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Religion and health among African Americans — a qualitative examination
Author(s)	Loren Marks, Olen Nesteruk, Mandy Swanson
Journal title	Research on Aging, vol 27, no 4, July 2005
Pages	pp 447-474
Source	http://www.sagepub.com
Keywords	Black people ; Religion ; Worship ; Health [elderly] ; Longevity ; Qualitative Studies ; United States of America.
Annotation	In their study, "Religious involvement and US adult mortality" (Demography, 1999), Hummer and his colleagues found a 13.7 year advantage in longevity for African Americans who attend worship services more than once a week compared to those who never attend. This article responds to the question, "Why do highly religious African Americans live significantly longer?" A purposive sample of highly religious African American adults were interviewed using an in-depth, qualitative approach, to examine the religion-health longevity interface. Six themes relating to the research questions are reported: active faith involvement and the aged; avoiding negative coping; evading violence; the absence of hope; social support; and the power of prayer. The six themes are discussed, and directions for future research are recommended. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-060814203 A
Classmark	TKE: TR: OWL: CC: BGA: 3DP: 7T
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