14 articles in this issue
H Elliott Larson
A survey of articles on family planning and creative collaboration.
Rebecca Grace Oas
Within the Christian community, diverse views exist on the theological and moral dimensions of family planning, and specifically of contraception. Discussion of these issues frequently focuses on the family planning as a collection of methods and commodit... see more
Susan Otchere, Varghese Jacob, Abhishek Anurag Toppo, Ashwin Massey, Sandeep Samson
Background: Uttar Pradesh (UP) is the most populous state in India. The maternal mortality ratio, infant mortality rate and fertility rates, are all higher than the national average. Sixty per cent of UP inhabitants live in rural communities. Reasons behi... see more
Amy M Metzger, Mona Bormet
Background and aims: Faith-based organizations (FBOs) provide a substantial portion of the health care services in many countries but despite this coverage, many health facilities have struggled to maintain adequate stocks of supplies. The purpose of this... see more
Ghanshyam K Bhatta, Josue Orellana, Bidya Mahat, Ishwar Nath Mishra, Chandeshwari Tamrakar, Sujit Kumar Sah
Background: Family Planning (FP) is a key developmental focus for the government of Nepal. Use of modern contraceptives has stagnated at 43.2% since 2011. Unmet need for family planning (FP) in Nepal remains high at 27%. A factor contributing to this leve... see more
Nicole Butcher, Nathan Grills
This study has investigated the impacts of the Community Lay-Leaders Health Training Certificate course on trainees and their communities, specific to the state of Uttarakhand, north India. A suite of semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions... see more
Lauren VanEnk, Ronald Kasyaba, Prince Bosco Kanani, Tonny Tumwesigye, Jeannette Cachan
Recognizing the health impact of timing and spacing of pregnancies, the Sustainable Development Goals call for increased access to family planning globally. While faith-based organizations in Africa provide a significant proportion of health services, fam... see more
Moses Alikali
BackgroundFaith leaders are important gatekeepers in disseminating reproductive health messages and influencing positive behavior change within communities. Faith leaders are seen as the most powerful, visible, and reachable form of authority, even truste... see more
Adrienne Allison, Eloho E. Basikoro
World Vision, A Christian humanitarian organization, began to support Birth Spacing in 2007. After new data were published in 2008 that measured the impact of the length of the preceding birth-to-pregnancy (birth to conception) interval on maternal,... see more
James Duah, Peter Yeboah
Introduction: The interphase of faith and practicing health professionally often presents a challenge. To navigate between the two requires tact, experience and professionalism. Such is the case of the Christian Health Association of Ghana.Objective: This... see more
Robert Bradley Mitchell, Nathan John Grills
This article reports on an historic collaboration between Australian church-based development agencies and their partners in the Pacific – the largest in scale to date. It is now incontrovertible that climate change is damaging health and wellbeing in Pac... see more
Margaret Lynne Docking
Life saving midwifery knowledge must reach the key influential stakeholders in developing countries if the maternal death rate is to be reduced. The church holds the influence and has the networks and training institutions that can be fully expanded to ad... see more
Dean H Pallant
Book review of Faith-Based Development: How Christian Organizations can make a difference, by Bob Mitchell, Foreword by Bryant L Myers, Orbis Books. 2017
Daniel W O'Neill
This conference report describes the content of the Practice and Presence confereence at Duke Divinity School in May 2017, and the approach to Ignatian practices of reflection, prayer and discernment applied to the practice of medicine, along with its app... see more