title: Faith-based organizations, science, and the pursuit of health.
abstract: Over the last three decades, there has been increasing interest in the role that faith-based organizations (FBOs) can play in promoting health and health care access among underserved populations. Although the research literature on church-based health interventions is growing, there are relatively few rigorous evaluations of their effectiveness in addressing health and health care outcomes. Establishing a national faith-based health research network is an excellent opportunity to create an evaluative infrastructure and generate new research on health programs and their effectiveness in FBO settings.
authors.affiliation: Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA. chisara.asomugha@yale.edu
authors.forename: Chisara N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Asomugha
authors.forename: Kathryn Pitkin
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Derose
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lurie
mesh_terms: D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D015397:Program Evaluation; D014481:United States