Is religion therapeutically significant for hypertension?
dc.contributor.author | Levin, Jeffrey S. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Vanderpool, Harold Y. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-04-07T20:56:07Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-04-07T20:56:07Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1989 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Levin, Jeffrey S., Vanderpool, Harold Y. (1989)."Is religion therapeutically significant for hypertension?." Social Science & Medicine 29(1): 69-78. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/28120> | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VBF-469WW2W-1J/2/ba793086478c6c6fbc74c8141f7d38b9 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/28120 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=2662423&dopt=citation | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Epidemiologic studies of the effects of religion on blood pressure suggest that religious commitment is inversely associated with blood pressure and that several religious denominations or groups have relatively low rates of hypertension-related morbidity and mortality. In this review, we examine the implication that certain characteristics and functions of religion account for this association, and we posit 12 possible explanations for this finding. We propose that a salutary effect of religion on blood pressure can be explained by some combination of the following correlates or sequelae of religion: the promotion of health-related behavior; hereditary predispositions in particular groups; the healthful psychosocial effects of religious practice; and, the beneficial psychodynamics of belief systems, religious rites, and faith. Since past epidemiologic studies may have been methodologically limited or flawed, possible explanations for the findings of these studies also include epistemological confusion, measurement problems, and analytical errors. Finally, for the sake of completeness, two more speculative hypotheses are identified: superempirical and supernatural influences or pathways. | en_US |
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dc.format.extent | 3118 bytes | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.format.mimetype | text/plain | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | en_US |
dc.title | Is religion therapeutically significant for hypertension? | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.rights.robots | IndexNoFollow | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Public Health | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Sociology | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Anthropology and Archaeology | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Health Sciences | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Social Sciences | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Institute of Gerontology, University of Michigan, 300 North Ingalls, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2007, U.S.A. | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Institute for the Medical Humanities, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77550, U.S.A. | en_US |
dc.identifier.pmid | 2662423 | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/28120/1/0000570.pdf | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0277-9536(89)90129-9 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Social Science & Medicine | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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