Data-informed recommendations for faith communities desiring to support vulnerable children and families during the COVID-19 pandemic
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The COVID-19 pandemic has heightened risk factors in vulnerable families. Historically, faith communities have provided support crises but may lack clear direction on how to best aid during the pandemic. The current study provides data-informed recommendations for faith communities to support vulnerable families during the pandemic. Eighty-seven non-government organizations serving 454,637 vulnerable families completed a questionnaire. Results examined (1) the needs of families and NGOs during the pandemic and (2) opportunities for faith communities to engage this population. Data revealed areas of need were material support, spiritual nurture, funding, and disseminating information. Based on these findings, seven recommendations were made.
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Spiritual community support is valuable in humanitarian crises, during the COVID-19 pandemic, and among internally displaced persons.
“Other research has shown spiritual community support to be valuable in humanitarian crises (Ager et al., 2015), during the COVID-19 pandemic (Wilke & Howard, 2021), and among internally displaced persons (Parsitau, 2011).”
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- Authors
- Wilke, N. G., & Howard, A. H.
- Affiliations
- CAFO Center on Applied Research for Vulnerable Children and Families, Christian Alliance for Orphans, Arequipa, Peru
- Department of Psychology, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama
- Venue
- Journal of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work: Social Thought
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2021-03-15
- Volume
- 40
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 349-364
- ISSN
- 1542-6432 (ISSN-L)
- 1542-6440
- OpenAlex
- W3138922873
- Cited by
- 6
- References
- 38
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 2
- FWCI
- 1.73
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work Social Thought (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Religion, Society, and Development
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Contemporary Christian Leadership and Education
- Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Keywords
- COVID-19 pandemic, vulnerable families, religious communities, religious congregations, non-governmental organizations, community support, material support, funding, information dissemination
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