An Afro-centric Approach to Public Health: Africana Religions and Public Health in Graduate Education
This article outlines the need for an interdisciplinary graduate program in Africana religions and public health at Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The program would trace the colonial histories of these fields, train students through internships, and create partnerships between health...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Pennsylvania State University Press
[2021]
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Journal of Africana religions
Year: 2021, Volume: 9, Issue: 1, Pages: 118-127 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Saint Paul, Minn., Hamline University
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/ Health system
/ Kombination
/ Religion
/ Africans
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| RelBib Classification: | AA Study of religion AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AH Religious education BS Traditional African religions KBQ North America NCH Medical ethics ZF Education |
| Further subjects: | B
Higher Education
B Africana religions B Technology B Race B Healing B Public health |
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| Summary: | This article outlines the need for an interdisciplinary graduate program in Africana religions and public health at Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The program would trace the colonial histories of these fields, train students through internships, and create partnerships between health officials and African diasporic communities in the Twin Cities that promote the insights of Africana ritual practices for hygiene, sanitation, and well-being. |
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| ISSN: | 2165-5413 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Africana religions
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