BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE This study assessed public awareness of warning symptoms, risk factors, and treatment of stroke in Ludhiana, Punjab, North West India. METHODS A hospital-based survey was conducted between February 2002 and September 2002 by the Stroke section of Christian Medical College. The study subjects were relatives of patients without history of stroke, attending the outpatient ...

The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 contains a little known section referred to as "Charitable Choice." This section encourages states to involve community and faith-based organizations in providing federally funded welfare services. Most social workers are unfamiliar with this part of the legislation and its far-reaching implications for society as a who...

The role of spirituality has become increasingly important in the field social work, especially when considering a holistic approach. Religion and are used to guide beliefs actions give meaning purpose life. This research, situated at an Evangelical Christian University, explored why it is critical for practitioners be spiritually equipped working with those need their perceptions importance fa...

Faith-based organizations (FBOs) have a long tradition of providing HIV/AIDS prevention and mitigation services in Africa. The overall response of FBOs, however, has been controversial, particularly in regard to HIV/AIDS prevention and FBO's rejection of condom use and promotion, which can conflict with and negatively influence national HIV/AIDS prevention response efforts. This article reports...

At a national policy level, the United Kingdom is at the forefront of recognizing the role of faith and its impact on organ donation. This is demonstrated by the recommendations of the Organ Donation Taskforce, National Institute for Clinical Excellence guidelines on organ donation, All-Party Parliamentary Kidney Group, and National Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Taskforce Alliance. Evidence ...

Faith development theory was pioneered originally in the 1970s (Fowler, 1974) and 1980s (Fowler, 1981) as a framework for understanding the evolution of how human beings conceptualize God, or a Higher Being, and how the influence of that Higher Being has an impact on core values, beliefs, and meanings in their personal lives and in their relationships with others. Because of the formative influ...

Background: The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between spiritual leadership and psychological capital and work spirituality in order to achieve work ethic in the organization. Method: This research is correlational in terms of applied purpose and in terms of how to collect descriptive information. The statistical population of the study is 250 employees of the commerc...