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Because health care works best when patients assume greater responsibility for their own health, community outreach and patient education have taken on increased importance. Building Healthy Communities through Medical-Religious Partnerships describes an innovative approach to the development of community-based health education and patient advocacy programs targeted at the prevention and management of disease. Partnerships between health systems and religious congregations, the authors show, can be remarkably successful at bringing appropriate care to people who are often difficult to serve. The book offers valuable guidance for religious and medical leaders interested in developing programs in their congregations and communities. It includes practical and accessible information for establishing health education programs, identifies additional resources that can be obtained from local and national organizations, and discusses a range of medical topics. It also outlines how to train volunteers to assist others in navigating our complex health system. This revised and expanded edition of Building Healthy Communities through Medical-Religious Partnerships includes several new chapters along with descriptions of five medical-religious partnership models. Special attention is given to the challenges and opportunities presented by our aging and increasingly diverse population.

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Building Healthy Communities through Medical-Religious Partnerships provides a framework for hospital and faith community leaders to develop programs that can have a meaningful impact on congregational members. - Benjamin S. Carson, Sr., M.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Bennett and Hale herald a new way of practicing health care that combines the strength and resources of the medical community with those of the religious community. This model of partnership provides us with a blueprint for similar partnerships throughout the United States in the decades ahead. - Harold G. Koenig, M.D., Duke University Medical Center

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Richard G. Bennett, M.D., is the Raymond and Anna Lublin Professor in Geriatric Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and president of Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. W. Daniel Hale, Ph.D., is a professor of psychology and director of the Community Health Initiative at Stetson University.

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