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Bopp, Melissa; Fallon, Elizabeth A. – Health Education Research, 2011
The majority of the US population is affiliated with faith-based organizations (FBO). Health and wellness activities (HWAs) within FBOs have great potential for reach, though the factors influencing faith-based HWA are not well understood. The purpose of this study was to examine individual faith leader and institutional influences on HWAs offered…
Descriptors: Body Composition, Physical Activities, Health Promotion, Wellness
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Loza, Wagdy – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2010
The Belief Diversity Scale (BDS) was administered to 89 male Canadian offenders of different religious backgrounds. The BDS is a 33-item, six-subscale instrument designed to quantitatively measure the religious attitudes, beliefs, and ideologies of Middle Eastern extremists on risk areas described in the literature. Results indicated that the…
Descriptors: Muslims, Religion, Religious Cultural Groups, Islam
Williams, Patricia C. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Healthful living has been a cornerstone of Seventh-day Adventist belief and practice almost from the very beginning of the church's history. The problem was that no one had studied the role healthful practices play in Seventh-day Adventist education using the entire Seventh-day Adventist student population. The correlations between four aspects of…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Class Size, Family Income, Academic Achievement