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01-08-2019 | Substance Abuse | Original Paper

Urban Religious Congregations’ Responses to Community Substance Use: An Exploratory Study of Four Cases

Authors: Benjamin E. Hidalgo, Kathryn P. Derose, David E. Kanouse, Peter J. Mendel, Ricky N. Bluthenthal, Clyde W. Oden

Published in: Journal of Religion and Health | Issue 4/2019

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Faith-based drug treatment programs are common, and many are implemented through congregations; however, little is documented about how congregations conceptualize and implement these programs. We use case study analysis to explore congregational approaches to drug treatment; qualitative findings emerged in three areas: (1) religion’s role in congregational responses to substance use, (2) relationships between program participants and the broader congregation, and (3) interactions between congregational programs and the external community. Congregational approaches to drug treatment can be comprehensive, but work is needed to evaluate such efforts. Congregants’ attitudes may influence whether program participants become members of a sustaining congregational community.

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Title: Urban Religious Congregations’ Responses to Community Substance Use: An Exploratory Study of Four Cases
Authors: Benjamin E. Hidalgo
Kathryn P. Derose
David E. Kanouse
Peter J. Mendel
Ricky N. Bluthenthal
Clyde W. Oden
Publication date: 01-08-2019
Publisher: Springer US
Keywords: Substance Abuse
Substance Abuse
Published in: Journal of Religion and Health / Issue 4/2019
Print ISSN: 0022-4197
Electronic ISSN: 1573-6571
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-019-00788-9

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