Health Model: A Timely Approach for Mission Hospitals date: 2020-12-21 words: 3805 flesch: 49 summary: The failure of Western medicine to address contemporary health problems in the U.S. has generated growing interest in “population health” among health professionals, policy analysts, and government agencies. The term “population health” has been used very inconsistently, and Deprez and Thomas have developed a more useful definition that involves two dimensions:4 • As a noun, population health views the health status of a population in terms of its health and well-being as measured by several population- based measures. keywords: approach; blank; community; health; hospitals; mission; model; population; population health cache: cjgh-363.pdf plain text: cjgh-363.txt item: #152 of 294 id: cjgh-365 author: Seshadri, Mandalam; John, Jacob title: The COVID-19 Pandemic: Defining the Clinical Syndrome and Describing an Empirical Response date: 2020-04-27 words: 4222 flesch: 46 summary: Christian Journal for Global Health, 7(1) Preventive Treatment House-hold contacts of the subject with clinical diagnosis of COVID 19 syndrome (During the lock down period in India, household members will predominate), those working or interacting closely with the index case in the workplace (such as grocery store, post office, bank, etc. ) and those in migrant groups amongst whom one individual has been presumptively diagnosed to have COVID-19 clinical syndrome or confirmed to have COVID-19 by PCR will be the contacts. Key Words: COVID-19, clinical syndrome, empirical therapy, hydroxychloroquine. keywords: christian; covid-19; criteria; diagnosis; disease; family; hcq; health; patients; pcr; syndrome; treatment; use cache: cjgh-365.pdf plain text: cjgh-365.txt item: #153 of 294 id: cjgh-367 author: Millhollin, Jordan title: Separated but Whole: Pursuing Health and Redefining Community Amidst COVID-19 date: 2020-04-27 words: 2576 flesch: 56 summary: As we think about faithfully working for global health in the months to come, we must think in terms of moving toward wholeness and acting out of love to ensure that the entire global body is cared for. Berry W. Health is membership keywords: berry; covid-19; health; love; wholeness cache: cjgh-367.pdf plain text: cjgh-367.txt item: #154 of 294 id: cjgh-369 author: Haslam, James; Redman, Melody title: When Demand Outstrips Supply: A Christian View of the Ethics of Healthcare Resource Allocation During the COVID-19 Pandemic date: 2020-04-27 words: 4017 flesch: 48 summary: The question is: on what basis should limited healthcare resources be allocated? Despite these admirable efforts, our supply of healthcare resources is being outstripped in certain locations and may yet be even more dramatically so.4 keywords: care; christian; covid-19; ethics; healthcare; internet; medical; pandemic; patients; resources cache: cjgh-369.pdf plain text: cjgh-369.txt item: #155 of 294 id: cjgh-37 author: None title: cjgh-37 date: None words: 6379 flesch: 47 summary: 26, 27 The engagement of Christian organizations with communities to go beyond the traditional approach of treating and preventing diseases, lowering exposure to germs, and to seek the transformation of social health determinants has helped to show that God really cares for the suffering and injustice experienced by large sectors of society.   HISTORICAL REVIEW Health Paradigm Shifts in the 20th Century Jose Miguel DeAnguloa and Luz Stella Losadab a MD, MPH, Regional Director for Latin America, MAP International, Bolivia b MHPE, Community Health Specialist, MAP International, Bolivia Abstract The application of systems theory and the study of complexity to medicine and human health allows for a more comprehensive understanding and a more holistic view of what it means to be human. keywords: care; communities; community; determinants; disease; health; international; life; paradigm; people; public; systems; understanding; world cache: cjgh-37.htm plain text: cjgh-37.txt item: #156 of 294 id: cjgh-371 author: Ismavel, VIjay Anand title: A Biblical Model for a Christian Hospital in India in the Time of COVID-19 date: 2020-04-27 words: 1889 flesch: 70 summary: When crisis situations arise, we (and our families and friends) should consider a period of austerity and sacrifice for the people we are called to serve. Each time, bills accumulated, due amounts were demanded by various people, salaries were deferred, and many staff donated from what they had to keep the work going. keywords: christian; hospital; people; world cache: cjgh-371.pdf plain text: cjgh-371.txt item: #157 of 294 id: cjgh-373 author: Just, Bryan title: Historic Plagues and Christian Responses: Lessons for the Church Today? date: 2020-04-27 words: 3313 flesch: 67 summary: While a good first step, however, this is not exactly the radical, self-sacrificial love shown by early Christians in times of plague. This review will examine how Christians throughout history have dealt with times of plague through several case studies, including the Cyprian Plague and the response of Geneva’s pastors to several plagues in the mid-sixteenth century. keywords: care; christians; church; pastors; plague; sick; world cache: cjgh-373.pdf plain text: cjgh-373.txt item: #158 of 294 id: cjgh-375 author: Seshadri, Mandalam; John, T Jacob title: Hospital Readiness for COVID-19: The Scenario from India with Suggestions for the World date: 2020-04-27 words: 1723 flesch: 44 summary: Christian Journal for Global Health, 7(1) Hospital Readiness for COVID-19: The Scenario from India with Suggestions for the world Mandalam S. Seshadria and T. Jacob Johnb a MD, PhD, FRCP, Former Professor of Medicine & Endocrinology, Department of Endocrinology Diabetes & Metabolism, Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore; Consultant Physician & Endocrinologist, Honorary Medical Director, Thirumalai Mission Hospital, Vanapadi Road, Ranipet, India b PhD (Virology), FRCP (Paediatrics), Former Professor& Head, Department of Clinical Virology, Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore, India Abstract Lessons learned from Italy regarding hospitals and health care facilities as important sources of disease spread for COVID-19, and ways to mitigate this in India and other countries. Health care personnel acquire infection and unwittingly become vectors, who spread the infection to their patients and this leads on to further 34 Seshadri & John April 2020. keywords: care; covid-19; health; hospital; medical; patients cache: cjgh-375.pdf plain text: cjgh-375.txt item: #159 of 294 id: cjgh-377 author: Grills, Nathan title: COVID-19 and Containment: A Dual Burden for India date: 2020-04-27 words: 1723 flesch: 44 summary: Abi-Habib M, Yasir S. For India’s laborers, Coronavirus lockdown is an order to starve [Internet]. Christian Journal for Global Health 7(1) COVID-19 and Containment: A Dual Burden for India keywords: covid-19; deaths; health; india; internet; lockdown cache: cjgh-377.pdf plain text: cjgh-377.txt item: #160 of 294 id: cjgh-379 author: Grills, Nathan; Larson, H. Elliott ; ONeill, Daniel title: Special Issue: COVID-19 as a Challenge on Many Fronts date: 2020-04-27 words: 1041 flesch: 11 summary: This is very practical and much needed but begs the question as to whether smaller hospitals and health systems lacking the expertise, size, and capability of CMC Vellore would have the personnel, resources, and systems to implement this approach. Then they offer preliminary clinical guidelines for empiric therapies, anticipating the results of clinical trials, in order to mitigate the threat which could overwhelm fragile health systems and deeply affect already vulnerable communities around the world. keywords: christian; covid-19; health; response cache: cjgh-379.pdf plain text: cjgh-379.txt item: #161 of 294 id: cjgh-38 author: De Angulo, Jose Miguel; Losada, Luz Stella title: The Emerging Health Paradigm in the 21st century: The Formative First 1000 Days of Life: Published in 2016 and added as a special issue feature in 2020 date: 2016-11-08 words: 8840 flesch: 48 summary: The health development organization: an organizational approach to achieving child health development. Experience-based brain develop- ment: scientific underpinnings of the importance of early child development in a global world. keywords: angulo; architecture; brain; child; childhood; children; christian; determinants; development; empathy; experiences; families; god; health; human; infants; journal; life; losada; new; nov; society; years cache: cjgh-38.pdf plain text: cjgh-38.txt item: #162 of 294 id: cjgh-381 author: Thomas, Mathew Santhosh title: Leadership in Pandemics date: 2020-04-27 words: 1839 flesch: 67 summary: God has given us his nature of creativity. Esther 4:14 7. Have faith in God and try to reflect and learn what God is teaching us through this. keywords: evidence; god; mind; time cache: cjgh-381.pdf plain text: cjgh-381.txt item: #163 of 294 id: cjgh-383 author: Landa, Apolos title: The Real Hero and The Real Challenge in the COVID-19 Era date: 2020-04-27 words: 1380 flesch: 57 summary: Us old doctors, separated from the service due to precautions for COVID-19, had, in our time, cholera, malaria, yellow fever, and guerrillas (MRTA, Sendero, etc., in Peru), but those are nothing compared to the challenge for this generation of health workers (HWs). Health professionals have not been immune to this distortion, which has led to perceiving health as a commodity, the health system as a profit industry, and illness as a recyclable condition that gives us the opportunity to achieve professional or personal success. keywords: creation; health; system cache: cjgh-383.pdf plain text: cjgh-383.txt item: #164 of 294 id: cjgh-385 author: Jesudian, Gnanaraj title: Low Cost Training During Lockdown: Homemade Training for Gas Insufflation Less Laparoscopic Surgeries date: 2020-11-09 words: 1299 flesch: 52 summary: The FLS improves intraoperative laparoscopic skill and predicts performance.4 Even those not routinely doing laparoscopic surgeries can learn these skills and become proficient in them.5 The Training Box A variety of trainer boxes are available.6 Unfortunately, none of them could be delivered during the lockdown. Croce E, Olmi S. Intracorporeal knot-tying and suturing techniques in laparoscopic surgery: technical details. keywords: figure; laparoscopic; skills; surgery cache: cjgh-385.pdf plain text: cjgh-385.txt item: #165 of 294 id: cjgh-387 author: Hoehner, Paul; Beyda, David H.; Cheshire, William P.; Cranston, Robert E.; Dunlop, John T.; Francis, John E.; Mitchell, C. Ben; Onarecker, Cheyn; Riley, D. Joy; Roberts, Allen H. ; Sullivan, Dennis M. ; Toevs, Christine C.; Yates, Ferdinand D.; Hook, Christopher title: Triage and resource allocation during crisis medical surge conditions (pandemics and mass casualty situations): A position statement of the Christian Medical and Dental Associations date: 2020-05-11 words: 5507 flesch: 40 summary: Triage teams ideally should have no direct role in the treatment of patients nor in the withdrawal of resources, even when they are in accordance with advance directives, recognizing that this may not be practical in small institutions where those making triage decisions may necessarily also be involved in direct patient care. Christian Journal for Global Health, 7(1) guidance on triage and resource allocation policies during pandemics and other forms of crisis surge medical conditions (e.g., mass casualty situations). keywords: care; christian; crisis; decisions; hcps; health; life; medical; patient; resources; surge; treatment; triage cache: cjgh-387.pdf plain text: cjgh-387.txt item: #166 of 294 id: cjgh-389 author: Flint, Caleb; Ismavel, VIjay Anand; Miriam, Anne title: The Makunda Model: An Observational Study of High Quality, Accessible Healthcare in Low-Resource Settings date: 2020-06-30 words: 7842 flesch: 49 summary: In-depth Interviews A total of 31 in-depth interviews were conducted by the Wharton research team of (a) Makunda Hospital employees, (b) hospital patients and community members, and (c) competitor hospital administrators and staff, as summarized in Table 1. a. How do Makunda Hospital employees identify those who need financial help? keywords: care; christian; community; cost; health; hospital; june; makunda; makunda hospital; miriam; mission; model; patients; quality; services cache: cjgh-389.pdf plain text: cjgh-389.txt item: #167 of 294 id: cjgh-39 author: Landa, Apolos title: Shalom & Eirene: Fully Caring for the Afflicted Person date: 2014-11-06 words: 1959 flesch: 65 summary: implies a conscious or unconscious rejection of the idea of cosmic disease, the universal fall, and of cosmic healing, the universal re- demption. To be fully human is to be a constitutive part of the whole creation in an enhancing relationship with God, with others made in his image and likeness, and with the rest of God’s creation. keywords: creation; god; healing; health; person; salvation cache: cjgh-39.pdf plain text: cjgh-39.txt item: #168 of 294 id: cjgh-391 author: Bale, Claudia title: Identifying Communities’ Perspectives on their Health Needs in Impoverished Villages to Guide Non-government Organizations’ Health Promotion Efforts in Guatemala date: 2020-12-21 words: 5312 flesch: 52 summary: Christian Journal for Global Health 7(5) Key words: global health, Guatemala, community health, health needs, FBOs, health promotion Introduction The population of Guatemala is close to 16.3 million with nearly two thirds of the population living on less than US$ 2 per day.1 Poor, rural, and indigenous populations suffer some of the worst health outcomes in the country.2 Despite progress in the past decade in improving population health among the most vulnerable groups, health disparities, and inequality in health outcomes and access to medical care remain an ongoing challenge.3,4 Faith based organizations (FBOs) and other non-government organizations (NGOs) have been playing an increasing role in health promotion in Guatemalan communities for decades, but remain under researched and are often underrepresented in conversations surrounding international community development and health promotion.5 Hope of Life International Organization (HOL) is one such faith- based, non-profit organization based out of Río Hondo, Zacapa, Guatemala, working to provide humanitarian aid to communities in Eastern Guatemala.6 Through HOL directly or World Help Organization serving as a liaison, churches, businesses, and schools in the United States can take part in the Village of Transformation project (VTP), which funds long-term, mission projects in one village community per funding US organization.7,8 The VTP includes a variety of community projects determined by established community needs and can include clean water wells, family homes, schools, church buildings, and sponsorship program establishment.7,8 The sponsorship program is continuously funded by US organizations to cover educational, nutritional, and medical expenses of children in these communities.7,8 Survey responses were analyzed for significant differences in 4- item individual, family, and community health scores across demographic variables and significant correlations with reported personal health conditions and children’s health conditions. keywords: children; communities; community; guatemala; health; hol; needs; participants; respondent; study; village cache: cjgh-391.pdf plain text: cjgh-391.txt item: #169 of 294 id: cjgh-395 author: Armstrong, Lois Joy title: Number our Days: A Reflection on Psalm 90, a Moses Psalm date: 2020-06-30 words: 1173 flesch: 80 summary: , a prayer many other prophets and ordinary people have prayed. This virus is no respecter of people, but Lord have compassion on your creation. keywords: days; moses; people cache: cjgh-395.pdf plain text: cjgh-395.txt item: #170 of 294 id: cjgh-399 author: Bersagel Braley, Matthew T title: Why Religion and Spirituality Matter for Public Health – Evidence, Implications, and Resources, ed. Doug Oman, Springer, 2018 date: 2020-06-30 words: 3047 flesch: 46 summary: Christian Journal for Global Health 7(2) Why religion and spirituality matter for public health — evidence, implications, and resources, ed. Individually, many of the chapters in part one marshal evidence for established subfields within public health such as environmental health, infectious disease, and nutrition. keywords: evidence; health; oman; public; religion; volume cache: cjgh-399.pdf plain text: cjgh-399.txt item: #171 of 294 id: cjgh-4 author: Concessao, H.E. Msgr. Vincent M.; Thomas, Rev. Dr. Tomi; Maliekal, Anto title: Indian Catholic Church’s response to the elderly with neurodegenerative and mental illnesses date: 2014-06-19 words: 4926 flesch: 45 summary: India ranks 73 rd in elderly care: Survey. The stigma of aging, arising out of neurodegenerative illnesses like dementia, de-pression, incontinence, etc., is another social barrier to accessing health care by the elderly. keywords: care; catholic; church; elderly; health; illnesses; india; mar; shifting; task; women cache: cjgh-4.pdf plain text: cjgh-4.txt item: #172 of 294 id: cjgh-401 author: Seshadri, Mandalam; John, Jacob title: Revised Clinical Criteria for COVID-19 Clinical Syndrome date: 2020-11-09 words: 762 flesch: 46 summary: Christian Journal for Global Health, 7(1) Revised clinical criteria for COVID-19 clinical syndrome Mandalam S. Seshadria , T. Jacob Johnb a MD, PhD, FRCP, Former Professor of Medicine & Endocrinology, Department of Endocrinology Diabetes & Metabolism, Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore; Consultant Physician & Endocrinologist, Honorary Medical Director, Thirumalai Mission Hospital, Vanapadi Road, Ranipet, India b PhD (Virology), FRCP (Paediatrics), Former Professor& Head, Department of Clinical Virology, Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore, India We had recently published clinical criteria for diagnosing COVID 19 syndrome1 in low- and middle-income countries. Revised clinical criteria for COVID-19 clinical syndrome. keywords: covid-19; criteria; group; hospital cache: cjgh-401.pdf plain text: cjgh-401.txt item: #173 of 294 id: cjgh-405 author: Hudson, Paul J title: Historical Note: A Missiologist’s View of Medical Missions from 1978 date: 2020-06-30 words: 841 flesch: 52 summary: Christian Journal for Global Health 7(2) Historical note: A missiologist’s view of medical missions from 1978 Paul J Hudsona a MD, MPH, FACP, Health Consultant, SIM International, Charlotte, NC, USA In 1978, WHO’s Alma Ata declaration was a major milestone for public health and primary health care, heavily influenced by the work of Christians arising from the Tubingen consultation on The Healing Church 1 a decade earlier. What has been lacking is a robust theology of medical missions that embraces both hospital care and primary health care as integral ministries in our service for the King. keywords: care; health; missions cache: cjgh-405.pdf plain text: cjgh-405.txt item: #174 of 294 id: cjgh-407 author: O'Neill, Daniel W title: The First 1,000 Days: A Crucial Time for Mothers and Children – and the World by Roger Thurow. Hachette Book Group 2016. date: 2020-08-06 words: 2414 flesch: 50 summary: Early childhood development. Investing in the foundation of sustainable development: pathways to scale up for early childhood development. keywords: book; childhood; children; development; global; health; lancet; thurow; world cache: cjgh-407.pdf plain text: cjgh-407.txt item: #175 of 294 id: cjgh-409 author: Larson, H Elliott title: The Changing Landscape of Mission Hospitals: Relevance, Quality and Sustainability date: 2020-06-23 words: 1104 flesch: 40 summary: Kate Long and her colleagues from Boston University assessed the challenges to Christian mission hospitals in India over a more recent time period, that from 2010 to 2017. The changing landscape of mission hospitals: relevance, quality and sustainability For this issue, the journal’s editors called for papers dealing with the challenges facing faith- based hospitals in the light of changing social, governmental, economic, and technological landscapes in the countries where these hospitals serve. keywords: christian; health; hospitals; mission cache: cjgh-409.pdf plain text: cjgh-409.txt item: #176 of 294 id: cjgh-41 author: Morgan, Huw title: Religion, Religious Organisations and Development: Scrutinising religious perceptions and organisations date: 2014-11-06 words: 1675 flesch: 49 summary: religious values and beliefs and religious organisations can play positive roles in development thinking, changing attitudes and behaviour, and achieving development objectives. The second theme is, “NGOs in develop- ment: are religious organisations distinctive?” keywords: christian; development; organisations; religion cache: cjgh-41.pdf plain text: cjgh-41.txt item: #177 of 294 id: cjgh-411 author: Dahlman, Bruce title: The Future of Health In Mission Starts With Reading The Story Together date: 2020-06-30 words: 1825 flesch: 61 summary: Without greater dialogue, healthcare mission can too easily be relegated to the “compassion corner.” The Western mission agency cannot afford to relegate healthcare mission to a “department” to meet its goals. keywords: christian; health; jesus; june; mission cache: cjgh-411.pdf plain text: cjgh-411.txt item: #178 of 294 id: cjgh-413 author: Dahlman, Bruce title: Mission Hospitals as Vital Capacity Builders in the Majority World date: 2020-06-24 words: 2355 flesch: 47 summary: For mission hospitals that operate on whisker-thin financial margins with (rarely subsidized) patient fees being their only source of revenue, it is difficult to attract the national doctors. If mission hospitals are to continue, one important need is the training and discipling of national consultants who will themselves continue to model wholistic care and the humble service that patients are drawn to and which meets the healthcare needs of underserved areas. keywords: african; christian; church; health; hospitals; medical; mission cache: cjgh-413.pdf plain text: cjgh-413.txt item: #179 of 294 id: cjgh-415 author: Kirubakaran, Sneha; Shaw, Douglas; McArthur, Lawrie; Miller, Angus; Radford, Anthony title: Preparing Christian Health Workers for International Work: Evaluating a Short Global Health Course date: 2020-12-21 words: 5312 flesch: 46 summary: Christian Journal for Global Health 7(5) issues resulting from urbanisation, climate change, tobacco use, micronutrient deficiencies, and other challenges to well-being.2 A burgeoning interest in global health (GH) has also brought into focus global health education (GHE).4-10 Governments and educational institutions alike are promoting GHE as imperative in health professional education.3,4,9,10 However, there is yet no consensus on how GH education should best be delivered.1,3,5 Johnson et al. note that undergraduate GH curricula could be divided into three categories: compulsory components for all students addressing GH issues in their local contexts, optional components for students with a special interest in GH, and targeted training prior to elective studies undertaken internationally.6 Many post-graduate medical specialty programs are also incorporating GH curricula into their training.2,4,7,9 Health professionals engaged in international health frequently need to work beyond the scope of their basic training in situations of cross-cultural differences, language barriers, and a lack of medical resources. The global burden of disease, the social and economic determinants of health, and healthcare in low-resourced settings were covered in depth, while human rights in global health was the area least covered. keywords: christian; course; cross; development; education; global; health; ihdc; impact; intermed; participants; work cache: cjgh-415.pdf plain text: cjgh-415.txt item: #180 of 294 id: cjgh-417 author: Adu-Gyamfi, Samuel; Mariama Marciana Kuusaana; Dompreh Darkwa, Benjamin; Tomdi, Lucky title: The Changing Landscape of Mission Medicine and Hospitals in Sub-Saharan Africa date: 2020-12-21 words: 9221 flesch: 43 summary: This notwithstanding, there are still skilled personnel who act as both leaders and laborers in mission hospitals and clinics.20,47 The low number of both national doctors and foreign personnel in mission hospitals undermines the goal of extending healthcare to majority of the African population.16,47 The lack of personnel in rural South Africa, where most mission hospitals in the country are located, adequately affects the delivery of healthcare.55 Mission hospitals have fewer personnel because most secular hospitals receive comparatively higher remuneration.20 Human resource shortages in mission medical institutions continue to pose threats to their operations. Findings from the study have revealed that mission hospitals have established schools and training schemes that allow them to train medical personnel to complement the limited number of health personnel on the continent. keywords: activities; adu; africa; christian; darkwa; dec; ghana; global; gyamfi; health; healthcare; hospitals; medical; medicine; mission; mission hospitals; mission medicine; missionaries; missionary; people; services; state; tomdi cache: cjgh-417.pdf plain text: cjgh-417.txt item: #181 of 294 id: cjgh-419 author: Jesudian, Gnanaraj; Gnanaraj, Kevin; Islary, Biju; Sumi, Botoho; Mathew, George title: Frugal Innovations that Helped Mission Hospitals Manage During the Pandemic and Further Suggestions date: 2020-11-09 words: 2215 flesch: 53 summary: The innovations involved making local Personal Protective Equipment [PPE] rather than depending on donations or purchases, conducting consultations using zoom meeting software, performing minor surgical procedures under supervision using the zoom meeting software, limiting surgeries to the more relevant and less expensive, and caring with compassion, a hall mark of mission hospital care. Empowering local mission hospital doctors and modern communication methods helped these hospitals maintain services during the pandemic. keywords: christian; figure; gnanaraj; health; hospitals; mission; patients cache: cjgh-419.pdf plain text: cjgh-419.txt item: #182 of 294 id: cjgh-42 author: Colon-Gonzalez, Maria del C title: Helping Hands or Comforting the Soul? date: 2014-11-06 words: 1448 flesch: 78 summary: After this experience I learned it is appropriate to ask family mem- bers if we can pray for them. As a resident physician, I did what I am trained to do best, continued seeing patients, aware of the time just by the brightness thru the windows. keywords: family; patient; room cache: cjgh-42.pdf plain text: cjgh-42.txt item: #183 of 294 id: cjgh-421 author: varughese, sara title: Response of a Non- Governmental Organisation to COVID-19 date: 2020-11-09 words: 3167 flesch: 44 summary: In smaller organizations, a more junior person may be able to speak up about the realties around; in larger organizations, this voice may need to be nourished and fostered. It was important, though sometimes difficult, not to get hijacked by donor agendas, especially from large corporate organizations. keywords: christian; global; health; india; july; lockdown; need; organization; people; work cache: cjgh-421.pdf plain text: cjgh-421.txt item: #184 of 294 id: cjgh-425 author: O'Neill, Daniel W title: A Focus on the First 1000 Days: Research, Collaboration, and Reflection date: 2020-07-28 words: 1610 flesch: 27 summary: In 2007, The World Health Organization’s Commission on the Social Determinants of Health recognized early childhood development (ECD), defined as prenatal to 8 years, as a “Powerful Equalizer” and “a critical foundation for their entire life course.” Dr. O’Neill has been working as co- chair of the Evidence Working Group of the Moral Imperative, which works with the Advocacy Working Group to enhance the evidence base from FBOs in this focus area of early childhood as an inter-faith collaborative among other things. keywords: childhood; development; faith; health; internet; world cache: cjgh-425.pdf plain text: cjgh-425.txt item: #185 of 294 id: cjgh-427 author: Olusanya, Bolajoko O. title: Promoting Inclusive Early Childhood Development under the SDG Era date: 2020-08-05 words: 1358 flesch: 36 summary: The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) launched in 2015 thus ushered in a broader and more inclusive mandate for child health policy.4 Christian Journal for Global Health 7(3) Promoting inclusive early childhood development under the SDG era Bolajoko O. Olusanyaa a MBBS, FRCPCH, PhD, Executive Director, Centre for Healthy Start Initiative, Lagos, Nigeria Since the year 2000, the global child health agenda under the auspices of the United Nations and its affiliated agencies has been largely focused on child survival with remarkable results.1,2 For example, the total number of under-five deaths dropped from 12.6 million in 1990 to 5.6 million in 2016, or 35,000 every day in 1990 compared with 15,000 in 2016.2 Globally, the under-five mortality rate dropped from 93 in 1990 to 41 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2016, representing a 56% decline. keywords: childhood; children; development; global; health cache: cjgh-427.pdf plain text: cjgh-427.txt item: #186 of 294 id: cjgh-43 author: Mitch, Dr. title: A Healing date: 2014-11-06 words: 1558 flesch: 76 summary: I like to learn about new things. Armed with my active imagination, I pulled out every bit of technological back up we had, just in case. keywords: boy; machine; ultrasound cache: cjgh-43.pdf plain text: cjgh-43.txt item: #187 of 294 id: cjgh-431 author: Paltzer, Jason; Jonker, Jason title: Feasibility of Virtual Congregational Peer Recovery Groups During COVID-19 date: 2020-11-09 words: 2395 flesch: 42 summary: Christian Journal for Global Health 7(4) Adaptation to virtual congregational peer recovery groups during COVID-19 Jason Paltzera, Jason Jonkerb a PhD, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Baylor University, United States of America b Crosswalk Ministries, United States of America Abstract: Complex humanitarian disasters and emergencies like COVID-19 can disrupt needed mental health services such as substance use recovery programs. jason_paltzer@baylor.edu Cite this article as: Paltzer J, Jonker J. Adaptation to virtual congregational peer recovery groups during COVID-19. keywords: alcohol; face; groups; health; individuals; peer; recovery cache: cjgh-431.pdf plain text: cjgh-431.txt item: #188 of 294 id: cjgh-433 author: Lindtjorn, Bernt; Henriksen, Thor Henrik title: The Experience of Mission Hospitals in Southern Ethiopia in Identifying and Responding to Infectious Disease Outbreaks date: 2020-11-09 words: 5864 flesch: 59 summary: The experience of mission hospitals in southern Ethiopia in identifying and responding to infectious disease outbreaks Bernt Lindtjørna, Thor Henrik Henriksenb a MD, PhD, Professor, Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, Norway and Hawassa University, Southern Ethiopia b PhD, Department of Microbiology, Vestfold Hospital Trust, Tönsberg, Norway Abstract Epidemics are often seen at mission health institutions. Mission hospitals in Southern Ethiopia The Norwegian Lutheran Mission began health care work in Southern Ethiopia in 1950.4 In general, these hospitals—located in Yirga Alem, Arba Minch, and Gidole—could perform basic and essential functions in surgery, gynecology and obstetrics, pediatrics, and internal medicine.6 Basic laboratory tests were available, including bacteriology, and in the 1980s we became aware of the highly prevalent resistance to commonly used antibiotics.7,8 5 Lindtjørn & Henriksen Nov 2020. keywords: christian; disease; epidemics; ethiopia; fever; global; health; henriksen; hospitals; lindtjørn; malaria; mission; outbreaks; patients; pmid; southern; treatment; years cache: cjgh-433.pdf plain text: cjgh-433.txt item: #189 of 294 id: cjgh-439 author: Miles, Alexander; Reeve, Matthew J; Grills , Nathan title: Effectiveness of Community Health Worker Delivered Interventions on Non-communicable Disease Risk and Health Outcomes in India: A Systematic Review date: 2020-12-21 words: 9607 flesch: 53 summary: al30 Y Y Y Y Y Y 27 Sankaranarayanan et al33 N Y Y N N N 18 Jain et N Y Y Y Y - - N Shet et al35 Y Y - Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y - - N Author’s name 20 21 22 23 24 25 Total Tian et al26 Y Y Y Y Y Y 25 Xavier et keywords: al27 y; al31 y; cardiovascular; chw; chws; community; health; india; intervention; months; n n; study; worker; y 22; y =; y author; y balagopal; y kar; y n; y sharma; y xavier; y y cache: cjgh-439.pdf plain text: cjgh-439.txt item: #190 of 294 id: cjgh-44 author: okoli-igonoh, Adaora Chinenye title: From the valley of the shadow of death - surviving the dreaded Ebola disease date: 2014-11-06 words: 6005 flesch: 82 summary: We now had the first official case of Ebola virus disease in Nigeria. I was informed that the result of my blood test was negative for Ebola virus. keywords: day; days; disease; ebola; health; sawyer; virus; ward cache: cjgh-44.pdf plain text: cjgh-44.txt item: #191 of 294 id: cjgh-447 author: Okereke, Melody; David, Kenneth Bitrus; Onyedikachukwu, Ezeofor Ozioma title: How Christian Pharmacists can Maximize their Potentials in Healthcare Delivery: Adapting to the Prayer, Faith and Action Model date: 2020-12-21 words: 2669 flesch: 52 summary: Spiritual health has a way of keeping the physical body healthy as well. The role of spirituality in health care. keywords: christian; faith; healing; health; healthcare; patients; pharmacists; prayer; spirituality cache: cjgh-447.pdf plain text: cjgh-447.txt item: #192 of 294 id: cjgh-449 author: Fagunwa, Omololu Ebenezer; Fagunwa, Ayokunle Oluwasanmi title: The English Sweating Sickness of 1485-1551 and the Ecclesiastical Response date: 2020-11-09 words: 4591 flesch: 58 summary: Key words: English sweating sickness; Hantavirus; Ecclesiastics; Practical theology; Sudor anglicus; epidemic. This was a period when the Church of England broke away from the Roman Catholic Church; and the then Prince of Wales, Arthur Tudor, died possibly of sweating sickness. keywords: christian; church; disease; england; english; epidemic; fagunwa; god; health; henry; king; outbreak; sickness; sweating; sweating sickness cache: cjgh-449.pdf plain text: cjgh-449.txt item: #193 of 294 id: cjgh-45 author: Erb, Kathy title: Christian Connections for International Health - Conference date: 2014-11-06 words: 1026 flesch: 38 summary: The plenary session, Awakening Our Voice: Advancing Excellence in Christian Global Health, was moderated by Doug Fountain, Vice President, Operations Support, Medical Teams International and featured panelists Tom Davis, MPH, Chief Program Officer, Feed the Children; Todd Nitkin, MD, MPH, Senior Advisor, Monitoring and Evaluation, Medical Teams International; and Anne Peterson, MD, MPH, Director, Public Health Program, Ponce School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Christian Journal for Global Health, 1(2):98-100. keywords: christian; conference; global; health cache: cjgh-45.pdf plain text: cjgh-45.txt item: #194 of 294 id: cjgh-451 author: Gasibat, Qais; Gasibatb, Mussab title: COVID-19 Pandemic in Libya: What Do We Know So Far? date: 2020-11-09 words: 1309 flesch: 66 summary: In May, 95 new cases were observed making the total number of confirmed cases to be 156. In response to an increasing number of confirmed cases, the GNA announced a curfew from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m., starting 17 June 2020 for 10 days, with a 24- hour curfew on weekends with no travel allowed between cities, as confirmed cases increased to 713. keywords: cases; libya; number cache: cjgh-451.pdf plain text: cjgh-451.txt item: #195 of 294 id: cjgh-455 author: Fagunwa, Omololu title: African Pentecostalism and the 1918 Influenza Pandemic: The Supernatural Amid the Fearful and Implications for the COVID-19 Pandemic date: 2020-12-21 words: 6926 flesch: 60 summary: Keywords: Influenza, Pentecostals, Practical Theology, COVID-19, Pandemic, Christian, Africa Introduction In 1918, the entire world was overwhelmed with a viral infection caused by a new strain of influenza virus and characterised by three waves.1,2 Africa had its large share during the deadly second wave (Aug–Dec 1918), and the simultaneous third wave (Jan–Jul 1919). It is presumed that prayers were targeted at the healing of influenza victims and mitigating the raging of World War 1.28 keywords: african; aladura; christian; church; faith; global; group; healing; health; influenza; kenya; lagos; nigeria; pandemic; pentecostal; prayer; time cache: cjgh-455.pdf plain text: cjgh-455.txt item: #196 of 294 id: cjgh-46 author: Paul, Rick title: World Congress 2014 - International Christian Medical and Dental Associations date: 2014-11-06 words: 908 flesch: 39 summary: 15th World Congress of the ICMDA 2014 Rick Paul a a MD, Regional secretary, ICMDA Eurasia, Member local organizing committee, VU University Hospital, Amsterdam, Netherlands Celebrating 50 years of operations, the In- ternational Christian Medical and Dental Associa- tion chose the title “Serve, Share and Shine” for this year‟s ICMDA Congress: Serve Jesus, Share the Gospel and let your light Shine in the Dark- ness. Correspondence: Dr. Rick Paul, VU University Hospital, Amsterdam, Netherlands rickpaul.nl@gmail.com Cite this article as: Paul R. 15th Congress of the ICMDA 2014. keywords: christian; congress; health; icmda cache: cjgh-46.pdf plain text: cjgh-46.txt item: #197 of 294 id: cjgh-461 author: Fagunwa, Ayokunle; Fagunwa, Omololu Ebenezer title: Pandemic, Pandemonium and Psalm 91: In Search of Ultimate Protection and Deliverance date: 2020-11-09 words: 1347 flesch: 68 summary: If God promised protection from evil and satisfaction with long life, why do Christians who have meditated on the scriptures including Psalm 91 suffer, or even die? Are the words in the Psalm or the entire Bible really true? In search of ultimate protection and deliverance Ayokunle Fagunwaa, Omololu Ebenezer Fagunwab a MS, PhD (agricultural engineering), ordained minister in Redeemed Christian Church of God, and Principal Research Officer, Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Oshodi, Lagos, Nigeria b MTh, PhD (theology), Federal Ministry of Health, Abuja, Nigeria, and microbiology PhD candidate (microbiology) at the University of Huddersfield, UK Abstract: People used Psalm 91 during times of pandemic with the notion that its use will ultimately save them and their love ones. keywords: god; pandemic; psalm cache: cjgh-461.pdf plain text: cjgh-461.txt item: #198 of 294 id: cjgh-47 author: Mosley, W. Henry title: Family Planning as a Christian Global Health Agenda date: 2014-11-06 words: 1355 flesch: 42 summary: This is family planning - as defined by Christian Connections for International Health (CCIH - a network of over 170 Christian organizations) to mean “…enabling couples to determine the number and timing of their pregnancies, including voluntary use of methods for preventing pregnancy, not including abortion, harmonious with their values and reli- gious beliefs.” 1 Why should Christians in international health give special attention to family planning? Third, of special interest to Christians, by preventing unin- tended pregnancies, family planning prevents abortions. keywords: christian; family; health; planning cache: cjgh-47.pdf plain text: cjgh-47.txt item: #199 of 294 id: cjgh-471 author: Peteet, Jean Oulund; Hempton, Louanne; Peteet, John R.; Martin, Kiran title: Asha’s Response to COVID-19: Providing Care to Slum Communities in India date: 2020-11-09 words: 2603 flesch: 50 summary: • Provided basic groceries and cash for basic essential needs — cooking gas, medicine, and grinding grain for families in Asha slums not under quarantine who had no money left with them, to the very poor, elderly, disabled, and people with chronic illnesses (Figure 2). With approximately 700,000 people in Asha slums, this is a rate of .04%. keywords: asha; community; covid-19; health; people; peteet; slums; values cache: cjgh-471.pdf plain text: cjgh-471.txt item: #200 of 294 id: cjgh-473 author: O'Neill, Daniel W title: God and the pandemic: A Christian reflection on the coronavirus and its aftermath by N.T. Wright. Zondervan, 2020. date: 2020-11-09 words: 1877 flesch: 49 summary: With “vision and realism,” seeing “new signs of genuine new possibilities, new ways of working which will regenerate old systems and invent new and better ones, which we could then recognize as forward-looking hints of new creation.” Christian Journal for Global Health 7(4) God and the pandemic: A Christian reflection on the coronavirus and its aftermath by N.T. Wright. keywords: christian; god; health; pandemic; wright cache: cjgh-473.pdf plain text: cjgh-473.txt item: #201 of 294 id: cjgh-477 author: Larson, H Elliott; O'Neill, Daniel title: Responding to Epidemics and Pandemics date: 2020-11-09 words: 751 flesch: 30 summary: Christian Journal for Global Health 7(4) Responding to Epidemics and Pandemics The current pandemic has brought many changes in our economic structures, clinical interactions, fellowship engagements, travel behaviors, social relationships, and communication platforms. Christian Journal for Global Health 7(4) understanding and involvement for suffering and renewal. keywords: christian; health; journal cache: cjgh-477.pdf plain text: cjgh-477.txt item: #202 of 294 id: cjgh-479 author: Go, Daryn Joy; Hung, Natalee; Ferrolino, Hannah; Wilson, Kendall; Choi, Mia; Mayhugh, Daniel; Lau, Lincoln title: Utilizing Technology during the COVID-19 Pandemic date: 2020-12-21 words: 2345 flesch: 45 summary: The development of the Thrive Network Chatbot has helped us connect with partner pastors, not only providing them with an immediate platform that they can use to communicate the gaps in their communities’ healthcare and food needs, but also with spiritual nourishment and opportunities for them to connect with other pastors facing similar challenges. COVID-19 Assessment Chatbot To fill health care gaps, the COVID-19 Assessment Chatbot was developed in collaboration with the Department of Health to provide easily accessible COVID-19 health information. keywords: chatbot; communities; covid-19; health; icm; pastors; social cache: cjgh-479.pdf plain text: cjgh-479.txt item: #203 of 294 id: cjgh-48 author: Larson, H Elliott title: Christian Impact on Global Health date: 2014-11-06 words: 595 flesch: 35 summary: The editors are willing regularly to publish news and accounts of such events as contributing to effec- tive understanding and communication between Christians in global health. In our view this issue continues to affirm the viability and the need for a distinctly Christian perspective on global health. keywords: christian; health cache: cjgh-48.pdf plain text: cjgh-48.txt item: #204 of 294 id: cjgh-481 author: John, T. Jacob; Dharmapalan, Danaya title: The Time to Begin Plans for COVID-19 Eradication is Now date: 2020-11-11 words: 2290 flesch: 49 summary: The time to begin plans for COVID-19 eradication is now T Jacob Johna, Dhanya Dharmapalanb a PhD (Virology), FRCP (Paediatrics), Former Professor & Head, Department of Clinical Virology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India b MBBS, MD, Consultant, Paediatric Infectious Diseases at Apollo Hospitals, Navi Mumbai, India Abstract After the world recovers from the pandemic of SARS-CoV-2, it is most likely to stabilise as endemic and seasonal, deserving/demanding control efforts perpetually in all countries, unless it can be eradicated. Disease eradication is defined as permanent reduction to zero of the worldwide incidence of the causative infection, with deliberate efforts.8 For COVID-19 eradication, the coronavirus transmission must be interrupted globally. keywords: blank; covid-19; eradication; health; pandemic; transmission cache: cjgh-481.pdf plain text: cjgh-481.txt item: #205 of 294 id: cjgh-489 author: Nijssen, Pieter title: Creating Shared Resilience: The Role of the Church in a Hopeful Future by David M. Boan and Josh Ayers. Langham Global Library, 2020 date: 2020-12-21 words: 2333 flesch: 55 summary: Much like the Global Community Health Education (CHE) Network with 962 organizations serving impoverished communities in urban and rural settings in 136 countries, Creating Shared Resilience provides CROSS Pollination that ensures LFCs are good stewards of the earth and its abundant resources, especially in times of crisis. Creating Shared Resilience comes at a time when the whole world is dealing with a current crisis brought on by COVID-19. keywords: christian; church; communities; development; global; lfcs; resilience cache: cjgh-489.pdf plain text: cjgh-489.txt item: #206 of 294 id: cjgh-49 author: Grills, Nathan; Larson, H Elliott title: First-hand Accounts of Life in the Trenches date: 2014-11-06 words: 1152 flesch: 58 summary: In the first article God heals one Nigerian Christian from Ebola whist other colleagues die beside her. Health mission is about seeing God at work in life and death, in relief of pain and in suf- fering, in power and weakness, in physical healing and spiritual healing. keywords: god; healing; health cache: cjgh-49.pdf plain text: cjgh-49.txt item: #207 of 294 id: cjgh-491 author: Paltzer, Jason; Taylor, Keyanna title: A Cross-Sectional Study of Faith-based Global Health Organizations to Assess the Feasibility of a Christian Research Collaborative date: 2021-07-30 words: 5386 flesch: 45 summary: The study identified three priority areas among Christian health organizations focusing on 1) assistance in disseminating results of program impacts, 2) strengthening evaluation skills and tools, including integral or holistic mission measurement tools, and 3) guidance in identifying research design resources and services. Christian Journal for Global Health 8(1) funding environment and organizational resources accessible to US organizations. keywords: christian; collaborative; evaluation; faith; global; health; organizations; percent; research; resources; services; study; survey cache: cjgh-491.pdf plain text: cjgh-491.txt item: #208 of 294 id: cjgh-493 author: Larson, H Elliott title: More Than the Pandemic date: 2020-12-18 words: 1035 flesch: 46 summary: Progress in global health to control the remaining poliovirus, HIV, malaria and tuberculosis has also been tragically impaired due to the pandemic.1 Two original articles describe efforts to evaluate health needs for chronically impoverished villages and then to train Christian health workers in the ways to most effectively service those needs. Sneha Kirubakaran and colleagues evaluated a short course in global health from Australia that sought to prepare Christian health workers for international service. keywords: christian; health; journal; pandemic cache: cjgh-493.pdf plain text: cjgh-493.txt item: #209 of 294 id: cjgh-495 author: Quick, Jonathan title: Cura Personalis, Cura communitas: Loving our neighbor in Covid-19 times date: 2020-12-21 words: 3095 flesch: 35 summary: Marshall K, Seifman R. COVID-19 vaccines: Bridging religious divides, engaging religious support. Christian Journal for Global Health 7(5) WHO, GAVI, and CEPI, COVAX has brought together more than 180 countries with the goal of providing at least 2 billion doses of proven COVID- 19 vaccines to immunize the most vulnerable 20 per cent of people in 91 low and middle-income countries, mostly in Africa, Asia and Latin America.26 At the same time, inadequate funding and actions by high income countries competing for vaccine access threaten to delay access to the rest of the world.27 keywords: christian; coronavirus; covid-19; cura; dec; global; health; internet; new; pandemic; quick; vaccine cache: cjgh-495.pdf plain text: cjgh-495.txt item: #210 of 294 id: cjgh-499 author: George, Reena title: Alone at Christmas date: 2021-07-30 words: 295 flesch: 77 summary: POETRY Alone at Christmas Reena Georgea a MD, DNB, FRCP Edin., Department of Continuing Medical Education, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India I longed to give you a gift, a pearl of great price. Reena George, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India. keywords: christmas cache: cjgh-499.pdf plain text: cjgh-499.txt item: #211 of 294 id: cjgh-50 author: None title: cjgh-50 date: None words: 6573 flesch: 44 summary: STHMs have positive and negative effects on local health systems, and these consequences are often unanticipated and unintended. Conceptualizing local health systems as complex adaptive systems (CASs) may help global health actors approach global health activities, including health missions with a greater appreciation for local cultural and environmental context, leading to increased local capacity and impact while minimizing unintended negative consequences. keywords: actors; approach; capacity; communities; community; consequences; context; ghas; global; health; impact; interventions; learning; practice; sthms; systems; term; thinking cache: cjgh-50.htm plain text: cjgh-50.txt item: #212 of 294 id: cjgh-501 author: George, Reena title: Burnout date: 2021-07-30 words: 254 flesch: 73 summary: Burnout Reena Georgea a MD, DNB, FRCP Edin., Department of Continuing Medical Education, Christian Medical College Vellore, India Old Easter lilies, leaves wilting, when all around grass gleams, palms dapple, trees fruit. Reena George, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India. keywords: christian cache: cjgh-501.pdf plain text: cjgh-501.txt item: #213 of 294 id: cjgh-503 author: Meyer, Rebecca; Paltzer, Jason title: The Benefits of a Christian Public Health Research Collaborative date: 2021-07-30 words: 1868 flesch: 45 summary: Christian Journal for Global Health 8(1) Benefits of a Christian Global Health Research Collaborative Rebecca Meyera, Jason Paltzerb a PhD, MSNed, BSN, RN, Associate Professor of Nursing, California Baptist University, USA b PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Baylor University, USA This editorial presents the idea that a Christian Global Health Research Collaborative is needed to support small- to medium-sized faith-based organizations (FBOs) as they conduct original research and disseminate their findings. The benefit of having a Christian Global Health Research Collaborative team available to help non-native English speakers select, and even screen, the best tool for their context would facilitate more research and robust exchange of ideas between settings. keywords: christian; collaborative; faith; global; health; research cache: cjgh-503.pdf plain text: cjgh-503.txt item: #214 of 294 id: cjgh-505 author: Malolos, Grace Zurielle; Obnial, Joseph Christian; Mallillin, Rena ; Pasco, Pamela Bianca; Ong, Erika; Andes, Arianne ; Apat, Faith Ann ; Aportadera, Emma Teresa Carmela; Valencia, Rafael; Lucero-Prisno, Don Eliseo III title: The Impact of COVID-19 on Church Gatherings in the Philippines: A Policy Analysis date: 2021-07-30 words: 5815 flesch: 55 summary: Category Restrictions on Religious Gatherings ECQ Religious gatherings are prohibited Only funeral rites allowed MECQ May 15, 2020 Not more than five persons allowed per religious gathering Apr 12, 2021 Until 10% seating capacity, with Local Government Units (LGUs) having the power to prohibit or increase it until 30% GCQ May 1, 2020 Same restrictions as ECQ on religious gatherings May 15, 2020 Not more than 10 persons per gathering July 2, 2020 Until 10% seating capacity or 10 persons October 22, 2020 With the Philippines being a largely Catholic country comprising 79.5 percent of its religious and Christian affiliation, restrictions on religious gatherings dealt a heavy blow to a large aspect of Filipino life.3 In a survey conducted in December 2019, 83 percent of adult Filipino Catholics surveyed regarded religion as very important to their lives, with 45 percent of the total respondents reporting to have attended religious services weekly.4 Even with an ongoing pandemic, 62 percent of respondents in a survey in May 2020 still want church gatherings to resume in areas under community quarantine.5 Therefore, it is imperative to review the policies instituted by both the government and church authorities during the pandemic and examine the response of the Filipino devout regarding their practice of religion amidst this global health crisis. keywords: apr; blank; christian; church; community; covid-19; dec; feb; gatherings; government; guidelines; health; internet; pandemic; philippines cache: cjgh-505.pdf plain text: cjgh-505.txt item: #215 of 294 id: cjgh-507 author: Dsouza, Royson; Rao, Dr. Mrudula ; Vanjare, Dr. Harshad Arvind; Rymbai, Manbha title: Anterior abdominal wall abscess secondary to spontaneous rupture of liver abscess in a resource-limited, rural, surgical setting: A case report date: 2021-07-30 words: 2882 flesch: 47 summary: Christian Journal for Global Health 8(1) Anterior abdominal wall abscess secondary to spontaneous rupture of liver abscess in a resource-limited, rural, surgical setting: A case report Royson Dsouzaa, Mrudula Raob, Harshad Arvind Vanjarec, Manbha Rymbaid a MBBS, MS, Consultant Surgeon, Ashwini Gudalur Adivasi Hospital, The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, India b MBBS, PGDFM, Ashwini Gudalur Adivasi Hospital, The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, India c MBBS, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore, India d MBBS, MS, MCH, Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore, India Abstract Liver abscess continues to be a major surgical burden in low-and mid-low-income countries like India. On further evaluation with ultrasonography and plain computed tomography, a diagnosis of liver abscess in the right lobe with rupture into the anterior abdominal wall was made. keywords: abdominal; abscess; drainage; liver; liver abscess; management; patient; pyogenic; right; rupture; wall cache: cjgh-507.pdf plain text: cjgh-507.txt item: #216 of 294 id: cjgh-52 author: None title: Family Conflict – The Major Underlying Influence in Suicide Attempts in Northern Bihar, India. date: None words: 6201 flesch: 58 summary: The number of admissions due to attempted suicide at Duncan Hospital, North Bihar, rose from 82 in 2007 to 419 in 2011. Pesticide poisoning was the major mode of attempted suicide (94.3%). keywords: age; community; conflict; data; depression; family; group; health; hospital; india; people; respondents; rural; study; suicide cache: cjgh-52.htm plain text: cjgh-52.txt item: #217 of 294 id: cjgh-523 author: Nungarai, Nyalpi; Paul, Matthew ; John, Nathan; Goh, Wei-Leong title: Considering Medical Missions in all its Different Forms: A Viewpoint from the Asia-Pacific Region date: 2021-07-30 words: 5619 flesch: 46 summary: These non-traditional models of medical mission that incorporate a diversity of approaches, but without sacrificing the “traditional” missional values and practices, should allow even more people to serve in medical missions. The purpose of this article is not to exhaustively review the many complex issues associated with health mission. keywords: christian; countries; country; global; health; lmics; medical; missionaries; missionary; missions; professionals; quality; work; world cache: cjgh-523.pdf plain text: cjgh-523.txt item: #218 of 294 id: cjgh-53 author: None title: cjgh-53 date: None words: 3987 flesch: 51 summary: This is different from the mindset of mission hospital surgeons often in a hurry to finish the operation. New Insights Many mission hospitals do not consider new initiatives unless encouraged by visiting doctors. keywords: doctors; hospital; india; laparoscopic; mission; patients; surgeons; surgery; visitors cache: cjgh-53.htm plain text: cjgh-53.txt item: #219 of 294 id: cjgh-531 author: Zehra, Syeda Saniya; Schwaiger, Elizabeth title: Attachment to God in a Collectivistic Context and its Impact on Perceived Stress date: 2021-12-27 words: 6051 flesch: 40 summary: On the other hand, in nuclear family systems the correspondence hypothesis11 can help explain the relationship between parental attachment and God attachment on the basis of anxiety subscale due to a clear identification of caregivers, that is, parents as blueprint for authority figures such as God. No difference was found between parental avoidance and God avoidance attachment, for both the family systems. keywords: anxiety; attachment; avoidance; family; god; joint; nuclear; parents; relationship; religiosity; research; stress; study; system cache: cjgh-531.pdf plain text: cjgh-531.txt item: #220 of 294 id: cjgh-537 author: Supit, Alva; Telew, Agusteivie; Bawiling, Nancy title: The Church, Food Culture, and Ecotheology: An Ongoing Church Effort to Reduce Bushmeat Eating in Minahasa, Indonesia date: 2021-07-30 words: 2054 flesch: 47 summary: In this paper, we report how local churches have been involved in advising healthy consumption of animal meat, especially during the festival seasons (e.g., Christmas and New Year). Unfortunately, during these seasons, the consumption of non-cattle animals such as wild animals also increases. keywords: animals; christian; church; eating; food; health; indonesia; minahasa cache: cjgh-537.pdf plain text: cjgh-537.txt item: #221 of 294 id: cjgh-539 author: Dsouza, Royson; Cherian, Anish Jacob; Rao, Mrudula; Menon, Nandakumar title: Carcinoma of the Breast in Low Resource Setting: A Surgical Case Series from Rural India date: 2021-07-30 words: 4417 flesch: 52 summary: Breast cancer care in South India: is practice concordant with national guidelines [Internet]? Blackwood O, Deb R. Multidisciplinary team approach in breast cancer care: benefits and challenges. keywords: biopsy; breast; breast cancer; cancer; carcinoma; care; health; india; management; patients; rural; surgery; therapy cache: cjgh-539.pdf plain text: cjgh-539.txt item: #222 of 294 id: cjgh-541 author: Hirata, Emily; Peach, Michael ; Tobing, Sharon title: The Faith-Based Advantage: A Case Study on the Adventist Development & Relief Agency’s Response to Humanitarian Impacts of COVID-19 as a Faith-Based Organization date: 2021-07-30 words: 4817 flesch: 28 summary: At an organizational level, ADRA offices also needed to understand the disruptions the pandemic would bring to their current operations and pivot existing projects where necessary to address COVID-19. ADRA is the official humanitarian branch of the global Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Church and comprises a network of locally-registered offices in 118 countries, delivering assistance through localized on-the-ground approaches within the communities in which these offices are based.20 Seasoned in emergency response and capitalizing on its faith-based structure, the network of ADRA country offices banded together at the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak to develop and implement the “Stronger Together” global COVID-19 response, successfully supporting millions of pandemic-affected people across the globe. keywords: adra; church; covid-19; faith; global; health; international; journal; offices; pandemic; response; strategy cache: cjgh-541.pdf plain text: cjgh-541.txt item: #223 of 294 id: cjgh-543 author: Pender, James Samuel title: Bridging the Divide Between Health, Social Development and Environmental Interventions: An Example From The Leprosy Mission date: 2021-07-30 words: 4075 flesch: 39 summary: In addition to influencing the factors that increase leprosy prevalence, climate change will also affect people already affected by leprosy who may be plunged into further poverty. The link between leprosy incidence and socio- economic circumstances has been demonstrated because even before medical treatment became available, the disease vanished from Europe, and it began to decline in post-war Japan as poverty reduced.17 An association with unfavourable socioeconomic indicators including access to treated water, lower family income based on minimum wage, and more contact with other leprosy patients and the disease was demonstrated in Brazil.18 Leprosy bacteria has been found in soil and water around areas around poor, leprosy-affected communities in Brazil and India.19 Research in Ethiopia has indicated that leprosy transmission may be related to adequacy and access to water, sanitation, and hygiene as well as to schistosomiasis co-infection.20 keywords: change; christian; climate; development; environment; global; health; human; internet; july; leprosy; mission; pender; people cache: cjgh-543.pdf plain text: cjgh-543.txt item: #224 of 294 id: cjgh-545 author: Gasibat, Qais title: Exercising to Enhance the Efficacy of COVID-19 Vaccines date: 2021-07-30 words: 1515 flesch: 48 summary: The effects of exercise on vaccination responses: a review of chronic and acute exercise interventions in humans. Exercise and Immunogenicity Physical activity promotes a strong immune system and better vaccine responses. keywords: exercise; influenza; responses; vaccination; vaccine cache: cjgh-545.pdf plain text: cjgh-545.txt item: #225 of 294 id: cjgh-547 author: Aziznejadroshan, Parvin; Goliroshan , Soghra ; Qanbari Qalehsari , Mojtaba ; Hosseini , Seyed Javad ; Geraili , Zahra ; Shaker Zavardehi , Fatemeh title: An Analysis of the Relationship between Resilience and Clinical Competence in Nurses : Descriptive-analytical Study date: 2022-06-20 words: 5181 flesch: 50 summary: Variables affecting nursing competency of clinical nurses. In a study by Vosoghi et al., the students gained the lowest score on the teaching dimension,36 which could be attributed to the use of fewer clinical nurses in training the nursing students. keywords: babol; care; clinical; competence; health; medical; nurses; nursing; relationship; research; resilience; sciences; score; study; university cache: cjgh-547.pdf plain text: cjgh-547.txt item: #226 of 294 id: cjgh-559 author: Grills, Nathan John; Singh, Prerana ; Anderson, Pamela title: Associations of Multisite Pain with Mental Ill Health Among Women in North India. date: 2022-06-20 words: 5142 flesch: 53 summary: Statistical analyses of MSP, mental health, and demographic data found strong associations between MSP and depression and psychological distress. Key words: pain, mental health, women, India, widowhood, multisite musculoskeletal pain, depression, psychological distress disorder Points of interest • Multisite pain has long-term impacts but is poorly understood, particularly in LMICs. keywords: association; depression; distress; health; india; msp; multisite; pain; participants; studies; study; total; women cache: cjgh-559.pdf plain text: cjgh-559.txt item: #227 of 294 id: cjgh-56 author: None title: cjgh-56 date: None words: 1603 flesch: 46 summary: The inclusive church (looking inwards) This session covered how bible colleges, pastors, and church members can work together so that people with disability are included in all aspects of church life. We heard challenges from Mr. Brian McKinney, Geeta Mondal, Dr. Charles Kingery (ProVISION Asia), Ms. Pramila Balasundaram (Samadhan), Melody Murray (JOYN), and others about how we can reach out to India through disability inclusive health, education, and vocational training. keywords: christian; church; conference; disability; india cache: cjgh-56.htm plain text: cjgh-56.txt item: #228 of 294 id: cjgh-573 author: O'Neill, Daniel W title: Environmental Concern, Evidence, and Global Health date: 2021-07-30 words: 699 flesch: 40 summary: Alva Supit, et al show efforts to curtail bushmeat eating through church leadership in a Christian-majority region of Indonesia as one approach to fostering health in an era of pandemics and NCDs. Christian Journal for Global Health 8(1) Environmental concern, evidence and global health keywords: health; need; work cache: cjgh-573.pdf plain text: cjgh-573.txt item: #229 of 294 id: cjgh-575 author: Hospedales, James title: Caring for the Earth for Better Health and Well-being of All: Addressing Climate Change as a Planetary Health Emergency date: 2021-07-30 words: 2553 flesch: 38 summary: Caring for the Earth for better health and well-being of all: addressing climate change as a planetary health emergency James Hospedales a a MD, MSc, former Director of Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), and founder of EarthMedic/EarthNurse. Introduction Most of the major public health problems with which I have wrestled in my life—epidemics and pandemics, natural disasters, and chronic noncommunicable diseases (NCDs)—are all symptomatic of, or related to, climate change and/or destruction of the environment. keywords: caribbean; change; climate; earth; global; god; health; hospedales; internet; july cache: cjgh-575.pdf plain text: cjgh-575.txt item: #230 of 294 id: cjgh-579 author: de Andres-Sanchez, Jorge; Belzunegui-Eraso, Angel; Fernández-Aliseda, Sonia title: Religion as a Protective Factor Against Adolescent Smoking Habits: Evidence from Spain date: 2021-12-27 words: 3568 flesch: 56 summary: Therefore, our findings are consistent with the mainstream of the literature on the topic.1-12 Despite the finding that only the Catholic religion was associated with a statistically significant IRR under 1, other religions (Muslim, Lutheran, and Orthodox) present an IRR lower than that of the Catholic religion. If so, do different religions in the sample have equal protective power? keywords: cannabis; health; parents; religion; smoking; substance; tobacco; use cache: cjgh-579.pdf plain text: cjgh-579.txt item: #231 of 294 id: cjgh-58 author: None title: cjgh-58 date: None words: 859 flesch: 59 summary: Some of the contributors are medical professionals: authors, Denholm and Grills, and editors, Swamidass and Grills. Accessibility, as well as the power of the overall message, might have been improved by including accounts from authors from other parts of the world and from other age-groups. keywords: authors; christian; success cache: cjgh-58.htm plain text: cjgh-58.txt item: #232 of 294 id: cjgh-581 author: Viaud-Murat, Estelle title: I Will Never See a Full Moon the Same date: 2021-12-27 words: 493 flesch: 75 summary: Tonight, as my gaze meets again this African moon, from half a world away, I remember The cries, the lost, this life, The strange peace and the hope that We will meet again. I pray this poem will inspire the reader to not shy away from the hardships that can come with medical missions but to fully embrace God’s calling to be His hands and feet to bring the gospel to the ends of the earth. keywords: moon cache: cjgh-581.pdf plain text: cjgh-581.txt item: #233 of 294 id: cjgh-583 author: Marpaung, Ferdy Royland; Aryati; Soehita, Sidarti title: Acute Suppurative Thyroiditis in Post Arteriovenous Shunt Infection Patient date: 2022-06-20 words: 2606 flesch: 57 summary: Several previous case reports showed that the bacteria causing thyroid abscess was methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) which was not sensitive to ceftriaxone.10 It was suspected that there had been hematogenous spread of bacteria creating thyroid infection because the patient had just had an AV haemodialysis shunt transfer operation 1 week earlier. keywords: abscess; ast; day; infection; neck; patient; shunt; thyroid; thyroiditis cache: cjgh-583.pdf plain text: cjgh-583.txt item: #234 of 294 id: cjgh-585 author: Ellis, Danielle; Fitzgerald, Tamara title: Finding Common Ground for the Common Good: An Appeal for Innovative Collaboration between Faith- and Non-faith Based Organizations date: 2022-06-20 words: 3884 flesch: 47 summary: The scale of faith based organization participation in health service delivery in developing countries: systemic review and meta-analysis. Revisionist critiques point out that humanitarian organizations are often political actors, lacking neutrality. keywords: blank; christian; faith; fbo; global; good; health; healthcare; nfbo; organizations; world cache: cjgh-585.pdf plain text: cjgh-585.txt item: #235 of 294 id: cjgh-587 author: Melillo, Sara; Strachan, Rebecca; O'Brien, Carolyn J; Wonodi, Chizoba; Bormet, Mona; Fountain, Doug title: Effects of Local Faith-Actor Engagement in the Uptake and Coverage of Immunization in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Literature Review date: 2022-06-20 words: 12360 flesch: 19 summary: Additional current evidence gaps include: few rigorous study designs; a lack of vaccine hesitancy studies outside of Nigeria and Pakistan; and limited exploration of faith engagement and immunization in religions other than Islam and Christianity. Melillo, Strachan, O’Brien, Wonodi, Bormet & Fountain 3 May 2022. Findings from this review will advance understanding on how to more effectively engage local faith actors in promoting immunization campaigns and addressing vaccine hesitancy, which is more complex than expected. keywords: actors; analysis; bormet; christian; communities; countries; engagement; faith; fountain; global; health; hesitancy; immunization; islam; journal; leaders; literature; local; nigeria; o’brien; polio; religion; review; strachan; study; vaccination; vaccine; vaccine hesitancy; wonodi; world cache: cjgh-587.pdf plain text: cjgh-587.txt item: #236 of 294 id: cjgh-589 author: Newbrander, WIlliam title: All Creation Groans: Toward a Theology of Disease and Global Health, edited by Daniel W. O'Neill and Beth Snodderly, Pickwick 2021 date: 2021-12-27 words: 1970 flesch: 48 summary: He was one of the first evangelicals to posit the need for the church to not only evangelize the world, but to fight disease: “to awaken, energize, and nourish the Christian imagination to include a new form of service to bring glory to God by exploring and conquering the roots of diseases. So, the editors include a chapter that is a tutorial: “A Scientist’s Perspective on Disease and Death” by biochemical geneticist Richard Gunasekera is a useful introduction for non- scientists to basic genetics, genetic diseases, infections from bacteria and viruses, technologies dealing with disease, including nanotechnologies to eradicate pathogens, and Satan’s role in disease. keywords: disease; global; god; health cache: cjgh-589.pdf plain text: cjgh-589.txt item: #237 of 294 id: cjgh-591 author: Gorske, Arnold L title: Health-Promoting Churches: Reflections on Health and Healing for Churches on Commemorative World Health Days, by Mwai Makoka, World Council of Churches Publications, Vol. 1, 2020; Vol. 2, 2021 date: 2021-12-27 words: 2724 flesch: 42 summary: The future of health care generally, and primary care specifically, depends on the integration of personal health care and public health at the level of the local community. Although most churches do not have the financial or physical resources to provide modern curative care services, all churches have the human and community assets to provide lifesaving evidence-based holistic education and interventions for health promotion and disease prevention (the 70%). keywords: blank; church; churches; global; healing; health; internet; world cache: cjgh-591.pdf plain text: cjgh-591.txt item: #238 of 294 id: cjgh-593 author: Braganza, Morgan; Oliveira, Jacob title: Using the Bio-Psycho-Social-Spiritual Framework in Holistic Health and Well-being: A Case Example of a Community- and Faith-Based Sports Program date: 2022-06-20 words: 5877 flesch: 48 summary: Such training activities were also built into the KFFC curriculum to help students learn how to (and that they can) push themselves beyond their limits, which research suggests will give them confidence in their ability to persevere and grow through difficultly.28 In keeping with MA research, specific partner drills (e.g., self-defence, sparring) were also incorporated into the KFFC program in order to increase students’ tolerance of distress since they are repeatedly exposed to stressful29 and threatening situations,30 and taught how to positively respond.28 KFFC program designers intentionally included a variety of individual and partner training activities such as katas, conditioning, sparring, and self-defence based on research suggesting that such training will support those with mental illnesses. More specifically, KFFC students learn and practice K-F techniques such as sparring, self-defence, and katas that the research suggests can increase their cognitive functioning such as attention, working memory, long-term memory, speech, intelligence,16,25 judgement, planning, and conflict resolution.15,22 Improvements in cognitive functioning were expected to span all ages and developmental stages. keywords: activities; arts; blank; bps; christian; framework; health; kffc; kffc program; martial; program; research; self; social; spiritual; students; training cache: cjgh-593.pdf plain text: cjgh-593.txt item: #239 of 294 id: cjgh-60 author: None title: cjgh-60 date: None words: 1618 flesch: 59 summary: SHORT COMMUNICATION Practical Advice for Effective Healthcare Delivery: Three Principles to Promote Quality Child Healthcare Globally Elvira G Beracocheaa aMD, MPH, President of Realizing Global Health Introduction Sadly, child health is one of the areas lagging behind when it comes to achieving the 2015 targets of the Millennium Development Goals.1 Let’s focus on improving child health and finish the unfinished agenda of MDG 4 and end preventable child and infant deaths. keywords: child; country; health; infant cache: cjgh-60.htm plain text: cjgh-60.txt item: #240 of 294 id: cjgh-603 author: Ritchie, James V; Woods, Patricia title: Why are MedSend Grant Recipients Leaving the Mission Field? An Internal Review date: 2022-06-20 words: 2545 flesch: 45 summary: The experience of healthcare missionaries is different from that of other types of missionaries, such as church planters or bible translators. The reasons for healthcare missionaries’ departure from the mission field can be expected to have some differences from other types of missionaries. keywords: field; healthcare; issues; missionaries; work cache: cjgh-603.pdf plain text: cjgh-603.txt item: #241 of 294 id: cjgh-611 author: Flessa, Steffen title: Vaccination Against COVID-19 as a Christian Duty? A Risk-Analytic Approach date: 2021-12-27 words: 9107 flesch: 53 summary: Decision making in health and medicine: integrating evidence and values. Decision making in health and medicine: integrating evidence and values. keywords: christian; covid-19; decision; disease; global; health; love; people; person; probability; risk; sars; vaccinated; vaccination; vaccine cache: cjgh-611.pdf plain text: cjgh-611.txt item: #242 of 294 id: cjgh-617 author: Larson, H Elliott title: Evidence of Church Unity for Global Health date: 2021-12-27 words: 679 flesch: 47 summary: Christian Journal for Global Health 8(2) Evidence of church unity for global health At the beginning hardly anyone would have predicted that global health would become first in the minds of the majority of the earth’s population or that an infectious calamity would become the focus of global attention. keywords: christian; health; journal cache: cjgh-617.pdf plain text: cjgh-617.txt item: #243 of 294 id: cjgh-633 author: Martinez, Amanda title: Christian Healthcare in Medically Underserved North Philadelphia : A Piece on a Philadelphia FQHC and its Executive Director, Susan Post date: 2022-06-20 words: 2921 flesch: 56 summary: Our History | Esperanza Health Center. Key Words: underserved, Philadelphia, health, healthcare, faith-based, Christianity, urban, Esperanza Introduction Most of the residents of North Philadelphia lack basic health care services, live in households with incomes at or below 200% of the poverty level, and nearly one-in-five people lack health insurance, resulting in communities that are designated as Federal Medically Underserved Areas.2 After the migration of Puerto Ricans to Philadelphia grew substantially from the 1940s to the 1970s following the city’s economic decline, several blocks around North Fifth Street known as “El Centro de Oro” or “Center of Gold” became Philadelphia’s growing Latino community.3 Carolyn Klaus, an internist, and other concerned health professionals realized the great unmet need for affordable primary health care in North Philadelphia, and on June 15th, 1989 Esperanza Health Center opened its doors on Fifth Street in “El Centro de Oro.”4 keywords: care; community; esperanza; health; healthcare; patients cache: cjgh-633.pdf plain text: cjgh-633.txt item: #244 of 294 id: cjgh-64 author: None title: cjgh-64 date: None words: 1935 flesch: 70 summary: Resolving Conflict In Christian Global HealthCare David Stevensa a MD, MA(Ethics), CEO, Christian Medical and Dental Associations, USA Before we left for our first term of service in Kenya in 1981, a former missionary gave me some sage advice. Almost all Christians serving in global healthcare are providing care in the midst of some level of conflict. keywords: christian; conflict; god; person cache: cjgh-64.htm plain text: cjgh-64.txt item: #245 of 294 id: cjgh-641 author: Mathew, Litha Mary; Mathew, Leejia; Cherian, Verghese ; David, Alice title: Effect of Epidural Ketamine on Pain after Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Randomized Double- Blind Placebo Controlled Clinical Trial date: 2022-06-20 words: 3920 flesch: 45 summary: Nishiyama T, Yokoyama T, Hanaoka K. Midazolam improves postoperative epidural analgesia with continuous infusion of local anaesthetics. Effect of epidural ketamine on pain after total knee arthroplasty: a randomized double-blind placebo controlled clinical trial Litha Mary Mathewa, Leejia Mathew b, Verghese Cherianc, Alice Davidd a MBBS, DA, DNB, Consultant, Anesthesia Department, Believers Church Medical College, Kerala, India b MBBS, MD, Dip Pal Med, Consultant, Anesthesia Department, Believers Church Medical College, Kerala, India c MBBS, MD, FFARCSI, Professor of Anesthesiology, Penn State Health College of Medicine, USA d MSc., PhD, Head of Medical Research, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Believers Church Medical College, Kerala, India Abstract Background and Aims: Managing the pain after a Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) is essential for early mobilization and rehabilitation, which plays a crucial role for better clinical outcomes. keywords: analgesia; bupivacaine; dose; epidural; group; infusion; ketamine; mathew; pain; patients; postoperative; rescue cache: cjgh-641.pdf plain text: cjgh-641.txt item: #246 of 294 id: cjgh-643 author: Paltzer, Jason; Taylor, Keyanna; Patel, Janak title: A Descriptive Study of Community Health Evangelism as a Model for Integral Mission date: 2022-06-20 words: 7306 flesch: 43 summary: The distribution of the organizations based on number of CHE communities created a clear bimodal distribution with five communities as the dividing point. Justice, equity, and advocacy projects appear to be a growing area for CHE communities. keywords: approach; champion; che; committee; communities; community; development; health; implementation; model; organizations; program; selection; study; survey cache: cjgh-643.pdf plain text: cjgh-643.txt item: #247 of 294 id: cjgh-647 author: Wendler, Carlan; Lindberg, Doug; Sund, Greg title: Research As Mission: Experiences and Expectations of Missions Agency Leadership Regarding the Ministry Role of Clinical and Public Health Research date: 2022-06-20 words: 4286 flesch: 47 summary: c MD, Chief Anæsthetist, Department of Anæsthesia, AIC Kijabe Hospital, Kenya Abstract Introduction: Research as a focus of healthcare missions is an important component of the evolving role of healthcare missionaries and sending organizations in LMICs. Christian Journal for Global Health 9(1) Subgroup analyses of responses to the questions about research attempts and experience, research responsibility and enthusiasm, and the future directions of healthcare missions failed to demonstrate any statistically significant differences on the basis of mission size, healthcare weightedness, or healthcare activity focus though there was a trend towards greater missionary eagerness for research support in those missions that were most heavily weighted towards healthcare missionaries (67% vs 32% in less heavily-weighted missions, p ≈ 0.1). keywords: christian; global; healthcare; missionaries; missionary; missions; organization; research; respondents; role; years cache: cjgh-647.pdf plain text: cjgh-647.txt item: #248 of 294 id: cjgh-649 author: Zaluchu, Fotarisman title: Engaging the Local Church to Tackle Stunting in Indonesia: A Case Study in Nias Island date: 2022-12-21 words: 1821 flesch: 55 summary: Every denomination has local churches. The prevention of stunting at this time by the church is critical, since the church has a very significant influence in the Nias Islands where the prevalence of stunting is the highest in North Sumatra Province—between 25 and 48 percent.3 The cooperation of local church leaders made it easy to organize activities. keywords: church; health; indonesia; nias; stunting cache: cjgh-649.pdf plain text: cjgh-649.txt item: #249 of 294 id: cjgh-65 author: None title: cjgh-65 date: None words: 1652 flesch: 47 summary: Perhaps there are parallels to international aid abandoning civilian Somalis trapped in violent fighting or the disregard of health care in Haitian slums until the 2010 earthquake brought humanitarian aid organizations to the scene for relief and the opportunity to make major news headlines.2 Global health actors have an awesome responsibility. Today, since ISIL militants closed on a large area of central Iraq, including Anbar, Ninewa, Salah Aldein, and Diyala provinces, the provision of health care has diminished due to the destruction of facilities and a shortage of medical personnel and supplies.2 keywords: christians; global; health; internet; iraq; march cache: cjgh-65.htm plain text: cjgh-65.txt item: #250 of 294 id: cjgh-651 author: Zaluchu, Fotarisman title: Redeeming Gender Imbalances: How Biblical Interpretation Can Affect Women’s Health in Indonesia date: 2022-12-21 words: 6930 flesch: 57 summary: Joan W. Scott offers a theoretical framework to understand gender-based imbalance and analyze its religious dimensions.19 Joan W. Scott argues that gender norms are firmly established in Christianity employing religious symbols. Those who adhere to Christianity believed that obedience to gender norms, though the norms bear inequity, is being faithful to their religion. keywords: bible; christian; church; gender; health; husband; imbalance; indonesia; norms; research; scott; symbols; wife; women; work cache: cjgh-651.pdf plain text: cjgh-651.txt item: #251 of 294 id: cjgh-655 author: Garmon, Emily H. title: The Conqueror’s Creed: A Declaration and Prayer of Christian Scripture for Those in Pain date: 2022-06-20 words: 342 flesch: 73 summary: Christ J Global Health. The conqueror’s creed: A declaration and prayer of Christian scripture for those in pain Emily H. Garmona a MD, FASA, Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, Baylor Scott & White Medical Center, Temple, TX, USA I submit myself to the Lord’s will. keywords: pain cache: cjgh-655.pdf plain text: cjgh-655.txt item: #252 of 294 id: cjgh-659 author: Hosseini , Seyed Reza ; Dezhalon, Mostafa ; Ghadimi, Reza; Bijani , Ali ; Zabihi, Ali title: Prevalence of Poor Sleep Quality and Associated Factors Among the Elderly in Amirkola City, Iran date: 2023-05-29 words: 5745 flesch: 61 summary: Christian Journal for Global Health 10(1) Prevalence of poor sleep quality and associated factors among the elderly in Amirkola, Iran Seyed Reza Hosseinia, Mostafa Dezhalonb, Reza Ghadimic, Ali Bijanid, Ali Zabihie a MD, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran b GP, Student Research Committee, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran c MD, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran d MD, Amirkola Children's Non-Communicable Disease Research Center, Health Research Center, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran e PhD, Nursing Care Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran Abstract Background & Aims: Due to the lack of community-based data, this study was conducted to determine the prevalence of poor sleep quality among the elderly in Amirkola, Northern Iran. keywords: aging; amirkola; diseases; elderly; et al; factors; health; iran; men; prevalence; quality; research; sleep; sleep quality; study cache: cjgh-659.pdf plain text: cjgh-659.txt item: #253 of 294 id: cjgh-66 author: Sandin, Karl title: Medical rehabilitation in low and middle income countries for adult acquired disability: challenges posed by rapidity of health system change and position on the individualistic/collectivist axis. date: 2015-11-04 words: 2256 flesch: 31 summary: 12 The type of care being delivered imitates Western medical rehabilitation. 4 So, whether due to aging, trauma, advanced acute care, or chronic disease burden, many LMICs have joined the West in experiencing increased prevalence of individuals with physical and cognitive impairments from acquired disability. keywords: care; countries; disability; health; individual; medical; rehabilitation cache: cjgh-66.pdf plain text: cjgh-66.txt item: #254 of 294 id: cjgh-665 author: McCroskey, Diane title: Scripture Matters for Whole Person Nursing date: 2022-06-20 words: 1428 flesch: 68 summary: Correspondence: Diane McCroskey, LMU, Harrogate, TN, USA tad51@bellsouth.net Cite this article as: McCroskey D. Scripture matters for whole-person nursing. Reading the Bible daily and studying scripture is a necessity. keywords: god; nurses; nursing; scripture cache: cjgh-665.pdf plain text: cjgh-665.txt item: #255 of 294 id: cjgh-67 author: None title: cjgh-67 date: None words: 1223 flesch: 60 summary: He also offers keen insights in how the Mennonite church in the United States currently understands, articulates, and applies its beliefs in health care reform and in helping those in need of health care. He demonstrates a historical understanding of the Mennonite church in health care from its inception until now. keywords: healing; health; section cache: cjgh-67.htm plain text: cjgh-67.txt item: #256 of 294 id: cjgh-671 author: Harries, Jim title: Biomedical Services’ Fit Amongst People with Relational Worldviews, and a ‘Middle Road’ date: 2022-12-21 words: 2296 flesch: 58 summary: My reader should note that the medical means of proving that something actually works—double blind, statistically verifiable trials—are beyond implementation or even comprehension by many people indigenous to Africa. Amongst those who hold relational worldviews, including many African people, solutions to people’s ills are known to require the resolution of aberrant relationships (or those considered to be aberrant). keywords: biomedical; cures; healing; people; road; worldviews cache: cjgh-671.pdf plain text: cjgh-671.txt item: #257 of 294 id: cjgh-675 author: Larson, H Elliott title: Vaccines, the Faith Community, and the Common Good date: 2022-06-20 words: 681 flesch: 37 summary: The journal editors believe clinical articles based on experience in LMICs can inform practice more broadly and offer creative solutions for circumstances in which the practice guidelines in common use in Western countries are inappropriate or inadequate. Christian Journal for Global Health 8(2) Vaccines, the faith community, and the common good keywords: faith; health; journal cache: cjgh-675.pdf plain text: cjgh-675.txt item: #258 of 294 id: cjgh-68 author: Henderson, Catharine Anna title: Untapped potential- choose wisely date: 2015-11-05 words: 1461 flesch: 52 summary: Johnston R. Summary of registered abortions worldwide, through December 2013. On the other hand, we will never know or experience the gifts, talents, and contributions of those who have been at the mercy of the powerful decision of abortion. keywords: abortion; decision; health; henderson; life; wilkerson cache: cjgh-68.pdf plain text: cjgh-68.txt item: #259 of 294 id: cjgh-685 author: Dosunmu, Oyebode title: May We Know date: 2022-12-21 words: 330 flesch: 66 summary: May we know Oyebode Dosunmu a a MSc, Pharmacist, Bowden University Teaching Hospital, Ogbomosho, Nigeria Christ J Glob Health. keywords: hope cache: cjgh-685.pdf plain text: cjgh-685.txt item: #260 of 294 id: cjgh-687 author: Dosunmu, Oyebode title: Present Sufferings, Future Glory date: 2022-12-21 words: 287 flesch: 59 summary: Correspondence: Oyebode Dosunmu, Bowen University, Nigeria pharmaseyist@gmail.com Cite this article as: Dosunmu O. Present sufferings, future glory. In this world, we eagerly hope Our person for glorious days hoping Right here on earth to experience God to His own reveals His plan As we’re becoming more like Him There are many such days In this world, we earnestly pray With our heart and spirit, we pray And the Spirit for us intercede with groans God the intercession gloriously honor As we’re becoming more like Him Yes, in this world we may suffer And in the body pains, we’ll feel But in heaven is the greatest hope we have keywords: days cache: cjgh-687.pdf plain text: cjgh-687.txt item: #261 of 294 id: cjgh-69 author: None title: cjgh-69 date: None words: 1499 flesch: 75 summary: After this incident, the government gave us security, first Jammu Kashmir Police and later Central Reserve Police Force during the Iraq-US war. God has given me good Christian staff with a definite calling and sacrifice. keywords: god; hospital; lord; work cache: cjgh-69.htm plain text: cjgh-69.txt item: #262 of 294 id: cjgh-699 author: Sharma, Arun; Bishop, Nicole; Grills, Nathan title: Widows’ Self-help Groups in North India: A Tool for Financial and Social Improvement date: 2022-12-21 words: 4685 flesch: 49 summary: ”(F2) Discussion The themes raised in this study underscore existing evidence about the plight of widows in India, which is characterised by social stigma, marginalisation, and financial hardships.4,5,17,18 Social stigma around Indian widows is well documented, noting the “social death” that widows particularly in North India may face.17 It is accompanied by the attribution of discriminatory labels like “evil eyes” and by perceptions that widows carry “ill fortune,” creating significant barriers to their social inclusion.18 Indeed, widows in our study frequently described their experiences of taking on an inauspicious status and being marginalised after the death of their husband. Widows in India face immense challenges through enduring abuse, discrimination, and poor financial opportunities. keywords: community; empowerment; groups; health; help; india; program; sampan; self; widows; women cache: cjgh-699.pdf plain text: cjgh-699.txt item: #263 of 294 id: cjgh-70 author: None title: cjgh-70 date: None words: 1684 flesch: 35 summary: This conference was a forum for health care practitioners, scholars, religious leaders, chaplains, and students from various religious traditions, predominantly the monotheistic Abrahamic religions including Christianity, to address these issues and interact toward a more integrated approach to health care. There were many papers and posters presented on the interface of religion and health care, including one by Ashley Moyse, PhD, defining life from a Christian perspective: bounded by and inclusive of death and made hopeful by practicing availability and fidelity in caregiving through joy and sorrow and treating the afflicted as a subject, not an object –embodying valid hope toward a reconciled future. keywords: care; health; illness; medicine; religion; university cache: cjgh-70.htm plain text: cjgh-70.txt item: #264 of 294 id: cjgh-709 author: Cayley, William Edward title: A Just Mission by M. Haddis. InterVarsity Press, 2022 date: 2022-12-21 words: 1816 flesch: 55 summary: While Christian global mission work has historically been predicated on concepts traced to Matthew 28:19 (“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations”, NIV) and Romans 10:14 (“how can they hear without someone preaching to them”, NIV), Ms Haddis suggests that Western missionary work has historically been characterized by too much emphasis on cultural propagation, and too often failed to recognize the global scope and the cultural and ethnic diversity of the church. Woodberry R. Religion and the spread of human capital and political institutions: Christian missions as a quasi-natural experiment. keywords: christian; global; god; haddis; mission; work cache: cjgh-709.pdf plain text: cjgh-709.txt item: #265 of 294 id: cjgh-711 author: Quaranta, Brian title: The Backward Glance date: 2022-12-21 words: 309 flesch: 67 summary: The backward glance Brian Quarantaa a MD, MA, Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology, Duke University School of Medicine; Faculty Affiliate, Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative, Duke University Divinity School, Durham, NC, USA We're the people who don't kill other people. Correspondence: Dr. Brian Quaranta, Duke University, North Carolina, USA brian.quaranta@duke.edu Cite this article as: Quaranta B. keywords: glance cache: cjgh-711.pdf plain text: cjgh-711.txt item: #266 of 294 id: cjgh-72 author: None title: cjgh-72 date: None words: 684 flesch: 50 summary: Contributions on the theology and philosophy of missions and of global health continue to be a major interest of journal contributors and three articles in the current issue reflect this. Dr. Jose Miguel De Angulo and Luz Stella Losada offer an historical overview of paradigms in global health as they have evolved over the 20th Century, pointing out how systems theory and the study of complexity have affected theory and practice. keywords: conflict; health cache: cjgh-72.htm plain text: cjgh-72.txt item: #267 of 294 id: cjgh-735 author: Larson, H Elliott title: Vulnerable Populations and Communal Capacity-building date: 2022-12-21 words: 612 flesch: 39 summary: The pandemic has exacerbated disparities and increased vulnerability of certain groups, and the church retains a key role in addressing these. The churches were effective in facilitating the outreach of the teams and building capacity through culturally appropriate teaching methods that incorporated native clothing and dance. keywords: health; journal cache: cjgh-735.pdf plain text: cjgh-735.txt item: #268 of 294 id: cjgh-74 author: Downing, Raymond title: Should Christian global health be distinctive? A reflection date: 2015-11-05 words: 2183 flesch: 63 summary: Drawing on the insights of Jacques Ellul, this article proposes how Christian global health could be qualitatively different from humanitarian global health. But is there anything distinctive about Christian global health? keywords: christian; global; health; sacrifice; world cache: cjgh-74.pdf plain text: cjgh-74.txt item: #269 of 294 id: cjgh-741 author: Daring, Kohima; TenBroek, Nancy; Chisim, Shagota; O'Brien, Carolyn; Bormet, Mona; Sebany, Meroji; Slate, Kaitlyn title: Strengthening Very Young Adolescents in Gender Equality in Bangladesh date: 2023-05-29 words: 2366 flesch: 40 summary: World Renew Bangladesh works with local men, women, adolescents, and children for community engagement, leadership building, and capacity development in food security, economic opportunities, and health. Christian Journal for Global Health 10(1) Strengthening very young adolescents in gender equality in Bangladesh Kohima Daringa, Nancy TenBroekb, Shagota Chisimc, Carolyn O'Briend, Mona Bormete, Meroji Sebanyf, Kaitlyn Slateg a MA, Senior Country Director, World Renew Bangladesh b MA, Senior Program Consultant, World Renew Bangladesh c MSS, Capacity Development Manager, World Renew Bangladesh d MSPH (International Health), Program Advisor, USAID’s MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership, Christian e MPH, Program Director, USAID’s MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership, Christian Connections for International Health f MPH, Adolescent and Youth Health Specialist, USAID’s MOMENTUM Country and Global g M.A., Director, Program Excellence, World Renew, Byron Center, Michigan, US Key words: Momentum Global Health, CCIH, World Renew, Local Partner Faith in Action, USAID Introduction Amena (full name withheld to protect privacy), a 15-year-old girl from a remote village in Satkhira District of Bangladesh, escaped a forced marriage at the age of 13 and is now continuing with her studies. keywords: bangladesh; gender; girls; global; health; renew; world cache: cjgh-741.pdf plain text: cjgh-741.txt item: #270 of 294 id: cjgh-745 author: Cayley, William Edward title: Letter in response to Biomedical Services Fit Amongst People with Relational Worldviews date: 2023-05-29 words: 1695 flesch: 49 summary: Such questioning of whether God necessarily stands behind biochemistry may be reason for Cayley to prefer to consider the outcome of Daniel’s predicament a historical antecedent to today’s system of clinical trials, rather than an instance of “divine intervention.” Not only does the story of “Daniel and the diet” illustrate that a quest for verifiable clinical certainty is providentially part of the Christian story, it also provides a model for sharing the fundamental concepts of clinical research in an easily-understood story based in a real-life setting, and it provides a means for sharing both the Christian story and a model for demonstrating the basics of EBM at the same time. keywords: cayley; daniel; god; trial cache: cjgh-745.pdf plain text: cjgh-745.txt item: #271 of 294 id: cjgh-747 author: Portilla, Margarita; Goméz Velásquez, Santiago; Galvis López, Clara Rocío; Ortegón Ávila, Sandra title: Musculoskeletal Discomfort Associated with Remote Work Conditions of Professors during the COVID-19 Confinement in Colombia date: 2023-05-29 words: 3590 flesch: 38 summary: This study identifies musculoskeletal discomfort developing in this setting among university professors working remotely because of the COVID 19 pandemic, evaluates risk levels associated with this workplace, and estimates the need for remedial action. Garcia Salirrosas5 and Rosario Amézquita6 define musculoskeletal discomfort as a set of disorders of the locomotor system associated with structural and functional conditions of the joints and associated structures, including muscles, fascia, tendons, ligaments, and nerves. keywords: action; discomfort; health; lumbar; musculoskeletal; pain; professors; risk; salud; study; work cache: cjgh-747.pdf plain text: cjgh-747.txt item: #272 of 294 id: cjgh-749 author: Shablystyi, Volodymyr V.; Kosiachenko , Kseniia E. ; Berezniak , Vasyl S. ; Roman A. Katorkin; Viktor Y. Konopelskyi title: Activities of international medical and humanitarian non-governmental organizations in Ukraine under the conditions of martial law date: 2023-05-29 words: 6080 flesch: 34 summary: Tkachenko A. Peculiarities of the legal nature of international non-governmental organizations in modern international law. Lutsyshyn H, Zazuliak Z. Activity of international non-governmental organizations in the field of human rights protection in conditions of Russian-Ukrainian conflict. keywords: activities; assistance; cross; icrc; international; law; organizations; public; red; ukraine; victims; war cache: cjgh-749.pdf plain text: cjgh-749.txt item: #273 of 294 id: cjgh-75 author: Hale, Cynthia Berberian title: Health, healing and shalom: Frontiers and challenges for Christian health missions, by Bryant L. Myers, Erin Dufault-Hunter, Isaac B. Voss, Eds. Wm Carey Library Press. 2015 date: 2015-11-05 words: 2038 flesch: 53 summary: Health, healing and shalom: Frontiers and challenges for Christian health missions, by Bryant L. Myers, Erin Dufault-Hunter, Isaac B. Voss, Eds. In Chapter 6, drawing from their experience among the urban poor, Katy White, MD, MPH, and Kathleen Henry, PA-C, define kingdom health care as focused on Jesus Christ, holistic, and incarnational and focused on those with the least access to healthcare. keywords: chapter; christian; global; health; healthcare; missions; shalom cache: cjgh-75.pdf plain text: cjgh-75.txt item: #274 of 294 id: cjgh-751 author: Nicholson Jr., C. Phifer; Dahlman, Bruce; Carlough, Martha C. title: On Missional Medicine: Institution building, fragile places, and sheep among wolves date: 2023-05-29 words: 5498 flesch: 48 summary: One of the most notable academic engagements with faith-based commitments in health care was the Lancet series on Faith-based health care from 2015. One article from the series explores the impact of FBOs in Africa.15 In this piece, the authors acknowledge that faith-based institutions and communities provide a significant percentage of health care across Africa. keywords: accompaniment; care; christian; colonial; faith; farmer; global; health; hospitals; medical; medicine; mission; missionary; work cache: cjgh-751.pdf plain text: cjgh-751.txt item: #275 of 294 id: cjgh-757 author: O'Neill, Daniel W; Grills, Nathan title: Getting the Word Out: Research, Reflection, and Writing for Global Health date: 2023-05-29 words: 2833 flesch: 53 summary: Christians and Christian agencies can contribute to health research in all areas of inquiry. Additionally, their work and wisdom could have significant effects on global health practice if it were more discoverable in this growing body of evidence. keywords: christian; evidence; global; god; health; research; world cache: cjgh-757.pdf plain text: cjgh-757.txt item: #276 of 294 id: cjgh-759 author: Culver, Jessica title: For One Who Has Suffered an Injury date: 2023-05-29 words: 583 flesch: 66 summary: O Lord, let me not in my weakness of body excuse weakness of character, but rather let me faithfully honor You in times of pain as well as times of ease. Christ J Global Health. keywords: body; health cache: cjgh-759.pdf plain text: cjgh-759.txt item: #277 of 294 id: cjgh-76 author: Flickner, Natalie Ann title: A call to the Church: Embrace children with disabilities date: 2015-11-05 words: 1844 flesch: 71 summary: In fact, children with disabilities have a higher risk than other children for emotional difficulties like depression and anxiety. Crisis Care Training International (CCTI’S), for whom I work, has developed resources and curriculum focused on healing children of trauma, child soldiers, children with HIV/Aids, orphans, street children and children with disabilities across the globe. keywords: children; church; disabilities; world cache: cjgh-76.pdf plain text: cjgh-76.txt item: #278 of 294 id: cjgh-761 author: Supit, Alva; Mautang, Theo; Pangemanan, Melky title: A School-University Collaboration to Promote School Health and Physical Education in North Sulawesi, Indonesia date: 2023-05-29 words: 2123 flesch: 47 summary: It is critical to note that the fitness of school students acts as a strong predictor of future morbidity.4 The health of school students in our province, in particular, has been the focus of the faculty as the subject for research and community service. Examples of the research titles targeting school students as the subjects 45 Supit, Mautang & Pangemanan May 2023. keywords: faculty; health; physical; research; school; students; teachers; university cache: cjgh-761.pdf plain text: cjgh-761.txt item: #279 of 294 id: cjgh-767 author: Morehead, M Shawn title: Dust: A Meditation from Afghanistan date: 2023-05-29 words: 387 flesch: 64 summary: Dust: a meditation from Afghanistan M Shawn Morehead a a MD, MPH, Founding Program Director, Gadsden Regional Medical Center Family Medicine Residency, Alabama, USA “… for He knows how we are formed, He remembers that we are dust.” Dr. M Shawn Morehead, Gadsden, AL, USA shawnmorehead@gmail.com Cite this article as: Morehead MS. keywords: dust cache: cjgh-767.pdf plain text: cjgh-767.txt item: #280 of 294 id: cjgh-77 author: Longkumer, Takanungsang; Armstrong, Lois Joy; Santra, Vishal; Finny, Philip title: Human, snake, and environmental factors in human - snake conflict in North Bihar - A one-year descriptive study date: 2016-05-15 words: 5158 flesch: 64 summary: 2003;41:285-9. 7. Sharma S, Chappuis F, Jha N, Bovier PA, Loutan L, Koirala S. Impact of snake bites and determinants of fatal outcomes in Southeastern Nepal. Guidelines for the clinical management of snake bites in the South-East Asia Region. keywords: bites; common; envenomation; health; hospital; india; patients; people; snake; snakebites; study cache: cjgh-77.pdf plain text: cjgh-77.txt item: #281 of 294 id: cjgh-78 author: Strand, Mark A.; Paulson, Eckert; Myrick, Timothy title: Characterizing the global context for cross-cultural healthcare work by regions of the world date: 2015-11-05 words: 8857 flesch: 54 summary: Since the 1960s, different regions and countries of the world have adopted different stances to healthcare mission work. A more complete description of what types of healthcare mission work is occurring in coun- tries or regions of the world are needed. keywords: africa; anxiety; asia; christian; depression; east; healthcare; medical; middle; missionaries; regions; south; system; work; workers; working; world cache: cjgh-78.pdf plain text: cjgh-78.txt item: #282 of 294 id: cjgh-783 author: Larson, H Elliott title: Building Evidence in Diverse Places Where Healing is Needed Most date: 2023-05-26 words: 555 flesch: 31 summary: Building evidence in diverse places where healing is needed most This year the journal completes a decade of publishing Christian perspectives on global health. In an accompanying editorial on research, reflection, and writing for global health, Daniel O’Neill and Nathan Grills review the case of why the journal exists and why it is both right to publish such perspectives and how such publishing can be helpful to the church and our neighbors around the world. keywords: colleagues; health; journal cache: cjgh-783.pdf plain text: cjgh-783.txt item: #283 of 294 id: cjgh-80 author: Hall, Ashley A title: The call and rise of disability leaders in Uganda, Africa: The first Christian based bachelors program in disability studies and special education at Africa Renewal University date: 2015-11-05 words: 4477 flesch: 40 summary: The call and rise of disability leaders in Uganda: The first Christian-based bachelors program in disability studies and special education at Africa Renewal University Ashley A Hall a a Head of Department, Disability Studies and Special Education, Africa Renewal University Introduction A residue of rain smacked my face as I withdrew from the airport. Ideally, this element of the DSSE program equips disability leaders to incorporate and strengthen friendships with people and families affected by disabilities into their own personal lives, something that often appears novel in East Africa. keywords: africa; christian; disabilities; disability; dsse; education; persons; program; studies; uganda cache: cjgh-80.pdf plain text: cjgh-80.txt item: #284 of 294 id: cjgh-81 author: Steele, Douglas; Beitman, Candice title: Inclusion of physical therapy services on a short term mobile medical mission team to Nicaragua: a qualitative description study of team members’ observations and recommendations for improvement date: 2015-11-05 words: 7105 flesch: 42 summary: Opportunities exist for physical therapists to participate in short term mobile medical mission (STMMM) efforts to provide PT services in many of those regions. However, there is a relative dearth of research regarding the utility of including PT services in STMMM endeavors. keywords: care; health; medical; members; mission; need; nicaragua; patients; pt services; research; respondent; services; stmmm; study; team; therapists; therapy cache: cjgh-81.pdf plain text: cjgh-81.txt item: #285 of 294 id: cjgh-84 author: Foxell, Rachel title: Music in the mountains: creating sustainable therapy programs from short-term missions date: 2015-11-05 words: 2142 flesch: 52 summary: RMTs and other health professionals working cross-culturally are well equipped to create sustainable music therapy programs provided there is:  Ongoing collaboration with the community regarding the aims and purpose of the project. Correspondence: Rachel Foxell rachel.foxell@live.com Cite this article as: Foxell R. Music in the mountains: creating sustainable therapy programs from short-term missions. keywords: disability; health; music; samvedna; skills; therapy cache: cjgh-84.pdf plain text: cjgh-84.txt item: #286 of 294 id: cjgh-86 author: McNair, Jeff title: Disability and human supports date: 2015-11-05 words: 3650 flesch: 52 summary: The goal of this article is to help medical doctors understand the topic of disability and through this understanding, have a greater positive impact on those with disabilities. Models of Disability Arguably, there are three basic models of disability with many nuanced versions growing out of them which provide a way for us to understand disability. keywords: disabilities; disability; health; human; model; people; services cache: cjgh-86.pdf plain text: cjgh-86.txt item: #287 of 294 id: cjgh-87 author: Paulraj, Jessica Merrill title: Learning to see date: 2015-11-05 words: 1443 flesch: 80 summary: Christian Journal for Global Health 2(2): 69-71. not understand why Adam has to suffer with such a disfigured body on this side of eternity, but we can rest assured that God saw his unformed body, and God gave him life. We named him Adam after the first man, created in God’s image, because even though his body is broken and unformed, we believe God still had created him and had a beautiful purpose for his life. keywords: adam; god; life cache: cjgh-87.pdf plain text: cjgh-87.txt item: #288 of 294 id: cjgh-88 author: Ko, Stephen C title: Religion as a Social Determinant of Public Health, By Ellen Idler, Ed, Oxford University Press, 2014 date: 2015-11-05 words: 1126 flesch: 43 summary: They have done this by investigating the complex effects of religion and religious institutions on public health in various contexts throughout history. With burgeoning awareness and momentum, the essays within this book lay the foundation for inclusion of religion, religious beliefs, and religious institutions as social de- terminants of public health. keywords: christian; health; practices; religion cache: cjgh-88.pdf plain text: cjgh-88.txt item: #289 of 294 id: cjgh-89 author: Morgan, Alison title: Lancet series on faith-based organisation contribution to health care: a call for greater accountability date: 2015-11-05 words: 2193 flesch: 50 summary: In the move towards universal health coverage and an increasing proportion of health services funded by govern- ments, FPHPs, who usually need to manage cost recovery through user fees, are becoming more expensive for households, even where subsidies are provided for the very poor. The second paper summarised 11 issues where religious positioning has meant that health services delivered by faith-based organizations (FBOs) have differed from those of the public sector or advocated by global best practice. keywords: care; faith; fbhps; health; services cache: cjgh-89.pdf plain text: cjgh-89.txt item: #290 of 294 id: cjgh-9 author: Safe, Marianne; Grills, Nathan; Wainwright, Elizabeth; Lankester, Ted title: Community Health Global Network: “Clustering” Together to In-crease the Impact of Community Led Health and Development date: 2014-11-06 words: 4596 flesch: 56 summary: In May 2013, a five-day planning seminar was held and this culminated in the launch of the CHGN Kenya Cluster. It seeks to address this in two ways: through its global network of players in community health and in the formation of “Clusters.” keywords: chgn; cluster; community; development; global; grills; health; kenya; members; network cache: cjgh-9.pdf plain text: cjgh-9.txt item: #291 of 294 id: cjgh-90 author: Grills, Nathan John title: Interdependence: a new model for the global approach to disability date: 2015-11-05 words: 2275 flesch: 50 summary: Christian Journal for Global Health, 2(2):1-4. Interdependence: a new model for the global approach to disability Nathan Grills a a MBBS, MPH, DPhil, Associate Editor, CJGH; Nossal Institute of Global Health, University of Melbourne, Australia Disability affects over one billion people worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that over 80% of individuals with disability live in low and middle income countries, where access to health and social services to respond to disability are “limited for all citizens.” 1 Disability is a growing area of importance in global health, which was demonstrated by the development and adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2006 (CRPD). keywords: church; disability; global; health; model cache: cjgh-90.pdf plain text: cjgh-90.txt item: #292 of 294 id: cjgh-93 author: Chua, Jonathan title: Global Access Conference: where disabilities and possibilities meet date: 2015-11-05 words: 706 flesch: 49 summary: Global Access Conference: where disabilities and possibilities meet Jonathan Chua a a Manager, International Outreach, Joni and Friends International Disability Center February 17-20, 2015: Christian Journal for Global Health, 2(2):82-83. included Lausanne Young Leaders, leaders engaged in disability ministry around the world, and leaders from Joni and Friends, who hosted the event. keywords: conference; global cache: cjgh-93.pdf plain text: cjgh-93.txt item: #293 of 294 id: cjgh-95 author: Varghese, Jubin; Hughes, Nicole; Grills, Nathan; Kumar, Mukesh; Singh, Lawrence; Kumar, Raj title: Making distribution of wheelchairs sustainable: A Wheels for the World program in North India, October 2015 date: 2015-11-05 words: 1655 flesch: 45 summary: By means of working through and with local disability programs, engaging with recipients before and after the event, recruiting religious leaders and training local therapists, this approach is more empowering, builds community, and benefits individuals in a way that accounts for their life context. In conclusion, although wheelchair distrib- utions have been criticized for being charity, for disempowering local programs, for unsustainability and inappropriateness, we believe this model avoids these pitfalls. keywords: disability; global; health; india; therapists cache: cjgh-95.pdf plain text: cjgh-95.txt item: #294 of 294 id: cjgh-96 author: Flessa, Steffen title: Christian milestones in global health: The Declarations of Tübingen date: 2016-05-15 words: 7021 flesch: 59 summary: For this purpose, we will present the history of Christian health services from an economic perspective. Afterwards we will analyze the development of Christian health services, focusing on resource-poor countries from early colonial times to the new millennium. keywords: christian; christian healthcare; church; declarations; healing; health; health care; healthcare; medical; ministry; primary; providers; services; tübingen; world; world health cache: cjgh-96.pdf plain text: cjgh-96.txt