The life of leaders: an intensive health program for clergy.
Abstract
Clergy suffer from chronic disease rates that are higher than those of non-clergy.
Health interventions for clergy are needed, and some exist, although none to date
have been described in the literature. Life of Leaders is a clergy health intervention
designed with particular attention to the lifestyle and beliefs of United Methodist
clergy, directed by Methodist LeBonheur Healthcare Center of Excellence in Faith and
Health. It consists of a two-day retreat of a comprehensive executive physical and
leadership development process. Its guiding principles include a focus on personal
assets, multi-disciplinary, integrated care, and an emphasis on the contexts of ministry
for the poor and community leadership. Consistent with calls to intervene on clergy
health across multiple ecological levels, Life of Leaders intervenes at the individual
and interpersonal levels, with potential for congregational and religious denominational
change. Persons wishing to improve the health of clergy may wish to implement Life
of Leaders or borrow from its guiding principles.
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https://hdl.handle.net/10161/6212Published Version (Please cite this version)
10.1007/s10943-010-9436-6Publication Info
Cutts, Teresa F; Gunderson, Gary R; Proeschold-Bell, Rae Jean; & Swift, Robin (2012). The life of leaders: an intensive health program for clergy. J Relig Health, 51(4). pp. 1317-1324. 10.1007/s10943-010-9436-6. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/6212.This is constructed from limited available data and may be imprecise. To cite this
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Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell
Research Professor of Global Health
Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell is interested in the interplay between mental and physical
well-being and has designed and tested interventions that integrate care for people
with obesity and depression; HIV/AIDS and substance use; and hepatitis C and alcohol
use. Most recently, Rae Jean has been studying positive mental health as a way to
prevent depression and promote caring for one's physical health. Her work currently
focuses on caregivers, including clergy in North Carolina and ca

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