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Does Religion Affect Public Health?

Does Religion Affect Public Health?

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Does religion affect health? Short answer, yes. Though its affect on public health is complex and not always recognized by healthcare professionals.

Graduate students, if you would like to participate in "Going Viral: Religion and Health," email your research abstracts to BUreligionconference2017@gmail.com.

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All Buddhism footage used with permission of scholar and filmmaker Jenn Lindsay: https://www.youtube.com/user/jenniferslindsay

Bibliography:
Religious service attendance and cigarette use article: http://www.isr.umich.edu/williams/All%20Publications/DRW%20pubs%202002/religious%20involvement%20and%20cigarette%20smoking.%20the%20CARDIA%20study.pdf

WHO and Religious leaders during Ebola epidemic article: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/notes/2014/ebola-burial-protocol/en/

Zip code, poverty, and life expectancy: http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2626194)

Vlogbrothers video on Zip Code and life expectancy study: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOtoaloIoII

Amish family picture: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Amish_in_the_United_States#/media/File:2006-07-29_-_07_-_Road_Trip_-_Day_06_-_United_States_-_Wyoming_-_Yellowstone_National_Park_-_Waiting_4888671147.jpg

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