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Body, Mind and Spirit

January 1, 2001 | Program Result

The Grace Counseling Center in Madison, N.J., Drew University, Madison, N.J., and Morristown Memorial Hospital of Morristown, N.J. jointly sponsored a conference in 1998 on the integration of spirituality and medicine, which many health professionals now believe can significantly enhance healing.

Complementary Care Programs are Becoming an Accepted Alternative by Patients and Insurers

January 1, 1998 | Program Result

From 1995 to 1997, project staff at the Wellspring Foundation of Bethlehem, Conn., continued its residential retreat program for cancer patients.

"Compassion Sabbath" Trains Clergy to Help Those at End of Life

March 1, 2004 | Program Result

From 1998 to 2000, the Midwest Bioethics Center (now called the Center for Practical Bioethics) developed and led Compassion Sabbath, a multi-faith initiative to help clergy and religious leaders develop tools for addressing the spiritual needs of seriously ill and dying persons in Greater Kansas City.

Mind, Body and Spirit the Focus of Conference on Health in Later Life

April 1, 2002 | Program Result

In 2001, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C., held a two-day conference that explored the potential for cooperation between religious communities and health care systems in meeting the health care needs of the nation's rapidly increasing elderly population.

A Getaway to a Lakeside Camp Lifts Spirits Through Exercise, Art and Memory

July 1, 2001 | Program Result

From 1997 to 2000, staff at the Breast Cancer Recovery Foundation established a retreat program for breast cancer survivors and conducted a pilot study of the retreat's effectiveness.

Spirituality Has a Role in Substance Abuse Treatment Programs, Maryland Researchers Say

December 1, 2007 | Program Result

Investigators with 9th Sign Communications conducted interviews with recovering addicts, treatment providers, researchers and government officials to examine the role of spirituality in treating alcohol and drug addiction.

1999 Conference Encourages Clergy to Work with Physicians to Improve Care of Dying Patients

April 1, 2003 | Program Result

In 1999, the Center to Improve Care of the Dying at George Washington University brought 40 physicians and clergy members together at a conference meant to address areas of common interest concerning the interfaith and interdisciplinary importance of end-of-life care.

Preventing Hysterectomy Among African-American Women

December 1, 2001 | Program Result

The Wholistic Health & Healing Association conducted a two-day forum in Sacramento, Calif., in April 2000 on uterine fibroids and African-American women.

If a Church Can Adopt a Needy Child, Why not a Recovering Addict?

May 1, 2000 | Program Result

The One Church-One Addict was established as a program that organizes and trains volunteer teams to support people in recovery from alcohol addiction and substance abuse and help them get necessary treatment.

Training Parish Nurses

July 1, 2000 | Program Result

Bay Area Health Ministries completed a video on the parish nurse and health ministry concepts - i.e., the addition of nurses to a traditional ministry staff in order to provide community nursing services to congregations and other clients.

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