Can Faith-Based Organizations Compete?

Faith-Based Organizations In Community Development

How Can Faith-Based Organizations Help Address the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Central America?

s of all RAND Health publications and full text of many research documents can be found on the RAND Health Web site at www.rand.org/health. This research highlight was written by Kristin J. Leuschner. The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit research organization providing objective analysis and effective solutions that address the challenges facing the public and private sectors around the world. R...

Enhancing the Emergent Capacity of Governance Volunteers: Faith-Based Organizations

The project is a continuation of a series of governance research pieces in which the ontological question, “What does it mean to BE a governor?” is explored. This specific project is framed from the point of view of governors of faith-based organizations. Based on a previous governance peer learning research project (Seel, 2006), this project examines how governors of Christian faith-based orga...

Faith-Based Organizations in a System of Behavioral Health Care

Effectiveness of adult vaccination programs in faith-based organizations.

Elderly persons of African American and Latino descent have lower rates of immunizations after adjustment for insurance and education. Interventions that use faith-based organizations (FBOs) are promising but have not been well evaluated. We examined the effectiveness of an FBO adult vaccination program in minority communities. From December 2003 through January 2004 and November 2005 through F...