Poland, Public Health, Chaplains, Clergy, Mindfulness and Prayer

Lindsay B Carey; John B Nezlek; Terrence Hill; Harold G Koenig; Jeffery Cohen; Carl Aiken; David Drummond; Ezra Gabbay; Piret Paal; Jacinda R Carey

doi:10.1007/s10943-024-02172-8

Poland, Public Health, Chaplains, Clergy, Mindfulness and Prayer

J Relig Health. 2024 Dec;63(6):4049-4054. doi: 10.1007/s10943-024-02172-8.

Authors

Lindsay B Carey^{1

2}, John B Nezlek³, Terrence Hill⁴, Harold G Koenig^{5

6

7}, Jeffery Cohen^{8

9}, Carl Aiken¹⁰, David Drummond¹¹, Ezra Gabbay¹², Piret Paal¹³, Jacinda R Carey¹⁴

Affiliations

¹ School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. [email protected].
² School of Allied Health, College of Sport, Health and Engineering, Victoria University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. [email protected].
³ Department of Psychology, William and Mary College, Williamsburg, VA, USA.
⁴ The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA.
⁵ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Health Systems, Durham, NC, USA.
⁶ Department of Medicine, Duke University Health Systems, Durham, NC, USA.
⁷ Department of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
⁸ School of Medicine (Sydney), University of Notre Dame Australia, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
⁹ St Vincent's Private Hospital Sydney, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
¹⁰ Emeritus Chaplain, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia and Alumni, Drew University, Madison, NJ, USA.
¹¹ McKellar Centre, Barwon Health, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
¹² Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Hospital Medicine Section, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
¹³ Department of Ethnology, Institute of Cultural Studies, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.
¹⁴ School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

PMID: 39509003
DOI: 10.1007/s10943-024-02172-8

Abstract

This issue commences with a bibliometric analysis of the top 100 most cited articles on religion. It then presents the first of a two-part series relating to research from Poland and progresses to examine the relevance of religion and spirituality to public health. Finally, this issue revisits the long-established and productive discipline of healthcare chaplaincy and various factors relating to parish clergy. A new theme of mindfulness and prayer is also introduced.

Keywords: Chaplains; Clergy; Mindfulness; Poland; Prayer; Public health; Religion; Spirituality.

Publication types

Introductory Journal Article
Editorial

MeSH terms

Clergy* / psychology
Clergy* / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Mindfulness*
Pastoral Care / methods
Poland
Public Health*
Religion and Medicine*
Spirituality