scholarly journals Religion and Disability: Variation in Religious Service Attendance Rates for Children with Chronic Health Conditions

2018 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 377-395 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew L. Whitehead
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Health Conditions ◽  
Health Conditions ◽  
Attendance Rates ◽  
Religious Service ◽  
Religious Service Attendance ◽  
Chronic Health ◽  
Service Attendance

scholarly journals Religion and Disability: Variation in Religious Service Attendance Rates for Children with Chronic Health Conditions

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew L Whitehead
Keyword(s):  
Religious Involvement ◽  
The United States ◽  
Chronic Health Conditions ◽  
Health Conditions ◽  
Attendance Rates ◽  
Religious Service ◽  
Religious Service Attendance ◽  
Chronic Health ◽  
Worship Services ◽  
Service Attendance

Prior research consistently demonstrates greater religious involvement is associated with improved health outcomes for those with chronic health conditions. Fewer studies focus on how chronic health conditions influence religious service attendance rates and most focus on older Americans. Using three waves of a nationally representative sample of children in the United States, I test whether children with a chronic health condition never attend religious worship services at rates significantly higher than children without a condition. I also investigate variation in attendance rates across a broad range of conditions, something previously overlooked. Children with chronic health conditions are more likely to never attend religious worship services. Specifically, children with chronic health conditions that impede communication and social interaction are most likely to never attend. Despite shifts in prevalence these findings are stable over time. Implications for researchers, religious communities, families with children with chronic health conditions, and healthcare providers are discussed.

Saskatoon in motion: Class vs. home-based exercise intervention in older adults with chronic health conditions

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce Reeder ◽  
Karen Chad ◽  
Liz Harrison ◽  
Nigel Ashworth ◽  
Suzanne Sheppard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Exercise Intervention ◽  
Chronic Health Conditions ◽  
Health Conditions ◽  
Chronic Health ◽  
Home Based
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