Africa: Covid Has Highlighted the Connection Between Spirituality and Vaccine Scepticism
[The Conversation Africa] In the two and a half years since the first COVID vaccines were administered, anti-vaccination sentiment has grown exponentially. Scepticism about vaccines has been voiced, in particular, in religious communities across the world, from South Korea and New Zealand to South Africa, the UK and prominently among white evangelicals, in the US.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 8, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news

One way to cope with loneliness, excessive self-focus, or cynicism? Cultivate awe | Dacher Keltner
Research shows that people recently exposed to awe are kinder, more environmentally friendly, and better connected to othersAwe is the feeling we experience when we encounter vast mysteries we cannot understand. We find awe, I report in my new book Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How it Can Transform Your Life, in “eight wonders of life”: the moral beauty of others, nature, collective movement, music, visual design, spirituality and religion, big ideas, and the cycle of life and death.Empirical research by me and other psychologists hasfound that the cultivation of awe can be done, as with mindfulness pract...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 2, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Dacher Keltner Tags: Psychology Science Health Mental health Society US news Source Type: news

Celebrating Cultural Diversity and Spirituality in Long-Term Care Facilities
Don ’t we all want an inclusive workplace? I was reflecting on this past spring season and the many months filled with various cultural and interfaith holidays. The facilities where I work held celebrations for St. Patrick’s Day and Easter, and the staff put a lot of effort into decorating and organ izing the festivities. It was so beautiful to see the residents smiling, laughing, and interacting with each other and with the staff, and I wondered how we, the facility’s team, could make such festivities even more inclusive in the coming months.
Source: Caring for the Ages - April 27, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Fatima Sheikh Tags: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Source Type: news

Learning a lesson: spiritual attributions of sexual trauma and revictimization - Eytan S, Ronel N.
This study aims to explore how individuals with affiliation to spirituality and victimization attribute sexual trauma and revictimization to spiritual principles and its perceived impact on victim assistance. A phenomenological research was conducted with ...
Source: SafetyLit - April 26, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

PTSD and public stigma: examining the relationship between public stigmas attached to PTSD and self-esteem, spirituality, and well-being - Weinberg M, Soffer M, Gilbar O.
OBJECTIVE: The main goal of the present study was to examine the association between personal characteristics and public stigma toward posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) survivors. METHOD: Two hundred and ninety (N = 290) Israeli participants com...
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Spirituality/religion and self-harm among patients with alcohol/substance use versus other disorders - Kaufman CC, Pirutinsky S, Rosmarin DH.
Spirituality/religion (S/R) is clinically relevant to recovery from alcohol use disorders (AUDs)/substance use disorders (SUDs) and also associated with less self-injury; however, the interplay of these factors has not been adequately evaluated. Participan...
Source: SafetyLit - April 9, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

The Impact of religiosity/spirituality on slowing the progression of substance use: based on the National Epidemiological Survey of Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC-III) - Hassan AN, Agabani Z, Ahmed F, Shapiro B, Le Foll B.
This study investigated the impact of religiosity/spirituality on the developme...
Source: SafetyLit - March 28, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

Spirituality and cyberaggression: mediating and moderating effect of self-control and school climate - Li S, Nie Y.
BACKGROUND: Cyberaggression is an essential topic to focus on when it comes to adolescents' development. We focused on understanding the relationship between spirituality, self-control, school climate, and cyberaggression by examining the mediating and mod...
Source: SafetyLit - March 1, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

How Spirituality Guides These Three Doctors How Spirituality Guides These Three Doctors
As healthcare providers dealing with the stress of the profession, there are times when many doctors feel that tapping into a higher purpose — or even praying — might be a helpful way to cope.Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - February 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news

"I'm energized to" & "I'm able to": a dual-path model of the influence of workplace spirituality on high-speed railway drivers' safety performance - Liu Y, Zhang F, Liu P, Liu Y, Liu S.
Workplace safety has always been at the core of the sustainable development of high-speed railways in China, where drivers are a significant factor in railway systems in terms of ensuring safe operation. As a spiritual resource perceived by individuals in ...
Source: SafetyLit - February 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news

Senior UN Leaders Show Their Support to Afghan Women and Girls, Urge Taliban to Reverse Their Bans
Women receive food rations at a food distribution site in Herat, Afghanistan. Credit: UNICEF/Sayed BidelBy Naureen HossainUNITED NATIONS, Jan 31 2023 (IPS) Recent visits to Afghanistan by senior-led UN delegations underscore the urgency to protect the rights of women and girls, including their access to humanitarian aid and their right to work. The first delegation was led by Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, who called for the Taliban to reverse its decisions that have limited women’s and girls’ rights. The delegation, led on behalf of the Secretary-General, also included senior leaders from the UN; Executive D...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - January 31, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Naureen Hossain Tags: Education Gender Headlines Health Human Rights Middle East & North Africa TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Source Type: news

The clinical utility of spirituality and religion in meaning-making theory for suicide loss survivors: a scoping review - Post E, Vis JA, Boynton HM.
In the case of violent/traumatic loss due to a completed suicide, there can be an overwhelming and complicated grief reaction followed by a spiritual need for the process of sense making and finding meaning. Some emerging literature on suicide loss survivo...
Source: SafetyLit - January 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

The impact of religion and spirituality on suicide risk in veterans and refugees with posttraumatic stress disorder - Brandt MK, Sandahl H, Carlsson J.
It has been suggested that religion and spirituality have a protective impact on suicide risk in populations living with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This review sought to examine the association between suicide risk among veterans and refugees wi...
Source: SafetyLit - January 5, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Relationships between spirituality, happiness, and prosocial bystander behavior in bullying-the mediating role of altruism - Garc ía-Vázquez FI, Durón-Ramos MF, Pérez-Rios R, Pérez-Ibarra RE.
Positive psychology is vital in increasing prosocial behavior and reducing bullying. However, limited studies have analyzed the influence of positive personal characteristics on the prosocial behaviors of bystanders in bullying. The present study examined ...
Source: SafetyLit - December 26, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news