RT Article
T1 The Influence of Religiosity and Spirituality on Health in Canada: A Systematic Literature Review
JF Journal of religion and health
VO 61
IS 1
SP 373
OP 414
A1 Litalien, Manuel
A1 Atari, Dominic Odwa
A1 Obasi, Ikemdinachi
LA English
PB Springer Science + Business Media B. V.
YR 2022
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1798293536
AB The association between religion and health has been the subject of growing interest in academia. However, limited reviews of such studies in Canada exist. The paper systematically reviews and synthesizes existing literature on the relationship between spirituality and health in Canada. Available general databases such as: Medline; Web of Science, PubMed, Sociological abstract, Social Service Abstracts, Google scholar, Humanities International Index, JSTOR, CPI.Q Canadian Periodicals, and American Theological Library Association were searched for the period between 2000 and April 2019 inclusive. Collected data were then systematically analysed for common themes about spirituality and health in Canada. In total, 151 articles were found, but only 128 had relevance with the study objectives. Overall, the analysis showed that religion and spirituality do influence health behaviours, and well-being. However, more gender-based studies need to be conducted to tease out the differences in religion/spirituality and health across different genders, and ethnic groups in Canada.
K1 Communicable Diseases
K1 Health
K1 Noncommunicable diseases
K1 Religion
K1 Spirituality
DO 10.1007/s10943-020-01148-8