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Rural African American clergy: are they literate on late-life depression?
- Authors:
- STANSBURY Kim L., BROWN-HUGHES Travonia, HARLEY Debra A.
- Journal article citation:
- Aging and Mental Health, 13(1), January 2009, pp.9-16.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This exploratory study examined rural African American clergy's knowledge of and experience in providing support to African American elders with late-life depression. Interviews were conducted with nine African American clergy who oversaw rural churches in central Kentucky. A conceptual framework was used to explore participants' knowledge of late-life depression. Although few clergy had direct experience with counselling a depressed older adult, all the clergy were considered literate regarding late-life depression and its treatment. These findings have implications for social workers building collaborative community treatment relationships.
African-American urban clergy's literacy of Alzheimer's disease
- Authors:
- STANSBURY Kim L., HARLEY Debra A., BROWN-HUGHES Travonia
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Mental Health, 8(3), May 2010, pp.254-266.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This study aimed to determine urban African-American clergy's awareness of Alzheimer's disease, and their willingness to provide support to elders and their family/caregivers. Interviews were conducted with 9 African-American clergy who presided over churches in central Kentucky. Findings showed that all clergy had previous experience providing pastoral care to adults with Alzheimer's disease and were literate regarding its treatment. The clergy were all able to identify risk factors associated with Alzheimer's disease, such as age, diet, genetics, lifestyle choices, diabetes and hypertension. The clergy also acknowledged that Alzheimer's was an incurable degenerative disease. Endorsement of professional help was unanimous, because they felt they could offer no more than emotional support. A majority of participants were knowledgeable about various health and mental health agencies, but were unfamiliar with the process of navigating them. In conclusion, the authors suggest that collaboration between government, educational, and faith based programmes could foster interventions that are effective in meeting the needs of diverse populations of Alzheimer's sufferers.