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Mindfulness and Yoga for Disadvantaged Urban Youth

June 11, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post

With that in mind, five years ago I began working with a team of researchers from Johns Hopkins and Penn State to explore what a yoga program might do for kids. We began working with the Holistic Life Foundation (HLF) in Baltimore, Md., a small nonp ...

Attention to Inpatients' Religious and Spiritual Concerns

November 1, 2011 | Journal Article

Hospitals may be leaving their patients' religious and spiritual needs unfulfilled despite believing they ought to be more involved, evidence suggests that a low percentage of physicians actually have religious or spiritual discussions with patients.

Meditation Course Helps Native Americans Sustain Recovery

July 23, 2009 | Story

Marlatt and colleagues conducted a study in a prison in Seattle in which inmates were given the opportunity to participate in a 10-day Vipassana meditation course.

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

March 31, 2004 | Program Results Report

The Midwest Bioethics Center 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 Results Report

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 Results Report

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.

Pastoral Care Education Program Helps Clergy Provide Mental Health Interventions

January 1, 1998 | Program Results Report

To remove barriers to receipt of mental health services in low-income Hispanic communities in New York City, this project trained Hispanic clergy and lay ministers to provide short-term counseling and referrals for longer-term mental health care.

Effects of Complementary Therapy on Health in a National US Sample of Older Adults

July 1, 2010 | Journal Article

This article looked at whether the use of biologically-based therapies, body-based therapies, or other alternative therapies were associated with a variety of quality-of-life outcomes among respondents age 55 and older.

Prayers in the Clinic

December 1, 2009 | Journal Article

This article presents qualitative findings from the first study of how physicians respond when patients raise the issue of prayer. The study recruited pediatric physicians from thirteen hospitals on U.S. News and World Report?s ?honor roll.?

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

December 28, 2007 | Program Results Report

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.

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