Health communication and faith communities / 
edited by Ann Neville Miller and Donald L. Rubin. 
 - New York :  Hampton Press,  c2011. 
 - xiii, 311 p. ;  pbk ;  24 cm. 
 - Health communication .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: Health Communication In, By, and Through Communities of Faith / Donald L. Rubin --<br/><br/>Part 1 : Health Communication THROUGH Faith Communities.<br/>A 10-step approach for health communications with community- and faith- based organizations during public health emergencies / Caroline Barnhill --<br/>Lessons learned in the development and implementation of a spiritually based colorectal cancer intervention in African American churches / Mohamad Eloubeidi --<br/>Ethical communication issues in health-promotion activities among ultra-Orthodox [Haredi] Jews in Israel / David A. Rier --<br/>Sacred tobacco use in Native American and Alaska native spirituality: implications for tobacco control programs / Catherine Rohweder.<br/> Part 2 : Health Communication BY Faith Communities.<br/>Faith-based organizations and the framing of HIV/AIDS / David E. Kanouse --<br/>Health promotion from within: a platform for advancing a health agenda for and by the Church Body / Celeste N. Lee --<br/>Religiosity, HIV risk communication, and HIV-related interventions within faith communities in Jamaica / Nancy Muturi --<br/>A qualitative analysis of Christian clergy portrayal of anxiety disturbances in televised sermons / Greer Sullivan --<br/>Communication with religious leaders about HIV: perspectives of HIV-positive persons in Nairobi, Kenya / Donald L. Rubin --<br/>Meanings, structures, and cultural contexts: discourses of traditional healers in rural Bangladesh / Mohan J. Dutta --<br/> Part 3 : Health Communication IN Faith Communities.<br/>Communication about religion and spirituality in the patient-doctor relationship / Adam Thomas --<br/>Chaplains and health care communication: an Australian perspective / Lindsay B. Carey. 
<br/><br/> Synopsis : While a large and growing body of literature addresses the intersection of health and religion/spirituality, this text is the first book-length treatment addressing health messaging in, by, and through religiously identified groups. This volume provides a broad perspective on the entire domain of health communication and faith-based contexts and organizations as it draws on the expertise of researchers and practitioners from the fields of public health, pastoral care, medicine, religious and cultural studies, and health communication, 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781612890418 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011022053 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Communication in medicine.<br/>Religion and medicine.<br/>Health Communication--methods.<br/>Religion and Medicine.<br/>Health Promotion--methods.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>610/HEA