1 00:00:06,274 --> 00:00:08,243 WE ARE SO GLAD YOU ARE HERE FOR 2 00:00:08,243 --> 00:00:10,309 WHAT PROMISES TO BE AN EXCITING 3 00:00:10,309 --> 00:00:12,246 AND INFORMATIVE PRESENTATION. 4 00:00:12,246 --> 00:00:13,287 I'M JOAN ROMAINE, THE 5 00:00:13,287 --> 00:00:14,491 FOUNDER AND CHAIR OF THE 6 00:00:14,491 --> 00:00:15,871 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY AND 7 00:00:15,871 --> 00:00:17,251 HEALTH SCIENTIFIC INTEREST 8 00:00:17,251 --> 00:00:21,973 GROUP, WHICH BEGAN HERE 9 00:00:21,973 --> 00:00:27,261 AT THE NIH IN OCTOBER 2020. 10 00:00:27,261 --> 00:00:27,489 TODAYS THE MY GREAT HONOR 11 00:00:27,489 --> 00:00:27,728 AND PRIVILEGE TO INTRODUCE 12 00:00:27,728 --> 00:00:28,000 OUR GUEST SPEAKER, DR. ELLEN 13 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:28,262 IDLER FROM EMORY UNIVERSITY 14 00:00:28,262 --> 00:00:35,269 IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA. 15 00:00:35,269 --> 00:00:35,922 SHE WILL BE SENDING HER TALK, 16 00:00:35,922 --> 00:00:36,654 COMPLEXITIES AND CONTRADICTIONS 17 00:00:36,654 --> 00:00:37,271 IN THINKING ABOUT RELIGION 18 00:00:37,271 --> 00:00:40,692 AS A SOCIAL 19 00:00:40,692 --> 00:00:47,248 DETERMINANT OF HEALTH. 20 00:00:47,248 --> 00:00:49,699 AS BACKGROUND, SHE IS DIRECTOR 21 00:00:49,699 --> 00:00:51,856 OF THE RELIGION AND PUBLIC 22 00:00:51,856 --> 00:00:53,641 HEALTH COLLABORATIVE, 23 00:00:53,641 --> 00:00:55,256 CHAIR OF SOCIOLOGY 24 00:00:55,256 --> 00:00:56,186 IN EMORY COLLEGE, SHE 25 00:00:56,186 --> 00:00:57,129 IS JOINT FACULTY IN THE 26 00:00:57,129 --> 00:00:58,257 DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY, 27 00:00:58,257 --> 00:00:59,260 SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH 28 00:00:59,260 --> 00:01:02,204 AND SENIOR FELLOW AT THE 29 00:01:02,204 --> 00:01:05,266 EMORY CENTER FOR ETHICS. 30 00:01:05,266 --> 00:01:07,193 SHE RECEIVED HER PH.D. 31 00:01:07,193 --> 00:01:09,599 FROM YALE, WITH TRAINING TO 32 00:01:09,599 --> 00:01:12,273 PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIOLOGY. 33 00:01:12,273 --> 00:01:14,856 SHE HAS ALSO INTERDISCIPLINARY 34 00:01:14,856 --> 00:01:16,788 TRAINING IN SOCIOLOGY, 35 00:01:16,788 --> 00:01:19,246 RELIGION AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 36 00:01:19,246 --> 00:01:20,332 SHE IS KNOWN FOR HER RESEARCH 37 00:01:20,332 --> 00:01:21,204 ON RELIGION AS A SOCIAL 38 00:01:21,204 --> 00:01:22,324 DETERMINANT OF HEALTH, HEALTH 39 00:01:22,324 --> 00:01:23,250 PERCEPTIONS, DISABILITY 40 00:01:23,250 --> 00:01:25,217 AND QUALITY OF 41 00:01:25,217 --> 00:01:27,485 LIFE, PARTICULARLY 42 00:01:27,485 --> 00:01:30,257 IN AGING POPULATIONS. 43 00:01:30,257 --> 00:01:32,007 HER CURRENT RESEARCH 44 00:01:32,007 --> 00:01:34,486 INTERESTS AND FRONTS INCLUDE 45 00:01:34,486 --> 00:01:36,651 THE ROLE OF RELIGION IN 46 00:01:36,651 --> 00:01:39,266 ADULT MORTALITY, AS COMPARED 47 00:01:39,266 --> 00:01:41,576 TO OTHER SOCIAL DETERMINANTS 48 00:01:41,576 --> 00:01:43,606 OF HEALTH, RELIGION'S ROLE 49 00:01:43,606 --> 00:01:45,679 IN END OF LIFE DECISIONS, 50 00:01:45,679 --> 00:01:47,274 THE ROLE OF CAPLINS 51 00:01:47,274 --> 00:01:48,578 IN PALLATIVE CARE T IMPACT 52 00:01:48,578 --> 00:01:49,605 OF MARITAL STATUS ON 53 00:01:49,605 --> 00:01:51,000 MORTALITY FOLLOWING SURGERY, 54 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:52,246 TRENDS IN SUICIDE RATES 55 00:01:52,246 --> 00:01:54,976 AMONG MIDDLE AGE AND OLDER 56 00:01:54,976 --> 00:01:57,437 AMERICANS, A COMPARISON 57 00:01:57,437 --> 00:01:59,323 OF THE PATIENT AND 58 00:01:59,323 --> 00:02:02,256 PHYSICIAN GLOBAL RATINGS OF 59 00:02:02,256 --> 00:02:04,596 THE HEALTH AND PRIMARY CARE, 60 00:02:04,596 --> 00:02:06,588 AND PATTERNS OF RELIGIOUS 61 00:02:06,588 --> 00:02:08,262 PRACTICE IN OLD AGE. 62 00:02:08,262 --> 00:02:10,902 SHE, WITH HER COLLEAGUES, ALSO 63 00:02:10,902 --> 00:02:13,765 PRODUCED AN INTER- DISCIPLINARY 64 00:02:13,765 --> 00:02:16,270 VOLUME ENTITLED RELIGION AS 65 00:02:16,270 --> 00:02:18,213 A SOCIAL DETERMINANT 66 00:02:18,213 --> 00:02:20,270 OF HEALTH, PUBLISHED BY 67 00:02:20,270 --> 00:02:22,729 OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS IN 68 00:02:22,729 --> 00:02:25,279 2014, AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW 69 00:02:25,279 --> 00:02:26,883 ALREADY, SHE PUBLISHED 70 00:02:26,883 --> 00:02:28,649 TWO ADDITIONAL BOOKS AND 71 00:02:28,649 --> 00:02:30,523 OVER 70 CHAPTERS, RESEARCH 72 00:02:30,523 --> 00:02:32,253 THAT'S SUPPORTED BY US 73 00:02:33,254 --> 00:02:33,558 HERE BY THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE 74 00:02:33,558 --> 00:02:33,797 ON AGING, INCLUDING THE 75 00:02:33,797 --> 00:02:34,051 FIRST AWARD, THE NATIONAL 76 00:02:34,051 --> 00:02:34,255 INSTITUTE OF MENTAL 77 00:02:34,255 --> 00:02:37,205 HEALTH AND THE 78 00:02:37,205 --> 00:02:41,262 TEMPLETON FOUNDATION. 79 00:02:41,262 --> 00:02:43,135 HER WORK IS FREQUENTLY CITED, 80 00:02:43,135 --> 00:02:45,234 SHE IS LISTED AS A HIGHLY CITED 81 00:02:45,234 --> 00:02:47,268 SCHOLAR BY THE WEB OF SCIENCE. 82 00:02:47,268 --> 00:02:48,192 WHILE THERE IS MUCH MORE 83 00:02:48,192 --> 00:02:49,010 I COULD SAY ABOUT HER 84 00:02:49,010 --> 00:02:50,161 ESTEEMED ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND 85 00:02:50,161 --> 00:02:51,272 CONTRIBUTIONS, FOR THE SAKE 86 00:02:51,272 --> 00:02:56,277 OF TIME, I WILL STOP HERE. 87 00:02:56,277 --> 00:02:58,094 BEFORE I TURN IT OVER 88 00:02:58,094 --> 00:03:00,128 TO HER, I WANT TO SAY A 89 00:03:00,128 --> 00:03:02,249 FEW HOUSEKEEPING TIPS. 90 00:03:02,249 --> 00:03:02,850 WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK 91 00:03:02,850 --> 00:03:03,641 EVERYONE PLEASE STAY MUTED 92 00:03:03,641 --> 00:03:04,385 WHILE SHE IS GIVING HER 93 00:03:04,385 --> 00:03:05,252 PRESENTATION, AND ALSO KEEP 94 00:03:05,252 --> 00:03:07,804 YOUR VIDEOS OFFER, SO WE 95 00:03:07,804 --> 00:03:10,257 DON'T HAVE DISTRACTIONS. 96 00:03:10,257 --> 00:03:11,629 IF YOU ARE SPEAKING, 97 00:03:11,629 --> 00:03:13,445 CERTAINLY TURN YOUR VIDEOS 98 00:03:13,445 --> 00:03:15,262 ON, AND UNMUTE YOURSELF. 99 00:03:15,262 --> 00:03:18,648 WE WILL HAVE TIME FOR QUESTIONS 100 00:03:18,648 --> 00:03:21,268 AND ANSWERS AT THE END. 101 00:03:21,268 --> 00:03:21,964 I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IF 102 00:03:21,964 --> 00:03:22,605 YOU PLEASE POST YOUR 103 00:03:22,605 --> 00:03:23,454 QUESTIONS IN THE CHAT, WE 104 00:03:23,454 --> 00:03:24,271 WILL BE MONITORING THEM. 105 00:03:24,271 --> 00:03:28,259 HOPEFULLY, WE WILL GET 106 00:03:28,259 --> 00:03:32,246 TO AS MANY AS WE CAN. 107 00:03:32,246 --> 00:03:33,297 WE ARE RECORDING THIS 108 00:03:33,297 --> 00:03:34,564 TALK, AND WE WILL HAVE IT 109 00:03:34,564 --> 00:03:35,908 AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE, 110 00:03:35,908 --> 00:03:37,251 JUST AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 111 00:03:37,251 --> 00:03:37,700 IT IS MY GREAT PLEASURE TO 112 00:03:37,700 --> 00:03:38,252 TURN IT OVER TO YOU, DR. IDLER. 113 00:03:38,252 --> 00:03:40,254 PLEASE TAKE IT AWAY. 114 00:03:40,254 --> 00:03:49,263 >> THANK YOU, JOAN. 115 00:03:49,263 --> 00:03:49,763 THIS HAS BEEN A VERY NICE 116 00:03:49,763 --> 00:03:50,250 INVITATION AND I AM GLAD 117 00:03:50,250 --> 00:03:50,727 TO JOIN YOUR GROUP FOR 118 00:03:50,727 --> 00:03:51,265 THIS MONTHLY MEETING THAT 119 00:03:51,265 --> 00:03:54,359 YOU HAVE FOR THE 120 00:03:54,359 --> 00:03:57,271 INTEREST GROUP. 121 00:03:57,271 --> 00:03:59,920 I'M DELIGHTED TO SHARE RESEARCH 122 00:03:59,920 --> 00:04:02,012 WITH YOU, AND THAT WAS A 123 00:04:02,012 --> 00:04:04,278 VERY LONG LIST OF THINGS. 124 00:04:04,278 --> 00:04:05,078 I FELT TIRED WHEN I LISTENED 125 00:04:05,078 --> 00:04:05,685 TO ALL THE -- SOME OF 126 00:04:05,685 --> 00:04:06,422 THOSE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN 127 00:04:06,422 --> 00:04:07,248 FINISHED FOR QUITE A WHILE, 128 00:04:07,248 --> 00:04:12,429 BUT IT WAS NICE OF YOU 129 00:04:12,429 --> 00:04:18,259 TO MENTION SO MANY THINGS. 130 00:04:18,259 --> 00:04:18,803 LET ME GET STARTED BY HOPEFULLY 131 00:04:18,803 --> 00:04:19,260 PUTTING UP THE RIGHT ONE. 132 00:04:19,260 --> 00:04:21,262 GOOD GRIEF. 133 00:04:21,262 --> 00:04:23,264 THAT IS NOT THE RIGHT ONE. 134 00:04:23,264 --> 00:04:26,616 WE DON'T WANT MY CLASSES 135 00:04:26,616 --> 00:04:29,270 FROM THIS MORNING. 136 00:04:29,270 --> 00:04:30,706 THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A 137 00:04:30,706 --> 00:04:32,273 TOTALLY DIFFERENT TALK. 138 00:04:32,273 --> 00:04:36,277 LET ME SHARE THE FULL SCREEN. 139 00:04:36,277 --> 00:04:36,615 CAN YOU GIVE ME A THUMBS 140 00:04:36,615 --> 00:04:36,903 UP, JOAN, IF YOU ARE 141 00:04:36,903 --> 00:04:37,278 SEEING THE RIGHT SCREEN. 142 00:04:37,278 --> 00:04:40,247 >> YES. 143 00:04:40,247 --> 00:04:42,249 LOOKS GREAT. 144 00:04:42,249 --> 00:04:46,825 >> THANK YOU FOR 145 00:04:46,825 --> 00:04:52,259 INVITING ME AGAIN. 146 00:04:52,259 --> 00:04:53,912 I THOUGHT WHAT I WOULD DO 147 00:04:53,912 --> 00:04:55,518 IN THIS TALK IS, BECAUSE 148 00:04:55,518 --> 00:04:57,290 IT IS BASED ON AN ARTICLE 149 00:04:57,290 --> 00:04:59,266 THAT APPEARED IN THE BRITISH 150 00:04:59,266 --> 00:05:00,097 MEDICAL JOURNAL LAST 151 00:05:00,097 --> 00:05:01,168 SUMMER, THAT WAS MY STRUGGLE 152 00:05:01,168 --> 00:05:02,219 TO UNDERSTAND WHERE I HAVE 153 00:05:02,219 --> 00:05:03,270 COME FROM IN THIS RESEARCH 154 00:05:03,270 --> 00:05:10,277 AND WHERE IT IS GOING. 155 00:05:10,277 --> 00:05:10,558 THIS IS LIKE A JOURNEY ABOUT 156 00:05:10,558 --> 00:05:10,791 THINKING ABOUT RESEARCH 157 00:05:10,791 --> 00:05:11,029 ON RELIGION AND HAPPY, 158 00:05:11,029 --> 00:05:11,278 WHICH I HAVE BEEN DOING 159 00:05:11,278 --> 00:05:14,248 SINCE MY DISSERTATION. 160 00:05:14,248 --> 00:05:14,748 WE CANNOT POSSIBLY 161 00:05:14,748 --> 00:05:15,249 GO BACK THAT FAR. 162 00:05:15,249 --> 00:05:24,258 I WILL SPARE YOU ALL WITH THAT. 163 00:05:24,258 --> 00:05:24,643 I THOUGHT THE SOCIAL 164 00:05:24,643 --> 00:05:25,227 DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH WORKING 165 00:05:25,227 --> 00:05:25,783 GROUP FROM THE WORLD HEALTH 166 00:05:25,783 --> 00:05:26,260 ORGANIZATION WAS A GOOD 167 00:05:26,260 --> 00:05:32,266 STARTING POINT. 168 00:05:32,266 --> 00:05:32,979 I WILL SET UP BACKGROUND 169 00:05:32,979 --> 00:05:33,642 FOR YOU, THEN TAKE YOU 170 00:05:33,642 --> 00:05:34,379 TO THE PART WHERE I WAS 171 00:05:34,379 --> 00:05:35,269 STRUGGLING TO UNDERSTAND AND 172 00:05:35,269 --> 00:05:36,179 PUT THINGS TOGETHER 173 00:05:36,179 --> 00:05:37,271 IN WAY THAT MADE SENSE. 174 00:05:37,271 --> 00:05:39,868 YOU ARE FAMILIAR 175 00:05:39,868 --> 00:05:43,277 WITH THIS, I'M SURE. 176 00:05:43,277 --> 00:05:43,762 THAT IS THE COVER OF THE 177 00:05:43,762 --> 00:05:44,172 CLOSING THE GAP IN A 178 00:05:44,172 --> 00:05:44,715 GENERATION'S WORLD HEALTH 179 00:05:44,715 --> 00:05:45,279 ORGANIZATION REPORT ON THE 180 00:05:45,279 --> 00:05:58,259 SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH. 181 00:05:58,259 --> 00:05:58,734 IT WAS A BIG EFFORT THAT 182 00:05:58,734 --> 00:05:59,256 WAS LED BY MICHAEL MARMET, 183 00:05:59,256 --> 00:05:59,687 USED FOR ABOUT THREE 184 00:05:59,687 --> 00:06:00,261 YEARS AGO, INVOLVED LEADING 185 00:06:00,261 --> 00:06:01,233 RESEARCHERS FROM 186 00:06:01,233 --> 00:06:02,263 ACROSS THE WORLD. 187 00:06:02,263 --> 00:06:03,335 THEY HAD A LOT OF LOCAL GROUPS 188 00:06:03,335 --> 00:06:04,265 THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THIS. 189 00:06:04,265 --> 00:06:13,274 IT WAS A MASSIVE EFFORT. 190 00:06:13,274 --> 00:06:14,902 IT REALLY BUILT ON RESEARCH 191 00:06:14,902 --> 00:06:16,187 THAT MAYBE BEGAN WITH 192 00:06:16,187 --> 00:06:17,685 THE WHITE HOUSE STUDIES 193 00:06:17,685 --> 00:06:19,246 IN THE U.K. THAT STARTED 194 00:06:19,246 --> 00:06:20,688 IDENTIFYING SOCIAL AND 195 00:06:20,688 --> 00:06:22,209 ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES AS 196 00:06:22,209 --> 00:06:23,700 THE PRIMARY DETERMINANTS 197 00:06:23,700 --> 00:06:25,252 OF HEALTH, MUCH MORE SO 198 00:06:25,252 --> 00:06:26,467 THAN MEDICAL CARE, WHICH 199 00:06:26,467 --> 00:06:27,796 IS NOT TO SAY MEDICAL CARE 200 00:06:27,796 --> 00:06:29,052 NOT IMPORTANT, IT IS, BUT 201 00:06:29,052 --> 00:06:30,257 IN PUBLIC HEALTH THESE 202 00:06:30,257 --> 00:06:32,302 DAYS, I WOULD SAY IT IS 203 00:06:32,302 --> 00:06:34,261 THE DOMINANT PARADIGM. 204 00:06:34,261 --> 00:06:35,467 ANY TIME I ASK ANY PUBLIC 205 00:06:35,467 --> 00:06:36,694 HEALTH STUDENTS, THEY SAY 206 00:06:36,694 --> 00:06:38,265 SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH. 207 00:06:39,266 --> 00:06:40,299 THAT'S WHAT WE UNDERSTAND IS THE 208 00:06:40,299 --> 00:06:41,268 MOST IMPORTANT DETERMINANTS. 209 00:06:41,268 --> 00:06:45,005 I LOVE THE DEFINITION 210 00:06:45,005 --> 00:06:49,276 THAT'S FROM THE REPORT. 211 00:06:49,276 --> 00:06:49,786 THE CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH 212 00:06:49,786 --> 00:06:50,284 PEOPLE ARE BORN, GROW UP, 213 00:06:50,284 --> 00:06:50,771 LIVE, WORK AND AGE, AND 214 00:06:50,771 --> 00:06:51,278 THE SYSTEMS PUT IN PLACE 215 00:06:51,278 --> 00:06:58,252 TO DEAL WITH ILLNESS. 216 00:06:58,252 --> 00:06:58,717 THESE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE 217 00:06:58,717 --> 00:06:59,209 SHAPED BY A WIDER SET OF 218 00:06:59,209 --> 00:06:59,773 FORCES: ECONOMICS, SOCIAL 219 00:06:59,773 --> 00:07:00,254 POLICIES AND POLITICS. 220 00:07:00,254 --> 00:07:04,258 IT IS A BROAD DEFINITION. 221 00:07:04,258 --> 00:07:06,397 THE CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH 222 00:07:06,397 --> 00:07:08,162 PEOPLE ARE BORN, GROW 223 00:07:08,162 --> 00:07:10,264 UP, LIVE, WORK AND AGE. 224 00:07:10,264 --> 00:07:13,003 I STUDY AGING POPULATIONS, 225 00:07:13,003 --> 00:07:16,014 SO THE LIFE COURSE DIMENSION 226 00:07:16,014 --> 00:07:18,272 IS IMPORTANT TO ME. 227 00:07:18,272 --> 00:07:20,264 IN A REPORT THAT WAS TO COVER 228 00:07:20,264 --> 00:07:21,936 GLOBAL HEALTH, INCLUDING 229 00:07:21,936 --> 00:07:23,429 THE GLOBAL SOUTH, AS 230 00:07:23,429 --> 00:07:25,279 WELL AS THE GLOBAL NORTH, 231 00:07:25,279 --> 00:07:26,144 AND A REPORT THAT IS 232 00:07:26,144 --> 00:07:27,139 246 PAGES LONG, YOU WOULD 233 00:07:27,139 --> 00:07:28,194 THINK THE CIRCUMSTANCES IN 234 00:07:28,194 --> 00:07:29,249 WHICH PEOPLE ARE BORN AND 235 00:07:30,250 --> 00:07:30,682 GROW UP WOULD SOMEHOW 236 00:07:30,682 --> 00:07:31,251 MENTION RELIGION SOMEWHERE. 237 00:07:31,251 --> 00:07:35,255 YET, IT DOESN'T. 238 00:07:35,255 --> 00:07:44,264 I HAVE A COPY OF IT HERE. 239 00:07:44,264 --> 00:07:45,946 I CAME TO EMORY IN 2009, 240 00:07:45,946 --> 00:07:47,508 I HAD BEEN TEACHING AT 241 00:07:47,508 --> 00:07:49,317 RUTGER'S UNIVERSITY, BUT 242 00:07:49,317 --> 00:07:51,271 EMORY HAD AN INITIATIVE ON 243 00:07:51,271 --> 00:07:51,545 RELIGION AND PUBLIC HEALTH, 244 00:07:51,545 --> 00:07:51,794 A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO 245 00:07:51,794 --> 00:07:52,028 COME HERE AND TALK TO A 246 00:07:52,028 --> 00:07:52,272 LOT OF PEOPLE INTERESTED 247 00:07:52,272 --> 00:07:59,246 IN THE SAME THINGS. 248 00:07:59,246 --> 00:08:00,600 I CAME TO EMORY SHORTLY 249 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:02,151 AFTER THIS REPORT CAME OUT 250 00:08:02,151 --> 00:08:03,671 AND ORGANIZED A GROUP OF 251 00:08:03,671 --> 00:08:05,252 PEOPLE FOR A SEMINAR THAT 252 00:08:05,252 --> 00:08:08,319 TURNED INTO THE EDITED 253 00:08:08,319 --> 00:08:11,258 VOLUME JOAN MENTIONED. 254 00:08:11,258 --> 00:08:14,328 WE WANTED TO MAKE AN ARGUMENT 255 00:08:14,328 --> 00:08:16,904 IN THE FORM OF AN EDITED 256 00:08:16,904 --> 00:08:19,203 VOLUME THAT RELIGIOUS 257 00:08:19,203 --> 00:08:22,269 COMMUNITIES ARE AMONG THOSE 258 00:08:22,269 --> 00:08:22,529 CIRCUMSTANCES INTO WHICH 259 00:08:22,529 --> 00:08:22,773 PEOPLE ARE-BORN AND LIVE 260 00:08:22,773 --> 00:08:23,021 AND GROW UP AND AGE, SO 261 00:08:23,021 --> 00:08:23,270 THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES FOR 262 00:08:23,270 --> 00:08:29,276 INDIVIDUALS ARE IMPORTANT. 263 00:08:29,276 --> 00:08:29,841 ALSO, THE RELIGIOUS 264 00:08:29,841 --> 00:08:30,684 INSTITUTIONS ARE AMONG THOSE 265 00:08:30,684 --> 00:08:31,451 WIDER SET OF FORCES THAT 266 00:08:31,451 --> 00:08:32,279 HAVE AN IMPACT ON PEOPLE'S 267 00:08:32,279 --> 00:08:36,250 LIFE AND HEALTH. 268 00:08:36,250 --> 00:08:37,251 THE BOOK WAS PUBLISHED IN 2014. 269 00:08:37,251 --> 00:08:41,255 I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT TO YOU. 270 00:08:42,256 --> 00:08:43,257 THERE IS A POSTER ON 271 00:08:43,257 --> 00:08:44,258 MY DESK BEHIND MEL. 272 00:08:44,258 --> 00:08:47,518 IT IS A GREAT BOOK, 273 00:08:47,518 --> 00:08:50,264 STILL IN PRESS. 274 00:08:50,264 --> 00:08:52,067 I WANTED TO BUILD THE TALK 275 00:08:52,067 --> 00:08:53,614 OUT FROM WHAT I KNEW I 276 00:08:53,614 --> 00:08:55,478 KNEW WHEN I CAME TO EMORY 277 00:08:55,478 --> 00:08:57,271 AND WHAT I LEARNED SINCE 278 00:08:57,271 --> 00:08:58,939 I HAVE BEEN HERE AND HOW MUCH 279 00:08:58,939 --> 00:09:00,471 WIDER MY VIEW HAS BECOME AND 280 00:09:00,471 --> 00:09:02,276 ALSO HOW MUCH MORE COMPLICATED. 281 00:09:02,276 --> 00:09:05,657 LET'S START WITH 282 00:09:05,657 --> 00:09:09,249 WHAT DO WE KNOW. 283 00:09:09,249 --> 00:09:10,439 I'M SURE MANY OF YOU 284 00:09:10,439 --> 00:09:11,884 INTERESTED IN THIS TOPIC 285 00:09:11,884 --> 00:09:13,600 ARE AWARE OF THE PAPER DONE 286 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:15,255 BY A SET OF RESEARCHERS AT 287 00:09:15,255 --> 00:09:15,982 HARVARD UNIVERSITY, A 288 00:09:15,982 --> 00:09:16,752 SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF ALL 289 00:09:16,752 --> 00:09:17,538 THE RESEARCH SINCE 2000 290 00:09:17,538 --> 00:09:18,258 THAT'S BEEN PUBLISHED 291 00:09:18,258 --> 00:09:21,630 ON THE TOPIC OF 292 00:09:21,630 --> 00:09:26,266 RELIGION AND HEALTH. 293 00:09:26,266 --> 00:09:27,648 IT WAS A LARGE GROUP OF 294 00:09:27,648 --> 00:09:29,047 AUTHORS, BUT THEY HAD A 295 00:09:29,047 --> 00:09:30,660 WIDER GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO 296 00:09:30,660 --> 00:09:32,272 FORMED A PANEL OF EXPERTS 297 00:09:33,273 --> 00:09:35,152 TO RATE THE QUALITY OF THE 298 00:09:35,152 --> 00:09:37,063 STUDIES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED 299 00:09:37,063 --> 00:09:39,246 BY THE PRIMARY RESEARCH GROUP. 300 00:09:39,246 --> 00:09:40,962 I WASN'T AN AUTHOR OF 301 00:09:40,962 --> 00:09:43,032 THE STUDY, BUT ONE OF THE 302 00:09:43,032 --> 00:09:44,974 PANEL MEMBERS THAT WAS 303 00:09:44,974 --> 00:09:47,254 WATCHING ALL THE WORK THEY 304 00:09:47,254 --> 00:09:47,982 WERE DOING AND HELPING 305 00:09:47,982 --> 00:09:48,658 THEM TO CURATE THE SET 306 00:09:48,658 --> 00:09:49,411 OF STUDIES, ACCORDING TO 307 00:09:49,411 --> 00:09:50,257 THE CRITERIA THAT WILL BE 308 00:09:50,257 --> 00:09:56,186 ESTABLISHED FOR HIGH 309 00:09:56,186 --> 00:10:01,268 -QUALITY STUDIES. 310 00:10:01,268 --> 00:10:04,162 THIS PAPER, SPIRITUALITY 311 00:10:04,162 --> 00:10:07,475 IN HEALTH AND ILLNESS, LEAD 312 00:10:07,475 --> 00:10:11,278 AUTHORS WERE TYLER AND TRACY. 313 00:10:11,278 --> 00:10:15,249 THERE WERE TWO DELPHI PANELS. 314 00:10:15,249 --> 00:10:17,801 SO WE'LL TAKE THE 315 00:10:17,801 --> 00:10:21,255 HEALTH OUTCOMES FIRST. 316 00:10:21,255 --> 00:10:25,976 THIS IS JUST A TABLE FROM 317 00:10:25,976 --> 00:10:31,265 THE JAMA STUDY PUBLICATION. 318 00:10:31,265 --> 00:10:31,515 IT SHOWS NUMBER OF STUDIES 319 00:10:31,515 --> 00:10:31,720 THAT WERE ATTACHED TO 320 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:31,958 THESE VARIOUS OUTCOMES, 321 00:10:31,958 --> 00:10:32,266 MORTALITY, PHYSICAL BEHAVIORS, 322 00:10:32,266 --> 00:10:34,907 MENTAL HEALTH AND 323 00:10:34,907 --> 00:10:37,271 QUALITY OF LIFE. 324 00:10:37,271 --> 00:10:40,933 THERE WERE MANY STUDIES 325 00:10:40,933 --> 00:10:44,278 IN THESE CATEGORIES. 326 00:10:44,278 --> 00:10:46,982 FOR THE OUTCOME OF ALL CAUSES 327 00:10:46,982 --> 00:10:49,343 MORTALITY, ALL BUT ONE OF 328 00:10:49,343 --> 00:10:51,750 THE STUDIES IDENTIFIED A 329 00:10:51,750 --> 00:10:54,254 STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT 330 00:10:54,254 --> 00:10:56,256 AND PROTECTIVE EFFECT OF 331 00:10:56,256 --> 00:10:58,681 FREQUENT RELIGIOUS ATTEND DANCE 332 00:10:58,681 --> 00:11:01,261 WITH LOWER ALL-CAUSE MORTALITY. 333 00:11:01,261 --> 00:11:02,215 THAT STUDY WAS CONSIDERED 334 00:11:02,215 --> 00:11:03,180 THE STRONGEST BECAUSE THE 335 00:11:03,180 --> 00:11:04,203 STUDIES THAT WERE PART OF 336 00:11:04,203 --> 00:11:05,265 IT HAD THE HIGHEST RATINGS 337 00:11:06,266 --> 00:11:08,567 FOR QUALITY AND ALSO 338 00:11:08,567 --> 00:11:10,599 BECAUSE THE FININGS 339 00:11:10,599 --> 00:11:13,273 WERE SO VERY CONSISTENT. 340 00:11:13,273 --> 00:11:14,255 SOME OF THE OTHER OUTCOMES 341 00:11:14,255 --> 00:11:15,212 ALSO HAD STRONG FINDINGS, 342 00:11:15,212 --> 00:11:16,264 BUT THE AUTHORS IDENTIFIED 343 00:11:16,264 --> 00:11:17,277 THE ALL-CAUSE MORTALITIES 344 00:11:17,277 --> 00:11:20,918 AS THE STRONGEST IN 345 00:11:20,918 --> 00:11:25,252 THE HALE OUTCOMES PANEL. 346 00:11:25,252 --> 00:11:27,039 THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF ONE 347 00:11:27,039 --> 00:11:28,779 STUDY IN THE REVIEW THAT 348 00:11:28,779 --> 00:11:30,408 WE DID AT EMORY, SO I 349 00:11:30,408 --> 00:11:32,259 COULD SHOW MY OWN STUDY. 350 00:11:32,259 --> 00:11:33,403 THE NUMBERS ARE SMALL TO 351 00:11:33,403 --> 00:11:34,658 SEE, BUT I WOULD HIGHLIGHT 352 00:11:34,658 --> 00:11:35,985 THE FACT WE USED DATA FROM 353 00:11:35,985 --> 00:11:37,264 THE HEALTH AND RETIREMENT 354 00:11:37,264 --> 00:11:39,986 STUDY FOR A TEN-YEAR FOLLOWUP 355 00:11:39,986 --> 00:11:42,269 PERIOD FROM 2004 TO 2014. 356 00:11:42,269 --> 00:11:47,422 IT IS A LARGE SAMPLE OF 357 00:11:47,422 --> 00:11:53,246 PEOPLE AGED 50 AND OLDER. 358 00:11:53,246 --> 00:11:53,775 RELIGIOUS ATTENDANCE WAS ONE 359 00:11:53,775 --> 00:11:54,254 OF THE MEASURES AVAILABLE 360 00:11:54,254 --> 00:11:54,702 IN THE HRS, AS WELL AS 361 00:11:54,702 --> 00:11:55,248 GETTING MEANING AND COMFORT 362 00:11:55,248 --> 00:11:57,612 FROM RELIGION AND ALSO 363 00:11:57,612 --> 00:11:59,635 A PERSON'S RELIGIOUS 364 00:11:59,635 --> 00:12:01,254 IDENTIFICATION. 365 00:12:01,254 --> 00:12:02,427 THERE WERE SEVERAL VARIABLES, 366 00:12:02,427 --> 00:12:03,330 BUT FREQUENT RELIGIOUS 367 00:12:03,330 --> 00:12:04,420 ATTENDANCE WAS THE PRIMARY 368 00:12:04,420 --> 00:12:05,258 VARIABLE THAT HAD A 369 00:12:05,258 --> 00:12:09,165 HEALTH IMPACT OVER 370 00:12:09,165 --> 00:12:13,266 THE TEN-YEAR PERIOD. 371 00:12:13,266 --> 00:12:14,753 AFTER IT WAS ADJUSTED FOR 372 00:12:14,753 --> 00:12:16,199 THE DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS, 373 00:12:16,199 --> 00:12:17,613 FREQUENT ATTENDANCE AT 374 00:12:17,613 --> 00:12:19,272 RELIGIOUS SERVICES REDUCED 375 00:12:19,272 --> 00:12:20,078 MORTALITY BY 40%, IN 376 00:12:20,078 --> 00:12:21,158 COMPARISON TO THOSE WHO NEVER 377 00:12:21,158 --> 00:12:22,275 ATTENDED RELIGIOUS SERVICES. 378 00:12:22,275 --> 00:12:26,246 WE HAD SOCIAL TIES. 379 00:12:26,246 --> 00:12:28,132 THOSE ALSO MEDIATED SOME OF 380 00:12:28,132 --> 00:12:30,121 THE EFFECT, SO IT WAS A VERY 381 00:12:30,121 --> 00:12:32,252 STRONGLY SIGNIFICANT FINDING. 382 00:12:32,252 --> 00:12:34,146 THIS PAPER WAS 383 00:12:34,146 --> 00:12:37,257 PUBLISHED IN PLUS ONE. 384 00:12:37,257 --> 00:12:41,369 FOR ME, THIS IS THE 385 00:12:41,369 --> 00:12:45,265 SOCIAL DIMENSION. 386 00:12:45,265 --> 00:12:47,572 WE THINK A LOT ABOUT SOCIAL 387 00:12:47,572 --> 00:12:49,748 ISOLATION THESE DAYS AS A 388 00:12:49,748 --> 00:12:52,272 VERY IMPORTANT HEALTH RISK. 389 00:12:52,272 --> 00:12:53,568 THIS IS A PRE-PANDEMIC 390 00:12:53,568 --> 00:12:55,058 PHOTO, BUT THE ABILITY OF 391 00:12:55,058 --> 00:12:56,577 PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY OLDER 392 00:12:56,577 --> 00:12:58,278 PEOPLE, TO ATTEND RELIGIOUS 393 00:12:58,278 --> 00:12:58,711 SERVICES, TO BE PART 394 00:12:58,711 --> 00:12:59,210 OF A LARGER COMMUNITY, AN 395 00:12:59,210 --> 00:12:59,779 INTERGENERATIONAL COMMUNITY, 396 00:12:59,779 --> 00:13:00,247 I MIGHT ADD, BECAUSE I 397 00:13:00,247 --> 00:13:09,256 THINK THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. 398 00:13:09,256 --> 00:13:09,776 AND FOR SOME DISABLED OLDER 399 00:13:09,776 --> 00:13:10,263 PEOPLE, THIS REALLY MIGHT 400 00:13:10,263 --> 00:13:10,780 BE THE ONLY OUTING OF THE 401 00:13:10,780 --> 00:13:11,258 WEEK, WHO LIVE IN GROUP 402 00:13:11,258 --> 00:13:12,735 HOMES, WHO NEED ASSISTANCE TO 403 00:13:12,735 --> 00:13:14,261 TRAVEL OR TRANSPORT THEMSELVES. 404 00:13:14,261 --> 00:13:19,266 THEY GET THAT KIND OF HELP. 405 00:13:19,266 --> 00:13:20,267 SO THIS IS A PHOTO OF 406 00:13:20,267 --> 00:13:21,195 A GROUP HOME MEMBER 407 00:13:21,195 --> 00:13:22,269 ATTENDING A SERVICE. 408 00:13:22,269 --> 00:13:25,326 I AM QUITE SURE THIS WAS 409 00:13:25,326 --> 00:13:29,276 THEIR ONLY OUTING OF THE WEEK. 410 00:13:29,276 --> 00:13:31,172 THE ABILITY TO REDUCE SOCIAL 411 00:13:31,172 --> 00:13:32,681 ISOLATION AND TO OFFER 412 00:13:32,681 --> 00:13:34,360 PEOPLE ALL THOSE SOCIAL 413 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:36,249 TIES THAT ARE SO IMPORTANT 414 00:13:36,249 --> 00:13:36,958 FOR HEALTH SEEMS LIKE A 415 00:13:36,958 --> 00:13:37,560 CRITICAL DIMENSION OF 416 00:13:37,560 --> 00:13:38,348 RELIGIOUS ATTENDANCE, AMONG 417 00:13:38,348 --> 00:13:39,252 ALL THE MEASURES OF RELIGION. 418 00:13:39,252 --> 00:13:42,255 THAT WAS ONE OF THE PANELS. 419 00:13:42,255 --> 00:13:48,565 THE OTHER WAS IN 420 00:13:48,565 --> 00:13:55,268 SERIOUS ILLNESS. 421 00:13:55,268 --> 00:13:57,297 THIS WAS, AGAIN, FROM THE 422 00:13:57,297 --> 00:13:59,286 HARVARD GROUP STUDY THAT 423 00:13:59,286 --> 00:14:01,274 WAS PUBLISHED IN 2022. 424 00:14:01,274 --> 00:14:03,532 THEIR FINDINGS ALSO UNDERSCORED 425 00:14:03,532 --> 00:14:05,538 THE SAME SORT OF BENEFICIAL 426 00:14:05,538 --> 00:14:07,247 AND PROTECTIVE EFFECT. 427 00:14:07,247 --> 00:14:09,410 THEY ALSO HAD HUNDREDS OF 428 00:14:09,410 --> 00:14:11,347 STUDIES OF THE ROLE OF 429 00:14:11,347 --> 00:14:14,254 SPIRITUALITY IN SERIOUS ILLNESS. 430 00:14:14,254 --> 00:14:15,771 THE STUDIES CONCLUDED 431 00:14:15,771 --> 00:14:17,455 THAT MOST PATIENTS WITH 432 00:14:17,455 --> 00:14:19,246 SERIOUS ILLNESS THOUGHT 433 00:14:19,246 --> 00:14:21,261 THAT SPIRITUALITY WAS VERY 434 00:14:21,261 --> 00:14:21,952 IMPORTANT TO THEM AND 435 00:14:21,952 --> 00:14:22,773 THEY WERE OFTEN NOT GETTING 436 00:14:22,773 --> 00:14:23,488 ENOUGH OF THE SPIRITUAL 437 00:14:23,488 --> 00:14:24,264 SUPPORT THEY WANTED FROM 438 00:14:24,264 --> 00:14:29,588 THE HEALTH CARE SERVICES 439 00:14:29,588 --> 00:14:34,274 THEY WERE A PART OF. 440 00:14:34,274 --> 00:14:36,237 HERE ARE SOME OF THE EVIDENCE 441 00:14:36,237 --> 00:14:37,816 CATEGORIES, THE ROLE OF 442 00:14:37,816 --> 00:14:39,427 SPIRITUALITY, SPIRITCAL 443 00:14:39,427 --> 00:14:41,248 NEEDS IN SERIOUS ILLNESS, 444 00:14:41,248 --> 00:14:41,769 SPIRITUAL CARE, PATIENT 445 00:14:41,769 --> 00:14:42,277 DECISION-MAKING AND ALSO 446 00:14:42,277 --> 00:14:42,796 SPIRITCAL INTERVENTIONS 447 00:14:42,796 --> 00:14:43,250 AND SERIOUS ILLNESS. 448 00:14:43,250 --> 00:14:46,135 THOSE WERE THE 449 00:14:46,135 --> 00:14:50,257 CATEGORIES STUDIED. 450 00:14:50,257 --> 00:14:54,866 THE FINDINGS WERE VERY 451 00:14:54,866 --> 00:14:59,266 STRONGLY PROTECTIVE. 452 00:14:59,266 --> 00:15:02,100 HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT 453 00:15:02,100 --> 00:15:04,752 PROVISION OF MEANING AND 454 00:15:04,752 --> 00:15:07,683 COMFORT IN A SERVICE THAT 455 00:15:07,683 --> 00:15:10,277 HAS A HEALING SERVICE, 456 00:15:10,277 --> 00:15:12,362 FOLLOWING THE REGULAR 457 00:15:12,362 --> 00:15:14,567 SERVICES AND PEOPLE PRAY 458 00:15:14,567 --> 00:15:16,722 TOGETHER AND OFFER EACH 459 00:15:16,722 --> 00:15:19,252 OTHER COMFORT AND SUPPORT. 460 00:15:19,252 --> 00:15:20,069 JUST TO SUM UP, AND I 461 00:15:20,069 --> 00:15:21,052 THINK THIS IS WHAT I WANT 462 00:15:21,052 --> 00:15:22,054 TO START HERE BY SAYING, 463 00:15:22,054 --> 00:15:23,256 RELIGION HAS THESE PROTECTIVE 464 00:15:23,256 --> 00:15:26,259 EFFECTS ON THE HEALTH AND 465 00:15:26,259 --> 00:15:29,262 WELL-BEING OF INDIVIDUALS. 466 00:15:29,262 --> 00:15:32,199 THE HARVARD STUDY, THE 467 00:15:32,199 --> 00:15:35,268 EVIDENCE IS SO STRONG. 468 00:15:35,268 --> 00:15:35,869 I LIKE TO SAY NO ONE 469 00:15:35,869 --> 00:15:36,629 WILL EVER NEED TO DO THAT 470 00:15:36,629 --> 00:15:37,404 SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AGAIN, 471 00:15:37,404 --> 00:15:38,271 OR AT LEAST NOT FOR 30 MORE 472 00:15:38,271 --> 00:15:39,835 YEARS, BECAUSE THEY DID 473 00:15:39,835 --> 00:15:41,274 SUCH A GOOD JOB ON IT. 474 00:15:41,274 --> 00:15:45,290 THE FINDINGS WERE 475 00:15:45,290 --> 00:15:50,250 SO COMPLETELY CLEAR. 476 00:15:50,250 --> 00:15:52,252 THE EVIDENCE IS REALLY 477 00:15:52,252 --> 00:15:55,024 INCONTROVERTIBLE THAT THERE IS 478 00:15:55,024 --> 00:15:55,119 A 479 00:15:55,119 --> 00:15:58,258 SIGNIFICANT PROTECTIVE EFFECT. 480 00:15:58,258 --> 00:15:59,614 IT IS ATTENDANCE THAT MATTERS 481 00:15:59,614 --> 00:16:00,799 ON ADULT MORTALITY AND ON 482 00:16:00,799 --> 00:16:01,862 SPIRITUALITY ON BETTER 483 00:16:01,862 --> 00:16:03,263 QUALITY OF LIFE FOR PATIENTS 484 00:16:03,263 --> 00:16:08,541 WITH SERIOUS ILLNESS, THOSE 485 00:16:08,541 --> 00:16:13,273 BEING THE TWO CATEGORIES. 486 00:16:13,273 --> 00:16:15,220 TO BACK UP FOR A MINUTE 487 00:16:15,220 --> 00:16:17,449 TO THE CAUSAL PATHWAYS FOR 488 00:16:17,449 --> 00:16:19,718 THE EFFECT OF RELIGION ON 489 00:16:19,718 --> 00:16:22,249 HEALTH, WE KNOW FROM SURVEYS 490 00:16:22,249 --> 00:16:23,829 THAT ADJUST FOR THESE 491 00:16:23,829 --> 00:16:25,638 -- LOTS OF VARIABLES, THAT 492 00:16:25,638 --> 00:16:27,553 PEOPLE WHO ATTEND SERVICES 493 00:16:27,553 --> 00:16:29,256 REGULARLY ARE SUCH MESS 494 00:16:29,256 --> 00:16:30,633 LIKELY TO BE SMOKERS, THEY ARE 495 00:16:30,633 --> 00:16:31,903 MORE LIKELY TO HAVE A HEALTHY 496 00:16:31,903 --> 00:16:33,260 DIET, DO NOT BINGE DRINK, GET 497 00:16:33,260 --> 00:16:36,056 HEALTH SCREENINGS AND 498 00:16:36,056 --> 00:16:38,662 DOING A LOT OF OTHER 499 00:16:38,662 --> 00:16:41,268 POSITIVE BEHAVIORS. 500 00:16:41,268 --> 00:16:41,496 YOU WOULD WANT TO ADJUST 501 00:16:41,496 --> 00:16:41,728 FOR THOSE THINGS TO FIND 502 00:16:41,728 --> 00:16:42,003 OUT HOW MUCH OF THE PATHWAY 503 00:16:42,003 --> 00:16:42,269 IS MEDIATED THROUGH BETTER 504 00:16:42,269 --> 00:16:43,270 BEHAVIOR. 505 00:16:43,270 --> 00:16:51,278 SOME OF IT IS. 506 00:16:51,278 --> 00:16:52,394 THAT IS A DEMONSTRATED 507 00:16:52,394 --> 00:16:53,833 CAUSAL PATHWAY THAT MATTERS, 508 00:16:53,833 --> 00:16:54,989 BUT ALSO, THE ROLE OF 509 00:16:54,989 --> 00:16:56,249 ATTENDANCE IN PROVIDING 510 00:16:56,249 --> 00:16:59,691 A BROADER REACH FOR SOCIAL 511 00:16:59,691 --> 00:17:03,256 NETWORKS AND SOCIAL SUPPORT. 512 00:17:03,256 --> 00:17:04,359 PEOPLE WHO ATTEND RELIGIOUS 513 00:17:04,359 --> 00:17:05,271 SERVICES REGULARLY ARE 514 00:17:05,271 --> 00:17:06,075 MORE LIKELY TO GET 515 00:17:06,075 --> 00:17:07,260 MARRIED, STAY MARRIED, MORE 516 00:17:07,260 --> 00:17:09,907 LIKELY TO SOCIALIZE WITH 517 00:17:09,907 --> 00:17:13,266 OTHERS AND HAVE LARGER NETWORKS. 518 00:17:13,266 --> 00:17:14,582 THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO 519 00:17:14,582 --> 00:17:16,029 BELONG TO OTHER COMMUNITY 520 00:17:16,029 --> 00:17:17,503 ORGANIZATIONS ALSO AND TO 521 00:17:17,503 --> 00:17:19,272 VOLUNTEER FOR OTHER COMMUNITY 522 00:17:19,272 --> 00:17:21,437 ORGANIZATIONS, AND TO 523 00:17:21,437 --> 00:17:23,914 PROVIDE SOCIAL SUPPORT FOR 524 00:17:23,914 --> 00:17:26,533 OTHERS AND ALSO TO RECEIVE 525 00:17:26,533 --> 00:17:29,249 SOCIAL SUPPORT FROM OTHERS. 526 00:17:29,249 --> 00:17:30,042 THERE IS A LOT TO BE 527 00:17:30,042 --> 00:17:30,925 SAID ABOUT THAT SOCIAL 528 00:17:30,925 --> 00:17:31,987 CONTACT AND TIES THAT THE 529 00:17:31,987 --> 00:17:33,253 CONGREGATION REPRESENTS A SORT 530 00:17:33,253 --> 00:17:34,833 OF YEAH SNEAK SET OF NETWORK 531 00:17:34,833 --> 00:17:36,256 TIES THAT CAN BE ACCESSED. 532 00:17:36,256 --> 00:17:39,646 IT IS A FAIRLY LARGE GROUP AND 533 00:17:39,646 --> 00:17:43,263 OFFERS A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES. 534 00:17:43,263 --> 00:17:44,597 FINALLY, THAT SOCIAL CAPITAL 535 00:17:44,597 --> 00:17:45,660 PART IS ANOTHER REALLY 536 00:17:45,660 --> 00:17:46,988 IMPORTANT PART OF BELONGING 537 00:17:46,988 --> 00:17:48,268 TO COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS 538 00:17:48,268 --> 00:17:51,029 THAT BRIDGE WITH OTHER 539 00:17:51,029 --> 00:17:54,537 COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS OR THAT 540 00:17:54,537 --> 00:17:58,278 BOND VERY TIGHTLY WITHIN THEM. 541 00:17:58,278 --> 00:17:58,510 I THINK OF ALL THOSE AS 542 00:17:58,510 --> 00:17:58,756 SOME OF THE DEMONSTRATED 543 00:17:58,756 --> 00:17:59,007 EMPIRICAL WAY RELIGIOUS 544 00:17:59,007 --> 00:17:59,279 ATTENDANCE IS ATTACHED TO 545 00:17:59,279 --> 00:18:05,251 BETTER HEALTH. 546 00:18:05,251 --> 00:18:08,538 THEY DON'T EXPLAIN ALL 547 00:18:08,538 --> 00:18:11,594 THE EFFECT, BUT THEY 548 00:18:11,594 --> 00:18:15,261 DO EXPLAIN SOME OF IT. 549 00:18:15,261 --> 00:18:17,164 I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE 550 00:18:17,164 --> 00:18:19,333 WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION'S 551 00:18:19,333 --> 00:18:21,383 DEFINITION AGAIN, BECAUSE 552 00:18:21,383 --> 00:18:23,269 CERTAINLY, RELIGION IS 553 00:18:23,269 --> 00:18:24,968 A COMMUNITY INTO WHICH 554 00:18:24,968 --> 00:18:26,690 WE ARE BORN, OR NOT, BUT 555 00:18:26,690 --> 00:18:28,300 THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES OF 556 00:18:28,300 --> 00:18:30,276 LIFE IN WHICH WE ARE BORN, 557 00:18:30,276 --> 00:18:31,175 GROW UP, LIVE, WORK AND 558 00:18:31,175 --> 00:18:32,124 AGE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT 559 00:18:32,124 --> 00:18:33,205 WITH A LIFE COURSE DIMENSION 560 00:18:33,205 --> 00:18:34,247 THAT ALSO HAS ITS BIGGEST 561 00:18:34,247 --> 00:18:35,448 IMPACT LATER IN LIFE, 562 00:18:35,448 --> 00:18:37,250 ESPECIALLY IN CHRONIC DISEASES. 563 00:18:37,250 --> 00:18:40,253 I WOULD SAY THIS IS WHAT I KNEW. 564 00:18:40,253 --> 00:18:45,345 I KNEW WHAT THE INDIVIDUAL 565 00:18:45,345 --> 00:18:49,262 LEVEL RESEARCH WAS. 566 00:18:49,262 --> 00:18:52,766 IT WAS JUST MORE AND MORE OF 567 00:18:52,766 --> 00:18:56,456 IT, AND ALWAYS THERE WAS THIS 568 00:18:56,456 --> 00:19:00,273 DEMONSTRATED POSITIVE EFFECT. 569 00:19:00,273 --> 00:19:01,835 BUT I THINK IN THE GROWING 570 00:19:01,835 --> 00:19:03,357 PART OF MY JOURNEY WAS IN 571 00:19:03,357 --> 00:19:05,098 COMING TO EMORY UNIVERSITY, 572 00:19:05,098 --> 00:19:06,279 WHERE THEY WEREN'T 573 00:19:06,279 --> 00:19:07,667 NECESSARILY DOING ANY 574 00:19:07,667 --> 00:19:09,317 RESEARCH AT ALL OR THINKING 575 00:19:09,317 --> 00:19:10,941 ABOUT THE ROLE OF RELIGION 576 00:19:10,941 --> 00:19:12,252 IN INDIVIDUAL LIVES. 577 00:19:12,252 --> 00:19:14,003 THEY WERE MORE INTERESTED 578 00:19:14,003 --> 00:19:15,637 IN THINKING ABOUT IT AS 579 00:19:15,637 --> 00:19:17,013 A FOCUS FOR SOCIAL 580 00:19:17,013 --> 00:19:19,259 ORGANIZATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS 581 00:19:19,259 --> 00:19:19,749 IN THE COMMUNITY, FAITH 582 00:19:19,749 --> 00:19:20,147 -BASED ORGANIZATIONS 583 00:19:20,147 --> 00:19:20,653 PARTICULARLY, AND THE WAY 584 00:19:20,653 --> 00:19:21,261 IN WHICH THOSE ORGANIZATIONS 585 00:19:21,261 --> 00:19:24,114 WORKED WITH PUBLIC 586 00:19:24,114 --> 00:19:27,267 HEALTH INSTITUTIONS. 587 00:19:27,267 --> 00:19:28,213 I CAME TO EMORY ON THIS 588 00:19:28,213 --> 00:19:29,136 RELIGION AND HEALTH -- 589 00:19:29,136 --> 00:19:30,270 PUBLIC HEALTH INITIATIVE. 590 00:19:30,270 --> 00:19:32,914 THIS IS WHERE THINGS STARTED 591 00:19:32,914 --> 00:19:35,275 TO GET MORE COMPLICATED. 592 00:19:35,275 --> 00:19:38,386 IT WAS BROADENING MY WORLD 593 00:19:38,386 --> 00:19:41,196 IN A BIG WAY AND MAKING 594 00:19:41,196 --> 00:19:44,250 IT MORE CONFUSING ALSO. 595 00:19:44,250 --> 00:19:46,252 IN TRYING TO PUT SOME OF THESE 596 00:19:46,252 --> 00:19:48,254 ISSUES TOGETHER -- I'M SORRY. 597 00:19:48,254 --> 00:19:53,579 THERE IS A BIG BAR ACROSS 598 00:19:53,579 --> 00:19:58,264 THE TOP OF MY SLIDES. 599 00:19:58,264 --> 00:19:58,507 I HOPE IT IS NOT BLOCKING 600 00:19:58,507 --> 00:20:03,540 YOUR VIEW, BUT I'M INTRODUCING 601 00:20:03,540 --> 00:20:03,741 TWO OF THE THREE CO 602 00:20:03,741 --> 00:20:04,003 -AUTHORS FOR THE PAPER WE 603 00:20:04,003 --> 00:20:12,011 DID. 604 00:20:12,011 --> 00:20:17,219 BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL 605 00:20:17,219 --> 00:20:22,991 INVITED PAPER THAT WAS TO 606 00:20:22,991 --> 00:20:28,994 BRING OUT CONTROVERSIES. 607 00:20:28,994 --> 00:20:31,472 I INVITED JAMES COCHRANE, 608 00:20:31,472 --> 00:20:33,782 HE WAS A FACULTY MEMBER 609 00:20:33,782 --> 00:20:36,444 AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CAPE 610 00:20:36,444 --> 00:20:39,004 TOWN IN SOUTH AFRICA AND 611 00:20:39,004 --> 00:20:39,591 WORKED ON A LOT OF PROJECTS 612 00:20:39,591 --> 00:20:40,063 FOR TO THE WORLD HEALTH 613 00:20:40,063 --> 00:20:40,545 ORGANIZATION, RELIGIOUS 614 00:20:40,545 --> 00:20:41,006 ENTITIES THEY DID GIS 615 00:20:41,006 --> 00:20:48,013 MAPPING FOR. 616 00:20:48,013 --> 00:20:48,331 HIS WORK WAS REALLY FOUNDATIONAL 617 00:20:48,331 --> 00:20:48,592 IN THINKING ABOUT ALL THIS 618 00:20:48,592 --> 00:20:48,819 AT THE ORGANIZATIONAL, 619 00:20:48,819 --> 00:20:49,014 NOT THE INDIVIDUAL 620 00:20:49,014 --> 00:20:58,991 LEVEL. 621 00:20:58,991 --> 00:21:00,002 ANOTHER CO-AUTHOR WAS JOHN 622 00:21:00,002 --> 00:21:01,026 BLEVINS, WHO HAS WRITTEN A 623 00:21:01,026 --> 00:21:02,071 LOT -- THIS IS HIS RECENT 624 00:21:02,071 --> 00:21:02,995 BOOK ON CHRISTIANITY'S 625 00:21:02,995 --> 00:21:08,121 ROLE IN GLOBAL HEALTH AND 626 00:21:08,121 --> 00:21:14,006 DEVELOPMENT, FASCINATING WORK. 627 00:21:14,006 --> 00:21:15,150 HE WORKED A LOT ON 628 00:21:15,150 --> 00:21:16,515 THE CHAMPS PROJECT OF 629 00:21:16,515 --> 00:21:18,010 THE GATES FOUNDATION. 630 00:21:18,010 --> 00:21:30,786 VERY ATTACHED TO GLOBAL 631 00:21:30,786 --> 00:21:48,007 HEALTH IN A WAY THAT I AM NOT. 632 00:26:15,007 --> 00:26:19,256 THE THIRD AUTHOR -- THE 633 00:26:19,256 --> 00:26:24,983 OFFICIAL GUIDELINES BEFORE THE 634 00:26:24,983 --> 00:26:27,107 SAFE PRACTICES WERE 635 00:26:27,107 --> 00:26:29,770 DISREGARDED, THEY REQUIRED 636 00:26:29,770 --> 00:26:32,591 THE PLACEMENT OF THE CORPSE 637 00:26:32,591 --> 00:26:34,993 IN BLACK BODY BAGS AND 638 00:26:34,993 --> 00:26:36,633 THE POOR TREATMENT OF 639 00:26:36,633 --> 00:26:37,994 THE DECEASED WERE 640 00:26:37,994 --> 00:26:39,689 CONSIDERED REALLY VERY 641 00:26:39,689 --> 00:26:42,000 OBJECTIONABLE BY MANY PEOPLE. 642 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:43,001 INTERNATIONAL FAITH-BASED 643 00:26:43,001 --> 00:26:43,975 ORGANIZATIONS DECIDED TO 644 00:26:43,975 --> 00:26:44,845 WORK WITH THE WHO TO 645 00:26:44,845 --> 00:26:46,004 IDENTIFY A NEW PROTOCOL FOR 646 00:26:46,004 --> 00:26:48,083 WHAT WERE NOW CALLED SAFE 647 00:26:48,083 --> 00:26:50,008 AND DIGNIFIED PRACTICES. 648 00:26:50,008 --> 00:26:53,512 THOSE REVISED GUIDELINES 649 00:26:53,512 --> 00:26:57,015 WERE PUBLISHED IN 2014. 650 00:26:57,015 --> 00:26:57,788 IF THEY PUBLISH GUIDELINES 651 00:26:57,788 --> 00:26:58,480 IN 2014 IN SWITZERLAND, 652 00:26:58,480 --> 00:26:59,248 THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY 653 00:26:59,248 --> 00:26:59,985 MEAN IT IS GOING TO GET 654 00:26:59,985 --> 00:27:05,991 ON THE GROUND. 655 00:27:05,991 --> 00:27:09,566 BUT THIS IS WHERE THE KEY ROLE 656 00:27:09,566 --> 00:27:12,966 OF FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS 657 00:27:12,966 --> 00:27:16,001 MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE. 658 00:27:16,001 --> 00:27:17,634 AN ORGANIZATION CALLED FOCUS 659 00:27:17,634 --> 00:27:19,052 1,000, IT IS NAMED FOR A 660 00:27:19,052 --> 00:27:20,560 FOCUS ON THE FIRST 1,000 661 00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:22,007 DAYS OF A CHILD'S LIFE, 662 00:27:22,007 --> 00:27:25,010 THEY ORGANIZED A MEETING 663 00:27:25,010 --> 00:27:27,601 OF TWO GROUPS THEY HAD 664 00:27:27,601 --> 00:27:31,016 CALLED TOGETHER IN THE PAST. 665 00:27:31,016 --> 00:27:34,680 THERE WERE EXISTING SOCIAL 666 00:27:34,680 --> 00:27:39,124 NETWORKS AND TIES, THE ISLAMIST 667 00:27:39,124 --> 00:27:42,995 GROUP AND CHRISTIAN GROUP. 668 00:27:42,995 --> 00:27:44,957 THEY CALLED A MEETING FOR 669 00:27:44,957 --> 00:27:46,946 TWO DAYS OF CLERGY, IMAMS 670 00:27:46,946 --> 00:27:49,055 ANDEESES TO COME TOGETHER 671 00:27:49,055 --> 00:27:51,003 TO PREPARE MESSAGES FOR 672 00:27:51,003 --> 00:27:51,696 THEIR COMMUNITIES THAT 673 00:27:51,696 --> 00:27:52,427 THEY COULD DISTRIBUTE OUT 674 00:27:52,427 --> 00:27:53,231 TO THEIR DISTRICTS AND DOWN 675 00:27:53,231 --> 00:27:54,006 TO INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITIES 676 00:27:54,006 --> 00:28:04,016 AND CONGREGATIONS. 677 00:28:04,016 --> 00:28:05,136 THIS MEETING THAT TOOK 678 00:28:05,136 --> 00:28:06,483 PLACE IN THE CAPITAL WAS A 679 00:28:06,483 --> 00:28:07,986 PIVOT POINT FOR THE CRISIS. 680 00:28:07,986 --> 00:28:10,928 THE FAITH LEADERS PLAYED 681 00:28:10,928 --> 00:28:13,992 A TRANSFORMATIONAL ROLE. 682 00:28:13,992 --> 00:28:15,994 I HAVE A BUNCH OF RESOURCES HERE 683 00:28:15,994 --> 00:28:17,965 THAT YOU CAN SEE AND FOLLOW -- 684 00:28:17,965 --> 00:28:19,998 YOU COULD GET THE SLIDES AND BE 685 00:28:19,998 --> 00:28:23,335 ABLE TO TOLL LOW THE LINKS 686 00:28:23,335 --> 00:28:26,368 IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO READ 687 00:28:26,368 --> 00:28:30,008 REPORTS ABOUT THESE EFFORTS. 688 00:28:30,008 --> 00:28:31,606 THE SAFE AND DIGNIFIED BURIAL 689 00:28:31,606 --> 00:28:32,945 PRACTICES ALLOWED PEOPLE 690 00:28:32,945 --> 00:28:34,366 TO RESPECT THE RELIGIOUS 691 00:28:34,366 --> 00:28:36,014 RITUALS THAT ARE TRADITIONAL 692 00:28:36,014 --> 00:28:37,799 AND IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE, 693 00:28:37,799 --> 00:28:39,823 AND THEY CHANGED THE COLOR OF 694 00:28:39,823 --> 00:28:41,987 THE BAGS FROM BLACK TO WHITE. 695 00:28:41,987 --> 00:28:43,855 IT WAS MUCH MORE RESPECTFUL, 696 00:28:43,855 --> 00:28:45,151 BUT IT ALSO DID NOT 697 00:28:45,151 --> 00:28:46,992 INVOLVE PHYSICAL CONTACT. 698 00:28:46,992 --> 00:28:48,824 THEREFORE, IT PROTECTED THE 699 00:28:48,824 --> 00:28:50,996 COMMUNITY IN A MUCH BETTER WAY. 700 00:28:50,996 --> 00:28:54,703 HERE IS A POSTER THAT WAS 701 00:28:54,703 --> 00:28:59,004 USED TO SPREAD THE MESSAGES. 702 00:28:59,004 --> 00:28:59,238 YOU COULD SEE THIS MESSAGE 703 00:28:59,238 --> 00:28:59,467 IS FROM RELIGIOUS LEADERS 704 00:28:59,467 --> 00:28:59,736 AND FOCUS 1,000, AND SOME OF 705 00:28:59,736 --> 00:29:00,005 THE SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS 706 00:29:00,005 --> 00:29:11,016 HERE. 707 00:29:11,016 --> 00:29:13,862 THIS BANNER AND A NUMBER 708 00:29:13,862 --> 00:29:16,506 OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS AND 709 00:29:16,506 --> 00:29:19,567 BOOKS ARE ALL PART OF AN 710 00:29:19,567 --> 00:29:22,995 EXHIBIT THAT WAS AT THE CDC 711 00:29:22,995 --> 00:29:24,936 MUSEUM HERE IN ATLANTA 712 00:29:24,936 --> 00:29:26,658 THAT WAS ORGANIZED, A 713 00:29:26,658 --> 00:29:28,746 WHOLE EXHIBIT ABOUT CDC'S 714 00:29:28,746 --> 00:29:31,003 ROLE IN THE EBOLA CRISIS. 715 00:29:31,003 --> 00:29:31,266 THE CENTER OF THE EXHIBIT WAS 716 00:29:31,266 --> 00:29:31,524 A SORT OF CIRCULAR AREA THAT 717 00:29:31,524 --> 00:29:31,797 CONTAINED OFF THE INFORMATION 718 00:29:31,797 --> 00:29:32,004 ABOUT THE FAITH-BASED 719 00:29:32,004 --> 00:29:36,008 RESPONSE. 720 00:29:36,008 --> 00:29:38,260 IT WAS KIND OF THE 721 00:29:38,260 --> 00:29:41,013 HEART OF THE EXHIBIT. 722 00:29:41,013 --> 00:29:44,151 IT RAN FOR QUITE A 723 00:29:44,151 --> 00:29:47,986 WHILE, ALMOST A YEAR. 724 00:29:47,986 --> 00:29:48,987 IT WAS A REMARKABLE EXHIBIT. 725 00:29:48,987 --> 00:29:50,989 IT HAD BEEN DIGITIZED. 726 00:29:50,989 --> 00:29:51,361 IF YOU GO TO THE CDC MUSEUM'S 727 00:29:51,361 --> 00:29:51,676 WEBSITE, YOU CAN SEE THE 728 00:29:51,676 --> 00:29:51,990 EXHIBIT THE WAY IT WAS. 729 00:29:51,990 --> 00:29:56,995 YOU COULD TRAVEL THROUGH IT. 730 00:29:56,995 --> 00:30:03,385 IT IS REALLY INTERESTING, 731 00:30:03,385 --> 00:30:09,007 THE PROJECT THEY DID. 732 00:30:09,007 --> 00:30:10,553 DR. JALLOH, WHO WAS THE CO 733 00:30:10,553 --> 00:30:12,060 -AUTHOR ON THE PAPER, HIS 734 00:30:12,060 --> 00:30:13,537 FATHER IS THE ORGANIZER 735 00:30:13,537 --> 00:30:15,013 WHO HAD A CAREER AT THE 736 00:30:15,013 --> 00:30:16,337 UNITED NATIONS, OF FOCUS 737 00:30:16,337 --> 00:30:18,016 1,000 AND ROUTING THIS TOGETHER. 738 00:30:18,016 --> 00:30:20,555 MUHAMMAD, JR. WAS 739 00:30:20,555 --> 00:30:23,989 ALSO INVOLVED WITH IT. 740 00:30:23,989 --> 00:30:24,653 HE TOLD US AT A SEMINAR 741 00:30:24,653 --> 00:30:25,384 WE WERE DOING THAT HE WAS 742 00:30:25,384 --> 00:30:26,099 BRINGING BACK MATERIALS 743 00:30:26,099 --> 00:30:26,992 FROM THAT MEETING TO PUT INTO 744 00:30:26,992 --> 00:30:40,005 THE CDC'S MUSEUM. 745 00:30:40,005 --> 00:30:40,821 WHAT IS IN HERE IN THE CASE, 746 00:30:40,821 --> 00:30:41,589 IN MY AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY, 747 00:30:41,589 --> 00:30:42,314 IS A KORAN PRESENTED TO 748 00:30:42,314 --> 00:30:43,008 THE CDC BY THE ISLAMIC 749 00:30:43,008 --> 00:30:44,539 ACTION GROUP 750 00:30:44,539 --> 00:30:47,012 THROUGH FOCUS 1,000. 751 00:30:48,013 --> 00:30:53,985 THAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE KORAN. 752 00:30:53,985 --> 00:30:56,573 HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF 753 00:30:56,573 --> 00:30:59,220 A BIBLE THAT WAS USED 754 00:30:59,220 --> 00:31:01,993 AT THE SAME MEETING. 755 00:31:01,993 --> 00:31:02,933 THERE'S ALSO A FACEBOOK 756 00:31:02,933 --> 00:31:03,927 LINK, IF YOU WANT TO SEE 757 00:31:03,927 --> 00:31:04,983 MUHAMMAD AND THE CURATOR 758 00:31:04,983 --> 00:31:05,997 DISCUSSING THE EXHIBIT. 759 00:31:05,997 --> 00:31:09,809 SHE TOLD US IT WAS HER 760 00:31:09,809 --> 00:31:15,006 FAVORITE PART OF THE EXHIBIT. 761 00:31:15,006 --> 00:31:16,466 THE MARKED PASSAGE HERE IS 762 00:31:16,466 --> 00:31:17,887 FROM LEVITICUS 13, BUT IF 763 00:31:17,887 --> 00:31:19,334 THE SPOT IS WHITE IN THE 764 00:31:19,334 --> 00:31:21,012 SKIN OF THE BODY AND APPEARS 765 00:31:21,012 --> 00:31:24,847 NO DEEPER THAN THE SKIN, 766 00:31:24,847 --> 00:31:29,045 THE PRIEST SHALL SHUT UP THE 767 00:31:29,045 --> 00:31:33,992 DISEASED PERSON FOR SEVEN DAYS. 768 00:31:33,992 --> 00:31:37,085 THE OWNER OF THIS BIBLE 769 00:31:37,085 --> 00:31:40,112 HAS WRITTEN QUARANTINE 770 00:31:40,112 --> 00:31:43,001 IN THE MARGIN HERE. 771 00:31:43,001 --> 00:31:44,503 THIS WAS A REMARKABLE SET 772 00:31:44,503 --> 00:31:46,085 OF THINGS THAT CAME TO THE 773 00:31:46,085 --> 00:31:47,515 CDC, I THINK, AND MANY 774 00:31:47,515 --> 00:31:49,007 PEOPLE SAW THE EXHIBIT. 775 00:31:49,007 --> 00:31:51,672 I THINK THE ROLE OF-FACE- 776 00:31:51,672 --> 00:31:54,263 BASE ORGANIZATIONS GOING 777 00:31:54,263 --> 00:31:57,124 FROM BEING HELPERS IN THE 778 00:31:57,124 --> 00:31:59,985 BEGINNING THE, TO CLEARLY 779 00:31:59,985 --> 00:32:01,124 BEING ONE OF THE MOST 780 00:32:01,124 --> 00:32:02,379 RISKY PARTS OF THE ENTIRE 781 00:32:02,379 --> 00:32:03,659 -- MOST RAPIDLY SPREADING 782 00:32:03,659 --> 00:32:04,990 PARTS OF THE DISEASE, AND 783 00:32:04,990 --> 00:32:08,673 THEN TO PIVOT AGAIN TO 784 00:32:08,673 --> 00:32:12,998 BEING THE BIGGER HELPERS. 785 00:32:12,998 --> 00:32:14,980 THE MEETING OF THE CLERGY 786 00:32:14,980 --> 00:32:16,747 THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE 787 00:32:16,747 --> 00:32:18,795 CAPITAL THEN DISTRIBUTED 788 00:32:18,795 --> 00:32:21,006 ALL THE TEACHINGS, SO THEY 789 00:32:21,006 --> 00:32:22,269 WROTE SERMONS, THEY SENT 790 00:32:22,269 --> 00:32:23,648 TEXT MESSAGES TO INDIVIDUALS 791 00:32:23,648 --> 00:32:24,653 EVERY DAY TO COMBINE 792 00:32:24,653 --> 00:32:26,011 PUBLIC HEALTH AND RELIGION 793 00:32:26,011 --> 00:32:30,997 MESSAGES, THEY SUGGESTED 794 00:32:30,997 --> 00:32:34,986 SCRIPTURE READINGS. 795 00:32:34,986 --> 00:32:36,687 BASICALLY, JUST DEVELOPED 796 00:32:36,687 --> 00:32:38,479 THE MATERIALS FOR TEACHING 797 00:32:38,479 --> 00:32:40,096 PEOPLE ABOUT EBOLA AND 798 00:32:40,096 --> 00:32:41,993 THE WAY THERE ARE MESSAGES 799 00:32:41,993 --> 00:32:43,595 AND TEXTS THAT SUPPORT 800 00:32:43,595 --> 00:32:45,297 THE PUBLIC HEALTH ACTIONS 801 00:32:45,297 --> 00:32:46,998 THAT NEEDED TO BE TAKEN. 802 00:32:46,998 --> 00:32:52,638 THIS IS A POSTER THAT 803 00:32:52,638 --> 00:32:58,009 WAS IN THE EXHIBIT. 804 00:32:58,009 --> 00:33:00,284 OCTOBER 2014 WAS WHEN THE 805 00:33:00,284 --> 00:33:02,604 SAFE AND DIGNIFIED BURIAL 806 00:33:02,604 --> 00:33:05,016 PRACTICES WERE PUBLISHED. 807 00:33:05,016 --> 00:33:05,509 THEN IT TOOK THEM A MONTH 808 00:33:05,509 --> 00:33:05,908 OR SO TO DEVELOP THE 809 00:33:05,908 --> 00:33:06,395 GUIDELINES, AND YOU CAN 810 00:33:06,395 --> 00:33:06,985 SEE FOREVER AFTER, THE CASES 811 00:33:06,985 --> 00:33:12,991 WERE FALLING. 812 00:33:12,991 --> 00:33:18,997 THIS PIVOT OCCURRED AT A MOMENT. 813 00:33:18,997 --> 00:33:20,614 I CAN'T MAKE A CAUSAL 814 00:33:20,614 --> 00:33:22,562 ARGUMENT, BUT CLEARLY WAS 815 00:33:22,562 --> 00:33:24,784 ONE OF THE LAST THINGS THAT 816 00:33:24,784 --> 00:33:27,005 HAPPENED BEFORE THE DECLINE 817 00:33:27,005 --> 00:33:31,009 STARTED, WHERE IT WAS GOING ON 818 00:33:31,009 --> 00:33:35,013 LONGER THAN IN OTHER COUNTRIES. 819 00:33:35,013 --> 00:33:35,234 THIS WAS THE WAY THAT I 820 00:33:35,234 --> 00:33:35,449 WAS TRYING TO STRUGGLE 821 00:33:35,449 --> 00:33:35,707 WITH WHAT ARE SOME OF THE 822 00:33:35,707 --> 00:33:36,014 CONTRADICTION AND COMPLEXITIES 823 00:33:37,015 --> 00:33:45,991 HERE. 824 00:33:45,991 --> 00:33:50,260 IF WE KNOW THAT PARTICIPATION 825 00:33:50,260 --> 00:33:53,991 IN RELIGIOUS PRACTICES IS 826 00:33:53,991 --> 00:33:57,498 MAINLY PROTECTIVE, THAT 827 00:33:57,498 --> 00:34:01,006 IS ROCK SOLID EVIDENCE 828 00:34:02,007 --> 00:34:04,028 THAT NO ONE WILL EVER BE 829 00:34:04,028 --> 00:34:05,919 ABLE TO REALLY CHALLENGE 830 00:34:05,919 --> 00:34:07,926 -- I WILL SKIP THE COVID 831 00:34:07,926 --> 00:34:10,015 PART -- THERE WILL -- THE 832 00:34:10,015 --> 00:34:11,434 WAY THE ARTICLE IS LAID 833 00:34:11,434 --> 00:34:12,752 OUT, FIRST WE LAY OUT 834 00:34:12,752 --> 00:34:14,278 THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE 835 00:34:14,278 --> 00:34:15,987 INDIVIDUAL LEVEL, WHICH IS 836 00:34:15,987 --> 00:34:19,061 FAIRLY SIMPLE, AS FAR AS 837 00:34:19,061 --> 00:34:22,994 WHICH WAY THE RISK FACTORS GO. 838 00:34:22,994 --> 00:34:24,500 BUT THEN IT SEEMS THERE 839 00:34:24,500 --> 00:34:26,025 ARE LOTS OF BENEFITS OF 840 00:34:26,025 --> 00:34:27,912 PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN PUBLIC 841 00:34:27,912 --> 00:34:30,001 HEALTH AGENCIES AND-FACE-BASED 842 00:34:30,001 --> 00:34:30,229 ORGANIZATIONS AND THE 843 00:34:30,229 --> 00:34:30,470 EBOLA CRISIS IS A NICELY 844 00:34:30,470 --> 00:34:30,746 COMPLICATED ONE, WHERE THEY 845 00:34:30,746 --> 00:34:31,002 TAKE DIFFERENT ROLES AND 846 00:34:31,002 --> 00:34:37,008 THINGS GET WORKED OUT. 847 00:34:37,008 --> 00:34:37,775 BUT THERE ARE MANY, MANY 848 00:34:37,775 --> 00:34:38,488 EXAMPLES OF THE PUBLIC 849 00:34:38,488 --> 00:34:39,283 HEALTH EFFORTS OF FAITH 850 00:34:39,283 --> 00:34:40,011 -BASED ORGANIZATIONS. 851 00:34:40,011 --> 00:34:41,540 SINCE WE HAVE A LITTLE TIME, 852 00:34:41,540 --> 00:34:43,014 WE COULD TALK ABOUT COVID. 853 00:34:43,014 --> 00:34:48,826 THERE'S A LOT MORE 854 00:34:48,826 --> 00:34:53,992 EXAMPLES THERE. 855 00:34:53,992 --> 00:34:56,347 THE THIRD PART, AND THIS 856 00:34:56,347 --> 00:34:58,733 WAS VERY MUCH ON MY MIND 857 00:34:58,733 --> 00:35:01,165 A YEAR AGO OR SO IN THE 858 00:35:01,165 --> 00:35:04,002 WAKE OF THE DECISION OF THE 859 00:35:04,002 --> 00:35:06,652 SUPREME COURT, THAT THERE 860 00:35:06,652 --> 00:35:08,939 ARE TIMES WHEN RELIGION 861 00:35:08,939 --> 00:35:11,678 AND THE STATE COME TOGETHER 862 00:35:11,678 --> 00:35:14,012 IN A WAY IN WHICH THE 863 00:35:14,012 --> 00:35:18,523 RELIGIOUS PRACTICES AND 864 00:35:18,523 --> 00:35:23,285 BELIEFS OF ONE GROUP ARE 865 00:35:23,285 --> 00:35:27,753 BEING IMPOSED ON OTHERS 866 00:35:27,753 --> 00:35:32,998 IN A VERY DETRIMENTAL WAY. 867 00:35:32,998 --> 00:35:33,233 WHERE WE THINK ABOUT THE 868 00:35:33,233 --> 00:35:33,462 MOST HARM BEING DONE BY 869 00:35:33,462 --> 00:35:33,695 RELIGION IN THE PUBLIC 870 00:35:33,695 --> 00:35:33,999 HEALTH CONTEXT IS REALLY WHEN 871 00:35:33,999 --> 00:35:34,458 IT ARISES TO THE 872 00:35:34,458 --> 00:35:35,000 POWER OF THE STATE. 873 00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:35,792 THE ORGANIZATION AND 874 00:35:35,792 --> 00:35:36,756 COMMUNITY AND INDIVIDUAL 875 00:35:36,756 --> 00:35:37,900 LEVELS, THERE IS A LOT MORE 876 00:35:37,900 --> 00:35:39,004 POSSIBILITY FOR PROTECTIVE 877 00:35:39,004 --> 00:35:41,045 EFFECTS, BUT THIS IS THE 878 00:35:41,045 --> 00:35:42,875 WAY IT SEEMS LIKE I WAS 879 00:35:42,875 --> 00:35:45,065 ABLE TO ANSWER THE QUESTION 880 00:35:45,065 --> 00:35:47,012 ABOUT HOW CAN THESE TWO 881 00:35:47,012 --> 00:35:47,762 THINGS BE TRUE, HOW CAN 882 00:35:47,762 --> 00:35:48,587 RELIGION BE SO PROTECTIVE 883 00:35:48,587 --> 00:35:49,301 IN SOME CASES, AND YET 884 00:35:49,301 --> 00:35:50,015 SO HARMFUL IN OTHERS. 885 00:35:50,015 --> 00:35:52,984 THIS WAS GOING -- WE HAVE TIME. 886 00:35:52,984 --> 00:35:54,986 SHALL I GO ON TO THE COVID PART? 887 00:35:54,986 --> 00:35:58,990 OR QUESTIONS NOW? 888 00:35:58,990 --> 00:36:04,996 >> IT'S UP TO YOU. 889 00:36:04,996 --> 00:36:05,292 MAYBE FIVE, TEN MINUTES ON 890 00:36:05,292 --> 00:36:05,627 THE COVID PART, AND LEAVE THE 891 00:36:05,627 --> 00:36:05,997 REST FOR QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. 892 00:36:05,997 --> 00:36:12,003 >> SURE. 893 00:36:12,003 --> 00:36:12,567 GIVE PEOPLE A CHANCE 894 00:36:12,567 --> 00:36:13,229 TO PUT QUESTIONS IN THE 895 00:36:13,229 --> 00:36:14,005 CHAT, IF THEY WOULD LIKE. 896 00:36:14,005 --> 00:36:23,014 I WILL GO BACK TO THE TOP. 897 00:36:23,014 --> 00:36:25,339 IT WAS SEEMLY IRONIC TO ME THAT 898 00:36:25,339 --> 00:36:27,701 THE ONE SINGLE MOST PROTECTIVE 899 00:36:27,701 --> 00:36:29,988 ASPECT OF RELIGION IN ALL THE 900 00:36:29,988 --> 00:36:30,493 STUDIES THEY DID IN THE 901 00:36:30,493 --> 00:36:30,985 REVIEW WAS ATTENDANCE AT 902 00:36:30,985 --> 00:36:31,488 RELIGIOUS SERVICES WAS A 903 00:36:31,488 --> 00:36:31,990 MOST PROTECTIVE SINGLE 904 00:36:31,990 --> 00:36:33,992 ASPECT OF RELIGION. 905 00:36:33,992 --> 00:36:38,997 THAT'S BECAUSE IT 906 00:36:38,997 --> 00:36:44,002 IS A SOCIAL TIE. 907 00:36:44,002 --> 00:36:45,824 BUT THAT WAS PRECISELY THE 908 00:36:45,824 --> 00:36:47,457 THING THAT WAS THE MOST 909 00:36:47,457 --> 00:36:49,414 PROBLEMATIC WHEN INFECTIOUS 910 00:36:49,414 --> 00:36:51,009 DISEASES ARE AT RISK. 911 00:36:51,009 --> 00:36:52,897 THE COVID EPIDEMIC WAS -- 912 00:36:52,897 --> 00:36:55,013 PANDEMIC, WE GOT SHUT DOWN. 913 00:36:55,013 --> 00:36:56,998 RELIGIOUS CONGRESS GAUGES 914 00:36:56,998 --> 00:36:58,983 CERTAINLY GOT SHUT DOWN. 915 00:36:58,983 --> 00:37:04,117 IT JUST SEEMED VERY, 916 00:37:04,117 --> 00:37:08,993 VERY IRONIC TO ME. 917 00:37:08,993 --> 00:37:10,077 I GUESS YOU COULD SAY 918 00:37:10,077 --> 00:37:11,280 SOME OF THAT IS SIMILAR 919 00:37:11,280 --> 00:37:12,612 WITH THE EBOLA EPIDEMIC, 920 00:37:12,612 --> 00:37:13,998 BUT IT WAS REALLY IRONIC. 921 00:37:13,998 --> 00:37:17,746 I HAD FIVE LESSONS FROM 922 00:37:17,746 --> 00:37:21,005 THE COVID RESPONSE. 923 00:37:21,005 --> 00:37:22,825 EVERYBODY IS THINKING ABOUT 924 00:37:22,825 --> 00:37:24,463 COVID, AND I WAS TELLING 925 00:37:24,463 --> 00:37:26,064 JOAN BEFORE WE STARTED 926 00:37:26,064 --> 00:37:28,012 THAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO GIVE 927 00:37:28,012 --> 00:37:32,242 THE DAVID LARSON LECTURE AT 928 00:37:32,242 --> 00:37:36,394 DUKE UNIVERSITY ON MARCH 12, 929 00:37:36,394 --> 00:37:40,992 THE DAY EVERYTHING SHUT DOWN. 930 00:37:40,992 --> 00:37:41,878 I GAVE THE TALK TO NEXT 931 00:37:41,878 --> 00:37:42,969 YEAR, AND THIS WAS THE TALK, 932 00:37:42,969 --> 00:37:43,883 OR A PART OF IT, ABOUT 933 00:37:43,883 --> 00:37:44,996 FIVE LESSONS FROM THE COVID 934 00:37:44,996 --> 00:37:46,074 RESPONSE, A VERY DIFFERENT 935 00:37:46,074 --> 00:37:46,978 TALK I WOULD HAVE GIVEN 936 00:37:46,978 --> 00:37:47,999 THE DAY IT GOT CANCELED. 937 00:37:47,999 --> 00:37:50,122 I HAVE A SLIDE 938 00:37:50,122 --> 00:37:53,004 FOR EACH OF THESE. 939 00:37:53,004 --> 00:37:56,683 FAITH COMMUNITIES ARE 940 00:37:56,683 --> 00:38:00,011 EXPERT ORGANIZERS. 941 00:38:00,011 --> 00:38:03,439 THIS IS AN AMAZING PHOTOGRAPH 942 00:38:03,439 --> 00:38:06,985 FROM THE SALISBURY CATHEDRAL. 943 00:38:06,985 --> 00:38:11,179 GUESS THEY HAD A DRONE 944 00:38:11,179 --> 00:38:14,993 TAKING THE PICTURE. 945 00:38:14,993 --> 00:38:16,369 THESE ARE -- THIS IS A 946 00:38:16,369 --> 00:38:18,152 VACCINATION CENTER THEY JUST 947 00:38:18,152 --> 00:38:19,998 SET UP ON JANUARY 20, 2021. 948 00:38:19,998 --> 00:38:20,910 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE 949 00:38:20,910 --> 00:38:21,839 BEEN THERE, BUT IT IS AN 950 00:38:21,839 --> 00:38:23,001 UNBELIEVABLY BEAUTIFUL PLACE. 951 00:38:23,001 --> 00:38:27,119 THE ORGANIZATION 952 00:38:27,119 --> 00:38:32,010 OF THIS WAS CLEAR. 953 00:38:32,010 --> 00:38:32,723 I HAVE A SLIDE I SHOW IN 954 00:38:32,723 --> 00:38:33,507 MY CLASS SOMETIMES ABOUT A 955 00:38:33,507 --> 00:38:34,306 NEW MEANING FOR ORGANIZED 956 00:38:34,306 --> 00:38:35,013 RELIGION AND THE TITLE 957 00:38:35,013 --> 00:38:38,743 FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES HAS 958 00:38:38,743 --> 00:38:42,987 QUOTES ABOUT ORGANIZED RELIGION. 959 00:38:42,987 --> 00:38:43,238 I THOUGHT THIS PERSON HAS 960 00:38:43,238 --> 00:38:43,491 NEVER REALLY BEEN PART OF 961 00:38:43,491 --> 00:38:43,750 A GROUP, BECAUSE I THINK 962 00:38:43,750 --> 00:38:43,988 MANY CONGREGATIONS ARE 963 00:38:43,988 --> 00:38:48,993 EXTREMELY WELL-ORGANIZED. 964 00:38:48,993 --> 00:38:51,949 THEY HAVE COMMITTEES, 965 00:38:51,949 --> 00:38:54,688 JOBS, DEADLINES AND 966 00:38:54,688 --> 00:38:58,002 THEY GET THINGS DONE. 967 00:38:58,002 --> 00:38:59,754 THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF 968 00:38:59,754 --> 00:39:01,948 ORGANIZATION, AND A REASON 969 00:39:01,948 --> 00:39:04,265 FOR PUBLIC HEALTH EIGHT TO 970 00:39:04,265 --> 00:39:07,011 PARTNER WITH FAITH COMMUNITIES. 971 00:39:07,011 --> 00:39:08,151 AT THE SAME TIME, MEDIA 972 00:39:08,151 --> 00:39:09,306 REPORTS ON RELIGION AND 973 00:39:09,306 --> 00:39:10,635 COVID, I THINK, WERE MUCH 974 00:39:10,635 --> 00:39:12,016 MORE DRAWN TO THE CONFLICT 975 00:39:12,016 --> 00:39:16,096 THAT WAS PRESENT AND 976 00:39:16,096 --> 00:39:19,991 NOT THE COOPERATION. 977 00:39:19,991 --> 00:39:21,533 THERE'S JUST HEADLINES 978 00:39:21,533 --> 00:39:23,094 HERE THE OUTBREAK THAT 979 00:39:23,094 --> 00:39:24,757 TOOK PLACE IN SEATTLE, 980 00:39:24,757 --> 00:39:26,998 WASHINGTON THAT WAS VERY EARLY 981 00:39:26,998 --> 00:39:29,385 AND BEFORE ANYONE REALLY KNEW 982 00:39:29,385 --> 00:39:31,578 WHAT WAS GOING ON, BUT THERE 983 00:39:31,578 --> 00:39:34,005 WERE A LOT OF DEMONSTRATIONS. 984 00:39:35,006 --> 00:39:35,624 DURING THE PANDEMIC, I WAS IN 985 00:39:35,624 --> 00:39:36,316 NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY AND WAS 986 00:39:36,316 --> 00:39:37,008 LISTENING TO THE NEW YORK NEWS. 987 00:39:37,008 --> 00:39:43,014 THERE WAS A LOT OF UNREST. 988 00:39:43,014 --> 00:39:47,001 AND BROOKLYN WAS DEMONSTRATING 989 00:39:47,001 --> 00:39:50,989 AND THERE WAS A LOT OF CHAOS. 990 00:39:50,989 --> 00:39:51,905 THE HARM THAT WAS DONE BY THE 991 00:39:51,905 --> 00:39:52,932 CLOSURE OF CHURCHES AND TEMPLES 992 00:39:52,932 --> 00:39:53,992 AND MOSQUES WAS VERY DETRIMENTAL 993 00:39:53,992 --> 00:39:59,787 TO THE MENTAL HEALTH 994 00:39:59,787 --> 00:40:04,002 OF MANY PEOPLE. 995 00:40:04,002 --> 00:40:05,523 I THINK THAT MEDIA UNDERSCORING 996 00:40:05,523 --> 00:40:06,667 OF THE DOWNSIDES OF THE 997 00:40:06,667 --> 00:40:07,990 FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS' 998 00:40:07,990 --> 00:40:09,007 RESPONSE WAS REALLY 999 00:40:09,007 --> 00:40:13,011 DRAMATIC. 1000 00:40:13,011 --> 00:40:15,013 I THINK -- WE DID 1001 00:40:15,013 --> 00:40:17,015 A STUDY ON THIS. 1002 00:40:17,015 --> 00:40:19,825 IF WE HAVE EXTRA TIME, I 1003 00:40:19,825 --> 00:40:22,987 WILL BE HAPPY TO SHOW YOU. 1004 00:40:22,987 --> 00:40:23,197 TRUSTED MESSENGERS, I 1005 00:40:23,197 --> 00:40:23,451 THINK THAT BECAME A WATCH 1006 00:40:23,451 --> 00:40:23,689 WORD FOR PEOPLE ON THE 1007 00:40:23,689 --> 00:40:23,988 WEBINARS THAT I WAS GOING TO 1008 00:40:23,988 --> 00:40:31,996 DURING THE PANDEMIC. 1009 00:40:31,996 --> 00:40:32,312 PARTNERSHIPS DEPEND ON TRUSTED 1010 00:40:32,312 --> 00:40:32,644 MESSENGERS AND FAMILIAR SPACES 1011 00:40:32,644 --> 00:40:32,997 AND PLACES THAT PEOPLE FEEL SAFE 1012 00:40:32,997 --> 00:40:44,008 COMING TO. 1013 00:40:44,008 --> 00:40:44,458 THIS WAS FROM THE SALT 1014 00:40:44,458 --> 00:40:44,934 LAKE TRIBUNE, SALT LAKE 1015 00:40:44,934 --> 00:40:45,483 COUNTY TAKING VACCINES TO 1016 00:40:45,483 --> 00:40:46,010 BLACK CHURCHES, MOSQUES. 1017 00:40:46,010 --> 00:40:50,545 FAITH LEADERS ARE TRUSTED 1018 00:40:50,545 --> 00:40:55,987 MEMBERS OF THEIR COMMUNITIES. 1019 00:40:55,987 --> 00:40:57,016 THEY ARE ABLE TO REACH 1020 00:40:57,016 --> 00:40:58,152 HARD-TO-REACH MEMBERS OF 1021 00:40:58,152 --> 00:40:59,644 COMMUNITIES AND TO HOST DRIVES 1022 00:40:59,644 --> 00:41:00,992 AND REPRESENT AN ABSOLUTELY 1023 00:41:00,992 --> 00:41:03,545 INVALUABLE RESOURCE FOR 1024 00:41:03,545 --> 00:41:05,997 PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCIES. 1025 00:41:05,997 --> 00:41:09,810 INTERFAITH ALLIANCES 1026 00:41:09,810 --> 00:41:14,005 ARE REALLY IMPORTANT. 1027 00:41:14,005 --> 00:41:16,674 THIS IS JUST THE COVER OF 1028 00:41:16,674 --> 00:41:19,180 A BOOKLET THAT THE TONY 1029 00:41:19,180 --> 00:41:22,013 BLAIR INSTITUTE PUT OUT. 1030 00:41:22,013 --> 00:41:27,986 NO ONE WAS THERE FOR THE HAJJ. 1031 00:41:27,986 --> 00:41:28,987 THERE IS THE POPE SPEAKING TO AN 1032 00:41:28,987 --> 00:41:29,987 EMPTY SQUARE ON EASTER SUNDAY. 1033 00:41:29,987 --> 00:41:38,996 TWO HAUNTING LOOKS. 1034 00:41:38,996 --> 00:41:39,268 BUT THE INTERFAITH GROUPS ARE 1035 00:41:39,268 --> 00:41:39,533 REALLY POWERFUL IN SPREADING 1036 00:41:39,533 --> 00:41:39,765 THE MESSAGE MUCH FURTHER 1037 00:41:39,765 --> 00:41:39,997 THAN JUST TO INDIVIDUAL 1038 00:41:39,997 --> 00:41:43,000 ORGANIZATIONS. 1039 00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:46,199 FINALLY, A PREFERENCE 1040 00:41:46,199 --> 00:41:50,007 FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE. 1041 00:41:50,007 --> 00:41:51,953 THERE IS THE POPE SPEAKING 1042 00:41:51,953 --> 00:41:53,848 TO BE AN EMPTY CHAMBER AT 1043 00:41:53,848 --> 00:41:55,932 THE UNITED NATIONS, URGING 1044 00:41:55,932 --> 00:41:58,015 VACCINES BE MADE AVAILABLE 1045 00:41:58,015 --> 00:42:00,640 TO THE POOREST, THE MOST 1046 00:42:00,640 --> 00:42:03,109 VULNERABLE AND THOSE WHO 1047 00:42:03,109 --> 00:42:05,990 EXPERIENCE DISCRIMINATION. 1048 00:42:05,990 --> 00:42:06,481 I WOULD SAY THOSE ARE ALL 1049 00:42:06,481 --> 00:42:06,938 FIVE LESSONS FROM FAITH 1050 00:42:06,938 --> 00:42:07,465 -BASED ORGANIZATIONS FROM 1051 00:42:07,465 --> 00:42:07,992 THE COVID RESPONSE THAT I 1052 00:42:07,992 --> 00:42:13,998 THINK WERE THE MOST IMPORTANT. 1053 00:42:13,998 --> 00:42:15,567 THEY DEFINITELY DON'T 1054 00:42:15,567 --> 00:42:17,094 NECESSARILY FIT WITH 1055 00:42:17,094 --> 00:42:19,003 THE MEDIA PORE TRAYALS. 1056 00:42:19,003 --> 00:42:19,571 I THINK I WILL STOP 1057 00:42:19,571 --> 00:42:20,334 THERE, AND MAYBE WE COULD 1058 00:42:20,334 --> 00:42:21,005 HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. 1059 00:42:21,005 --> 00:42:24,008 >> WONDERFUL. 1060 00:42:24,008 --> 00:42:31,015 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1061 00:42:31,015 --> 00:42:33,259 THIS PRESENTATION REALLY 1062 00:42:33,259 --> 00:42:35,440 MEANT A LOT TO ME ON SO 1063 00:42:35,440 --> 00:42:37,570 MANY LEVELS, NOT JUST 1064 00:42:37,570 --> 00:42:39,991 FROM OUR WORK AT THE NIH 1065 00:42:39,991 --> 00:42:42,248 RELIGION, SPIRITUALTY 1066 00:42:42,248 --> 00:42:44,932 AND HEALTH SCIENCE INTEREST 1067 00:42:44,932 --> 00:42:46,959 GROUP, BUT ALSO ON A 1068 00:42:46,959 --> 00:42:50,001 PERSONAL LEVEL, HAVING SERVED 1069 00:42:50,001 --> 00:42:50,822 AS THE PEACE CORP. VOLUNTEER 1070 00:42:50,822 --> 00:42:51,569 IN KAFKA WHEN THERE WAS AN 1071 00:42:51,569 --> 00:42:52,272 EBOLA OUTBREAK AND BEING 1072 00:42:52,272 --> 00:42:53,004 A PART OF A FAITH-BASED 1073 00:42:55,006 --> 00:42:57,381 COMMUNITY OURSELF, WHERE WE 1074 00:42:57,381 --> 00:43:00,011 JOKE, WE LOVE OUR COMMITTEES. 1075 00:43:00,011 --> 00:43:01,151 YOUR MESS ACT ABOUT HOW 1076 00:43:01,151 --> 00:43:02,355 ORGANIZED THE COMMITTEES 1077 00:43:02,355 --> 00:43:03,634 ARE AND ABLE TO ACT, AND 1078 00:43:03,634 --> 00:43:05,016 SO MANY OTHER KEY MESSAGES 1079 00:43:05,016 --> 00:43:08,583 AND POINTS YOU CONVEYED, 1080 00:43:08,583 --> 00:43:11,799 AND THE PICTURES REALLY 1081 00:43:11,799 --> 00:43:15,993 BROUGHT THOSE MESSAGES HOME. 1082 00:43:15,993 --> 00:43:18,281 THERE WAS SO MUCH INFORMATION, 1083 00:43:18,281 --> 00:43:20,291 THE CHANGING OF THE COLORS 1084 00:43:20,291 --> 00:43:21,870 OF THE BAGS AND THE 1085 00:43:21,870 --> 00:43:24,001 CHANGING OF THE PROTOCOLS. 1086 00:43:24,001 --> 00:43:24,678 AND WOW, THAT REPORT, 246 1087 00:43:24,678 --> 00:43:25,313 PAGES AND RELIGION WITH 1088 00:43:25,313 --> 00:43:26,003 YOU NOT EVEN MENTIONED. 1089 00:43:26,003 --> 00:43:29,006 I BELIEVED YOU, DON'T WORRY. 1090 00:43:29,006 --> 00:43:30,450 AT THIS TIME, I WOULD ASK 1091 00:43:30,450 --> 00:43:32,009 -- JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1092 00:43:32,009 --> 00:43:35,915 THERE'S SO MUCH RICHNESS 1093 00:43:35,915 --> 00:43:39,984 THAT YOU SHARED WITH US. 1094 00:43:39,984 --> 00:43:41,128 I WANT TO OPEN IT UP FOR 1095 00:43:41,128 --> 00:43:42,582 FOLKS TO BE INVITED TO TURN ON 1096 00:43:42,582 --> 00:43:43,988 THEIR VIDEOS, ASK QUESTIONS. 1097 00:43:45,990 --> 00:43:48,493 I WILL START US OFF WITH 1098 00:43:48,493 --> 00:43:50,995 A QUESTION THAT I HAVE. 1099 00:43:50,995 --> 00:43:51,746 AS I AM ASKING, IF PEOPLE 1100 00:43:51,746 --> 00:43:52,446 COULD RAISE THEIR HANDS 1101 00:43:52,446 --> 00:43:53,160 OR TYPE YOUR QUESTIONS 1102 00:43:53,160 --> 00:43:53,998 IN THE CHAT, WE HAVE ABOUT 1103 00:43:53,998 --> 00:43:58,002 16 MINUTES. 1104 00:43:58,002 --> 00:44:02,127 WE WILL GET TO AS 1105 00:44:02,127 --> 00:44:06,010 MANY AS WE CAN. 1106 00:44:06,010 --> 00:44:06,280 DR. IDLER, COULD YOU PLEASE 1107 00:44:06,280 --> 00:44:06,534 SAY MORE ABOUT THE HEALTH 1108 00:44:06,534 --> 00:44:06,752 AND RETIREMENT STUDY 1109 00:44:06,752 --> 00:44:07,011 ANALYSIS THAT YOU TALKED 1110 00:44:07,011 --> 00:44:14,986 ABOUT? 1111 00:44:14,986 --> 00:44:17,012 WERE THERE OTHER MEASURES OF 1112 00:44:17,012 --> 00:44:19,002 RS IN THE DATA AND DID THEY 1113 00:44:19,002 --> 00:44:20,992 REDISTRICT MORTALITY ALSO? 1114 00:44:20,992 --> 00:44:23,558 >> WELL, I WOULD BE HAPPY 1115 00:44:23,558 --> 00:44:26,279 TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION BY 1116 00:44:26,279 --> 00:44:29,000 SHARING MY SCREEN AGAIN. 1117 00:44:29,000 --> 00:44:29,758 I HAVE A BIGGER TABLE FROM 1118 00:44:29,758 --> 00:44:30,526 THAT STUDY THAT I CAN SHOW 1119 00:44:30,526 --> 00:44:31,189 YOU, FOR THOSE OF YOU 1120 00:44:31,189 --> 00:44:32,003 WHO LIKE TO LOOK AT HAZARD 1121 00:44:34,005 --> 00:44:37,008 RATIO TABLES. 1122 00:44:37,008 --> 00:44:38,421 YES, THEY HAD A QUESTION 1123 00:44:38,421 --> 00:44:39,912 ON RELIGIOUS FOR PASSION, 1124 00:44:39,912 --> 00:44:41,372 HOW OFTEN DO YOU ATTEND 1125 00:44:41,372 --> 00:44:43,014 RELIGIOUS SERVICES AND HOW 1126 00:44:43,014 --> 00:44:43,662 IMPORTANT IS RELIGION 1127 00:44:43,662 --> 00:44:44,353 TO YOU, AND WHAT IS YOUR 1128 00:44:44,353 --> 00:44:45,016 RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION. 1129 00:44:45,016 --> 00:44:46,880 THERE WERE SUCH 1130 00:44:46,880 --> 00:44:49,987 INTERESTING FINDST HERE. 1131 00:44:49,987 --> 00:44:52,437 THIS IS SET UP THE WAY THE 1132 00:44:52,437 --> 00:44:55,024 OTHER ONE WAS, BUT INCLUDES 1133 00:44:55,024 --> 00:44:57,995 THE OTHER RELIGION VARIABLES. 1134 00:44:57,995 --> 00:45:00,203 SO WHEN -- THIS IS A KIND 1135 00:45:00,203 --> 00:45:02,102 OF STEADY ASSOCIATION 1136 00:45:02,102 --> 00:45:04,001 ALL THE WAY ACROSS. 1137 00:45:04,001 --> 00:45:04,507 WHAT I QUOTED IN THE SLIDE 1138 00:45:04,507 --> 00:45:05,019 WAS FROM THE HEALTH STATUS 1139 00:45:05,019 --> 00:45:05,421 MODEL, WHICH DIDN'T 1140 00:45:05,421 --> 00:45:06,003 INCLUDE THE HEALTH BEHAVIORS 1141 00:45:06,003 --> 00:45:14,011 OR SOCIAL TIES. 1142 00:45:14,011 --> 00:45:15,253 YOU CAN SEE THE ASARD 1143 00:45:15,253 --> 00:45:16,870 RATIO GETS CLOSER TO 1, BUT 1144 00:45:16,870 --> 00:45:18,396 THIS WOULD BE CONSIDERED 1145 00:45:18,396 --> 00:45:19,984 THE FULLY ADJUSTED MODEL, 1146 00:45:19,984 --> 00:45:20,456 AND THE 40% DECREASE 1147 00:45:20,456 --> 00:45:20,959 IN MORTALITY FOR THOSE 1148 00:45:20,959 --> 00:45:21,449 ATTENDING FREQUENTLY, 1149 00:45:21,449 --> 00:45:21,986 COMPARED TO THOSE WHO 1150 00:45:21,986 --> 00:45:29,994 NEVER ATTEND IS SIGNIFICANT. 1151 00:45:29,994 --> 00:45:31,611 JUST THOSE WHO REGULARLY 1152 00:45:31,611 --> 00:45:33,112 ATTEND, WHICH WAS ONCE 1153 00:45:33,112 --> 00:45:34,987 ABOUT MONTH, AROUND ONCE A 1154 00:45:34,987 --> 00:45:37,001 MONTH, AND THEN OCCASIONALLY 1155 00:45:37,001 --> 00:45:46,010 WAS SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR. 1156 00:45:46,010 --> 00:45:46,489 I'M GETTING MY POINTER 1157 00:45:46,489 --> 00:45:46,930 BACK HERE, SO WHEN I 1158 00:45:46,930 --> 00:45:47,471 RUN IT OVER THINGS, YOU 1159 00:45:47,471 --> 00:45:48,012 WILL BE ABLE TO SEE IT. 1160 00:45:48,012 --> 00:45:50,195 THIS IS WHAT I WAS 1161 00:45:50,195 --> 00:45:52,984 TALKING ABOUT EARLIER. 1162 00:45:52,984 --> 00:45:56,988 YOU COULD SEE THERE IS A DOSE 1163 00:45:56,988 --> 00:46:00,992 RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP THERE. 1164 00:46:00,992 --> 00:46:01,273 MODERATE OR OCCASIONAL LEVELS 1165 00:46:01,273 --> 00:46:01,520 OF ATTENDANCE ALSO HAVE A 1166 00:46:01,520 --> 00:46:01,761 SIGNIFICANTLY PROTECTIVE 1167 00:46:01,761 --> 00:46:01,993 EFFECT, NOT AS STRONG, 1168 00:46:01,993 --> 00:46:02,806 BUT IT IS AN 1169 00:46:02,806 --> 00:46:03,995 EXPOSURE VARIABLE. 1170 00:46:03,995 --> 00:46:10,001 THAT'S THE WAY I THINK OF IT. 1171 00:46:10,001 --> 00:46:14,111 AN EXPOSURE TO THE COMMUNITY 1172 00:46:14,111 --> 00:46:17,411 OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ALSO 1173 00:46:17,411 --> 00:46:21,012 ATTENDING THE SERVICES. 1174 00:46:21,012 --> 00:46:21,740 IT IS ALSO AN EXPOSURE TO 1175 00:46:21,740 --> 00:46:22,449 EXPERIENCES OF MUSIC AND 1176 00:46:22,449 --> 00:46:23,142 TEXT AND DOUGHNUTS AND 1177 00:46:23,142 --> 00:46:24,015 COFFEE AND OTHER THINGS THAT 1178 00:46:24,015 --> 00:46:27,985 GO ALONG WITH THAT GATHERING. 1179 00:46:27,985 --> 00:46:28,471 ALL OF IT IS FOR 1180 00:46:28,471 --> 00:46:28,986 LOTS OF REASONS. 1181 00:46:28,986 --> 00:46:30,988 IT IS SOCIAL. 1182 00:46:30,988 --> 00:46:36,127 I'M A SOCIOLOGIST, SO 1183 00:46:36,127 --> 00:46:41,999 THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT. 1184 00:46:41,999 --> 00:46:43,549 I MENTIONED THE HEALTH BEHAVIORS 1185 00:46:43,549 --> 00:46:45,002 MEDIATED SOME OF THE EFFECT. 1186 00:46:45,002 --> 00:46:46,718 THAT TAKES AWAY 1187 00:46:46,718 --> 00:46:49,006 SOME OF THE EFFECT. 1188 00:46:49,006 --> 00:46:49,947 WHEN WE ADDED SOCIAL TIES, 1189 00:46:49,947 --> 00:46:50,978 THAT ALSO TAKES AWAY SOME OF 1190 00:46:50,978 --> 00:46:52,009 THE EFFECT OR MEDIATES IT. 1191 00:46:52,009 --> 00:46:53,401 BUT STILL, THERE IS 1192 00:46:53,401 --> 00:46:55,012 A SIGNIFICANT EFFECT. 1193 00:46:55,012 --> 00:46:57,060 THAT WAS THE 1194 00:46:57,060 --> 00:47:00,985 ATTENDANCE PART OF IT. 1195 00:47:00,985 --> 00:47:03,147 THE IMPORTANCE OF RELIGION, 1196 00:47:03,147 --> 00:47:05,177 HOW IMPORTANT IS RELIGION 1197 00:47:05,177 --> 00:47:07,168 TO YOU, WHEN WE ARE PUT 1198 00:47:07,168 --> 00:47:08,993 IT IN JUST BY ITSELF, 1199 00:47:08,993 --> 00:47:09,469 THAT'S 1.13, TELLING US 1200 00:47:09,469 --> 00:47:09,933 PEOPLE WHO SAID RELIGION 1201 00:47:09,933 --> 00:47:10,444 WAS IMPORTANT TO THEM HAD 1202 00:47:10,444 --> 00:47:10,995 INCREASED RISK OF MORTALITY 1203 00:47:10,995 --> 00:47:17,001 OF ABOUT 13%. 1204 00:47:17,001 --> 00:47:17,720 WHEN YOU ADD IN SOME OF 1205 00:47:17,720 --> 00:47:18,386 THE OTHER DEMOGRAPHIC 1206 00:47:18,386 --> 00:47:19,195 AND SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS 1207 00:47:19,195 --> 00:47:20,004 VARIABLES, IT GOES DOWN, 1208 00:47:20,004 --> 00:47:22,006 BUT IT IS STILL 4% GREATER. 1209 00:47:22,006 --> 00:47:24,008 THAT IS NOT A PROTECTIVE EFFECT. 1210 00:47:24,008 --> 00:47:32,016 THAT IS AN INCREASED HAZARD. 1211 00:47:32,016 --> 00:47:33,174 AND THIS IS A FEATURE OF 1212 00:47:33,174 --> 00:47:34,299 DIFFERENT VARIABLES AND 1213 00:47:34,299 --> 00:47:35,693 DIFFERENT WAYS OF MEASURING 1214 00:47:35,693 --> 00:47:36,987 RELIGION THAT I HAVE SEEN 1215 00:47:36,987 --> 00:47:41,404 IN OTHER STUDIES, SO IT 1216 00:47:41,404 --> 00:47:45,996 WASN'T A SURPRISE AT ALL. 1217 00:47:46,997 --> 00:47:48,539 IT SAYS TO ME THAT THE 1218 00:47:48,539 --> 00:47:50,101 ENHANCED IMPORTANCE OF 1219 00:47:50,101 --> 00:47:51,908 RELIGION OFTEN COINCIDES 1220 00:47:51,908 --> 00:47:54,004 WITH SUFFERING IN LIFE, WITH 1221 00:47:54,004 --> 00:47:55,793 THE ONSET OF SERIOUS 1222 00:47:55,793 --> 00:47:58,039 ILLNESS OR WITH DIMINISHED 1223 00:47:58,039 --> 00:48:00,070 QUALITY OF LIFE OR WITH 1224 00:48:00,070 --> 00:48:02,012 BEREAVEMENT AND LOSS, 1225 00:48:02,012 --> 00:48:02,667 AND THE SIGNIFICATION 1226 00:48:02,667 --> 00:48:03,269 OF RELIGION AS VERY 1227 00:48:03,269 --> 00:48:04,096 IMPORTANT ACCOMPANIES OTHER 1228 00:48:04,096 --> 00:48:05,015 EXPERIENCES THAT ALSO MAY BE 1229 00:48:05,015 --> 00:48:06,782 HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME 1230 00:48:06,782 --> 00:48:08,384 AS THE PERSON IS NEARING 1231 00:48:08,384 --> 00:48:09,987 THE END OF THEIR LIFE. 1232 00:48:09,987 --> 00:48:13,381 THAT IS HOW I INTERPRET IT, BUT 1233 00:48:13,381 --> 00:48:16,994 IT IS A VERY CONSISTENT EFFECT. 1234 00:48:16,994 --> 00:48:18,436 I THINK IT REALLY BRINGS 1235 00:48:18,436 --> 00:48:19,896 OUT A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 1236 00:48:19,896 --> 00:48:21,386 THIS SUBJECTIVE MEASURE 1237 00:48:21,386 --> 00:48:23,000 OF RELIGION AND THIS MUCH 1238 00:48:23,000 --> 00:48:25,252 MORE BEHAVIORAL OBJECTIVE 1239 00:48:25,252 --> 00:48:27,044 MEASURE, THE CONTRAST 1240 00:48:27,044 --> 00:48:29,006 BETWEEN THEM IS GREAT. 1241 00:48:29,006 --> 00:48:30,552 THEY ARE BOTH IN THE MODEL 1242 00:48:30,552 --> 00:48:31,878 AT THE SAME TIME, THEY 1243 00:48:31,878 --> 00:48:33,291 ARE ADJUSTING FOR EACH 1244 00:48:33,291 --> 00:48:35,012 OTHER, AND SO THAT ENHANCED 1245 00:48:35,012 --> 00:48:36,365 IMPORTANCE OF RELIGION, 1246 00:48:36,365 --> 00:48:37,746 I THINK IS SIGNIFYING THE 1247 00:48:37,746 --> 00:48:39,016 PRESENCE OF SUFFERING. 1248 00:48:39,016 --> 00:48:39,434 DOWN HERE, THEY HAD 1249 00:48:39,434 --> 00:48:39,984 MEASURES OF AFFILIATION. 1250 00:48:39,984 --> 00:48:52,997 THIS IS FASCINATING. 1251 00:48:52,997 --> 00:48:55,171 IF YOU PUT ONLY THESE THREE 1252 00:48:55,171 --> 00:48:57,710 VARIABLES IN THE MODEL, YOU GET 1253 00:48:57,710 --> 00:49:00,004 GIGANTIC INCREASED HAZARDS. 1254 00:49:00,004 --> 00:49:00,216 OTHER RELIGION IS NOT 1255 00:49:00,216 --> 00:49:00,493 DIFFERENT FROM NO RELIGION, 1256 00:49:00,493 --> 00:49:00,775 UH ALL OF THESE CATEGORIES 1257 00:49:00,775 --> 00:49:01,005 HAVE A HIGHER RISK OF 1258 00:49:01,005 --> 00:49:03,007 MORTALITY. 1259 00:49:03,007 --> 00:49:10,014 WHY IS THAT? 1260 00:49:10,014 --> 00:49:10,785 WELL, IT'S BECAUSE WHEN YOU 1261 00:49:10,785 --> 00:49:11,479 ADJUST FOR AGE, YOU FIND 1262 00:49:11,479 --> 00:49:12,246 OUT THAT ALL THESE PEOPLE 1263 00:49:12,246 --> 00:49:12,983 ARE OLDER AND THEREFORE, 1264 00:49:12,983 --> 00:49:16,244 CLOSER TO THE END 1265 00:49:16,244 --> 00:49:18,989 OF THEIR LIVES. 1266 00:49:18,989 --> 00:49:20,929 ALL THE SIGNIFICANCE COMPLETELY 1267 00:49:20,929 --> 00:49:22,334 DISAPPEARS, EXCEPT FOR 1268 00:49:22,334 --> 00:49:23,994 CONSERVATIVE PROTESTANTS. 1269 00:49:23,994 --> 00:49:26,219 WHEN YOU ADJUST FOR SES, 1270 00:49:26,219 --> 00:49:28,999 INCOME, THAT ALSO DISAPPEARS. 1271 00:49:28,999 --> 00:49:29,904 BY THE TIME YOU GET TO 1272 00:49:29,904 --> 00:49:30,953 THE FULLY ADJUSTED MODEL, 1273 00:49:30,953 --> 00:49:32,002 THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE. 1274 00:49:32,002 --> 00:49:33,688 IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT RELIGIOUS 1275 00:49:33,688 --> 00:49:35,005 AFFILIATION PEOPLE HAVE. 1276 00:49:35,005 --> 00:49:38,481 THERE IS GOING TO BE NO 1277 00:49:38,481 --> 00:49:43,013 DIFFERENCE IN MORTALITY RISK. 1278 00:49:43,013 --> 00:49:43,244 IT IS REALLY ABOUT TO 1279 00:49:43,244 --> 00:49:43,490 THE BEHAVIORAL MEASURE 1280 00:49:43,490 --> 00:49:43,729 MOST PROFOUNDLY, AND 1281 00:49:43,729 --> 00:49:44,014 TO SOME EXTENT ABOUT HOW 1282 00:49:44,014 --> 00:49:45,015 IMPORTANT RELIGION IS. 1283 00:49:45,015 --> 00:49:50,988 I THINK THAT IS INTERESTING. 1284 00:49:50,988 --> 00:49:53,840 THESE ARE ALL THE RELIGION 1285 00:49:53,840 --> 00:49:56,418 VARIABLES IN THE HEALTH 1286 00:49:56,418 --> 00:49:58,996 AND RETIREMENT STUDY. 1287 00:49:58,996 --> 00:50:03,275 THAT STUDY HAS BEEN 1288 00:50:03,275 --> 00:50:08,005 GOING ON SINCE 1992. 1289 00:50:08,005 --> 00:50:09,591 THEY ALWAYS ASK WHAT 1290 00:50:09,591 --> 00:50:11,758 AFFILIATION PEOPLE HAD, BUT 1291 00:50:11,758 --> 00:50:13,886 THEY DIDN'T ASK ANY OTHER 1292 00:50:13,886 --> 00:50:16,013 QUESTIONS ABOUT RELIGION. 1293 00:50:16,013 --> 00:50:17,194 THAT'S REALLY TRUE, IF I 1294 00:50:17,194 --> 00:50:18,441 COULD SAY SOMETHING ABOUT 1295 00:50:18,441 --> 00:50:19,764 FEDERALLY FUNDED SURVEYS, 1296 00:50:19,764 --> 00:50:20,985 THE HEALTH OF PEOPLE IN 1297 00:50:20,985 --> 00:50:23,237 GENERAL, THEY OFTEN DON'T 1298 00:50:23,237 --> 00:50:25,028 CONTAIN ANY QUESTIONS 1299 00:50:25,028 --> 00:50:26,991 ABOUT RELIGION AT ALL. 1300 00:50:26,991 --> 00:50:29,534 HEALTH AND RETIREMENT STUDY 1301 00:50:29,534 --> 00:50:32,219 FIRST INTRODUCED A RELIGIOUS 1302 00:50:32,219 --> 00:50:34,999 ATTENDANCE VARIABLE IN 2004. 1303 00:50:34,999 --> 00:50:37,341 I WAS JUST LOOKING THROUGH 1304 00:50:37,341 --> 00:50:39,898 THE ICPSR SEARCHES FOR WHERE 1305 00:50:39,898 --> 00:50:42,046 I COULD FIND VARIABLES 1306 00:50:42,046 --> 00:50:44,008 I WAS INTERESTED IN. 1307 00:50:44,008 --> 00:50:44,950 WHEN I SAW IT WAS IN THE 1308 00:50:44,950 --> 00:50:46,023 HRS, I WAS THRILLED BECAUSE 1309 00:50:46,023 --> 00:50:46,875 THAT MEANT THERE WAS 1310 00:50:46,875 --> 00:50:48,012 WONDERFUL FOLLOW-UP DATA -- 1311 00:50:48,012 --> 00:50:50,019 AN AMAZING STUDY, 1312 00:50:50,019 --> 00:50:52,286 AND FOLLOW-UP DATA WE 1313 00:50:52,286 --> 00:50:54,985 COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF. 1314 00:50:54,985 --> 00:50:56,575 WE WERE THE FIRST PEOPLE TO 1315 00:50:56,575 --> 00:50:58,193 PUBLISH, USING THE RELIGION 1316 00:50:58,193 --> 00:50:59,990 VARIABLES WITH HOST OUTCOMES. 1317 00:50:59,990 --> 00:51:06,997 >> THANK YOU. 1318 00:51:06,997 --> 00:51:08,561 I HAVE TONS OF QUESTIONS, 1319 00:51:08,561 --> 00:51:09,830 BUT I WANT TO SEE IF 1320 00:51:09,830 --> 00:51:11,125 ANY OF THE AUDIENCE 1321 00:51:11,125 --> 00:51:13,003 PARTICIPANTS HAVE QUESTIONS. 1322 00:51:13,003 --> 00:51:16,528 PLEASE FEEL FREE TO RAISE 1323 00:51:16,528 --> 00:51:19,554 YOUR HAND OR PUT YOUR 1324 00:51:19,554 --> 00:51:23,013 QUESTIONS IN THE CHAT. 1325 00:51:23,013 --> 00:51:31,989 DON'T BE BASHFUL. 1326 00:51:31,989 --> 00:51:32,746 >> JOAN, THERE IS A QUESTION 1327 00:51:32,746 --> 00:51:33,327 IN THE CHAT ABOUT THE 1328 00:51:33,327 --> 00:51:33,991 AVAILABILITY OF DATA -- 1329 00:51:33,991 --> 00:51:35,993 >> THANK YOU. 1330 00:51:35,993 --> 00:51:38,996 >> YES, I JUST OPENED IT. 1331 00:51:38,996 --> 00:51:44,001 IT IS FROM MY FRIEND. 1332 00:51:44,001 --> 00:51:50,007 NO, NOT ANY THAT I KNOW OF. 1333 00:51:50,007 --> 00:51:51,381 I WAS JUST AT AN INTERESTING 1334 00:51:51,381 --> 00:51:52,376 TALK YESTERDAY ABOUT 1335 00:51:52,376 --> 00:51:53,643 SOCIAL ISOLATION AND HOW 1336 00:51:53,643 --> 00:51:55,012 PEOPLE WENT VIRTUALLY WITH 1337 00:51:55,012 --> 00:51:57,181 LOT OF THINGS, INCLUDING 1338 00:51:57,181 --> 00:51:59,016 RELIGIOUS ATTENDANCE. 1339 00:51:59,016 --> 00:52:03,988 AND THEN THAT IT'S OVER NOW. 1340 00:52:03,988 --> 00:52:04,496 DID SOCIAL ISOLATION DECLINE AND 1341 00:52:04,496 --> 00:52:04,989 WERE PEOPLE MORE LONELY THEN. 1342 00:52:04,989 --> 00:52:12,997 A LOT OF INTERESTING FINDINGS. 1343 00:52:12,997 --> 00:52:14,438 IT SEEMED TO ME THE MOST 1344 00:52:14,438 --> 00:52:16,020 IMPORTANT EFFECT OF ONLINE 1345 00:52:16,020 --> 00:52:17,760 PARTICIPATION WAS PRESERVING 1346 00:52:17,760 --> 00:52:19,003 THE SOCIAL TIES FOR 1347 00:52:19,003 --> 00:52:23,315 LATER WHEN WE COULD 1348 00:52:23,315 --> 00:52:27,011 CONGREGATE AGAIN. 1349 00:52:27,011 --> 00:52:28,434 SO WHILE IT WASN'T ESPECIALLY 1350 00:52:28,434 --> 00:52:29,628 SATISFYING IN ITSELF, IT 1351 00:52:29,628 --> 00:52:30,847 WAS STILL A TIE, A LESS 1352 00:52:30,847 --> 00:52:32,016 SATISFYING TIE, BUT IT 1353 00:52:32,016 --> 00:52:32,382 WAS DEFINITELY 1354 00:52:32,382 --> 00:52:33,017 MAINTAINING THAT CONTACT. 1355 00:52:33,017 --> 00:52:40,991 YEAH. 1356 00:52:40,991 --> 00:52:42,983 I CAN SAY PERSONALLY, SINGING 1357 00:52:42,983 --> 00:52:44,725 IN YOUR CHOIR PRACTICE ON 1358 00:52:44,725 --> 00:52:46,646 ZOOM IS VERY UNSATISFYING, 1359 00:52:46,646 --> 00:52:47,998 BUT LIKE EVERYBODY 1360 00:52:47,998 --> 00:52:48,320 JUST REMEMBERS EACH OTHER 1361 00:52:48,320 --> 00:52:48,647 AND THEN WHEN YOU CAN DO IT 1362 00:52:48,647 --> 00:52:48,999 AGAIN FOR REAL, IT IS GOOD. 1363 00:52:48,999 --> 00:52:54,004 I DON'T KNOW THERE'S ANY DATA. 1364 00:52:54,004 --> 00:52:57,293 I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY, BUT 1365 00:52:57,293 --> 00:53:01,011 IT WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW. 1366 00:53:01,011 --> 00:53:01,791 I THINK OVERALL, MEMBERSHIP 1367 00:53:01,791 --> 00:53:02,405 DECLINE WAS A SERIOUS 1368 00:53:02,405 --> 00:53:03,180 PROBLEM THAT'S BEEN GOING 1369 00:53:03,180 --> 00:53:04,014 ON ALREADY, GOING ON BEFORE 1370 00:53:04,014 --> 00:53:08,986 THE PANDEMIC, AND IT STILL IS. 1371 00:53:08,986 --> 00:53:10,919 IT WOULD BE HARD TO SEPARATE 1372 00:53:10,919 --> 00:53:12,990 THAT FROM THE SECULAR TRENDS. 1373 00:53:12,990 --> 00:53:18,996 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. 1374 00:53:18,996 --> 00:53:21,970 HERE IS A NEW 1375 00:53:21,970 --> 00:53:27,004 QUESTION FROM JAVIER. 1376 00:53:27,004 --> 00:53:28,966 IS THERE ANY STUDY COMPARING 1377 00:53:28,966 --> 00:53:30,671 RELIGION ATTENDANCE JUST 1378 00:53:30,671 --> 00:53:32,268 FOR FAMILY REASONS OR 1379 00:53:32,268 --> 00:53:34,011 FOR PERSONAL INDIVIDUAL 1380 00:53:35,012 --> 00:53:37,393 SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE 1381 00:53:37,393 --> 00:53:39,016 OR CONVERSION? 1382 00:53:39,016 --> 00:53:41,008 >> YEAH, THAT IS A GREAT 1383 00:53:41,008 --> 00:53:43,372 QUESTION, SORT OF SEPARATING 1384 00:53:43,372 --> 00:53:45,989 THE SOCIAL FROM THE PERSONAL. 1385 00:53:45,989 --> 00:53:47,720 A LONG TIME AGO, THE 1386 00:53:47,720 --> 00:53:49,303 PSYCHOLOGIST WROTE 1387 00:53:49,303 --> 00:53:50,924 ABOUT INTRINSIC AN 1388 00:53:50,924 --> 00:53:52,996 EXTRINSIC RELIGIOSITY. 1389 00:53:52,996 --> 00:53:53,676 THING TWO THINGS KIND OF 1390 00:53:53,676 --> 00:53:54,393 LINE UP WITH WHAT YOU ARE 1391 00:53:54,393 --> 00:53:55,211 SAYING, THAT THE REELINGOUS 1392 00:53:55,211 --> 00:53:55,999 ATTENDANCE JUST FOR FAMILY 1393 00:53:57,000 --> 00:54:01,004 REASONS IS KIND OF 1394 00:54:01,004 --> 00:54:05,008 THE EXTRINSIC PART. 1395 00:54:05,008 --> 00:54:06,297 WE ATTEND SERVICES TO GAIN 1396 00:54:06,297 --> 00:54:07,502 THINGS LIKE NOT BEING IN 1397 00:54:07,502 --> 00:54:08,732 BAD WITH OUR FAMILY, OR 1398 00:54:08,732 --> 00:54:10,013 PLEASING OTHERS OR DOING 1399 00:54:10,013 --> 00:54:11,853 SOMETHING FOR SOME 1400 00:54:11,853 --> 00:54:13,984 TRANSACTIONAL REASON. 1401 00:54:13,984 --> 00:54:16,345 I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT 1402 00:54:16,345 --> 00:54:18,750 PERSPECTIVE AT ALL, BUT 1403 00:54:18,750 --> 00:54:21,992 THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS FRAMED. 1404 00:54:21,992 --> 00:54:23,147 THE INTRINSIC WAS REALLY 1405 00:54:23,147 --> 00:54:24,414 MORE SINCERE AND RIGHTEOUS 1406 00:54:24,414 --> 00:54:25,805 AND IN YOUR HEART, SO THOSE 1407 00:54:25,805 --> 00:54:26,997 WERE THE BETTER REASONS 1408 00:54:26,997 --> 00:54:36,006 FOR BEING RELIGIOUS. 1409 00:54:36,006 --> 00:54:36,247 BUT I WOULD SAY THAT JUST 1410 00:54:36,247 --> 00:54:36,481 FOR FAMILY REASONS MIGHT 1411 00:54:36,481 --> 00:54:36,769 LINE UP WITH THIS OCCASIONAL 1412 00:54:36,769 --> 00:54:37,007 ATTENDANCE BECAUSE THAT 1413 00:54:37,007 --> 00:54:43,013 MIGHT NOT BE EVERY WEEK. 1414 00:54:43,013 --> 00:54:44,601 IT MIGHT BE BEING THERE 1415 00:54:44,601 --> 00:54:46,140 FOR HOLIDAYS AND OTHER 1416 00:54:46,140 --> 00:54:48,135 SPECIAL TIMES WHEN FAMILIES 1417 00:54:48,135 --> 00:54:49,987 ARE GETTING TOGETHER, AND 1418 00:54:49,987 --> 00:54:52,326 THEN THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T 1419 00:54:52,326 --> 00:54:54,344 USUALLY ATTEND SERVICES 1420 00:54:54,344 --> 00:54:56,580 DEFINITELY DO IT TO HONOR 1421 00:54:56,580 --> 00:54:58,996 THEIR PARENTS OR WHATEVER. 1422 00:54:58,996 --> 00:54:59,776 YES, THERE WERE PROTECTIVE 1423 00:54:59,776 --> 00:55:00,477 EFFECTS FOR PEOPLE WITH 1424 00:55:00,477 --> 00:55:01,346 ONLY OCCASIONAL ATTENDANCE, 1425 00:55:01,346 --> 00:55:01,999 KIND OF LIKE HOLIDAY 1426 00:55:01,999 --> 00:55:05,002 ATTENDANCE, THE WAY 1427 00:55:05,002 --> 00:55:08,005 I WOULD THINK OF IT. 1428 00:55:08,005 --> 00:55:08,592 THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHERE 1429 00:55:08,592 --> 00:55:09,277 THAT IS ALL THEY HAVE, BUT THAT 1430 00:55:09,277 --> 00:55:10,007 DOESN'T MEAN THEY LOST THAT TIE. 1431 00:55:10,007 --> 00:55:13,010 THEY STILL HAVE IT. 1432 00:55:13,010 --> 00:55:21,985 >> THANK YOU. 1433 00:55:21,985 --> 00:55:22,986 I SEE DR. ANN. 1434 00:55:22,986 --> 00:55:32,996 >> THANKS. 1435 00:55:32,996 --> 00:55:36,780 THIS WAS AN AMAZING LECTURE 1436 00:55:36,780 --> 00:55:40,190 R. THERE STUDIES LOOKING 1437 00:55:40,190 --> 00:55:43,383 -- I KNOW THERE'S LOW 1438 00:55:43,383 --> 00:55:47,010 LOT OF WORK ON RELIGIOUS 1439 00:55:47,010 --> 00:55:49,593 AFFILIATION, BUT I CAN 1440 00:55:49,593 --> 00:55:52,864 SPEAK FOR JUDAISM, AFFILIATION 1441 00:55:52,864 --> 00:55:55,315 IS NOT MORE THAN ABOUT 1442 00:55:55,315 --> 00:55:57,988 50%, BUT JEWISH PEOPLE, 1443 00:55:57,988 --> 00:55:58,410 AND A LOT OF THE YOUNG 1444 00:55:58,410 --> 00:55:58,931 JEWISH PEOPLE FEEL THEY ARE 1445 00:55:58,931 --> 00:55:59,536 CONNECTED AND SOCIALLY CONNECTED 1446 00:55:59,536 --> 00:55:59,990 FROM THE LONG CULTURAL 1447 00:55:59,990 --> 00:56:07,998 HISTORY THAT WE HAVE. 1448 00:56:07,998 --> 00:56:11,355 IS THAT IN ANY STUDIES, 1449 00:56:11,355 --> 00:56:15,005 IS THAT MEASURED AT ALL? 1450 00:56:16,006 --> 00:56:17,879 >> WELL, ONE WAY TO COME AT 1451 00:56:17,879 --> 00:56:19,637 THAT -- I CAN'T SHOW THEM 1452 00:56:19,637 --> 00:56:21,289 TO YOU BECAUSE I DON'T 1453 00:56:21,289 --> 00:56:23,013 HAVE THE SLIDE, BUT THE 1454 00:56:23,013 --> 00:56:25,964 FREQUENCY OF ATTENDANCE 1455 00:56:25,964 --> 00:56:28,240 FOR THESE DIFFERENT 1456 00:56:28,240 --> 00:56:30,810 AFFILIATION GROUPS, I 1457 00:56:30,810 --> 00:56:33,991 THINK IT'S FROM THE HRS. 1458 00:56:40,998 --> 00:56:41,756 IT IS TRUE IN THE DATA SET 1459 00:56:41,756 --> 00:56:42,524 THAT JEWISH RESPONDENTS -- 1460 00:56:42,524 --> 00:56:43,277 AND WE HAD A SIGNIFICANT 1461 00:56:43,277 --> 00:56:44,001 JEWISH COMMUNITY IN NUT 1462 00:56:44,001 --> 00:56:44,263 HAVEN WHEN THAT DATA WAS 1463 00:56:44,263 --> 00:56:44,540 BEING COLLECTED -- MUCHLESS 1464 00:56:44,540 --> 00:56:44,760 LIKELY TO BE FREQUENT 1465 00:56:44,760 --> 00:56:45,002 ATTENDERS, MORE LIKELY 1466 00:56:45,002 --> 00:56:46,064 TO BE THE OCCASIONAL HOLE 1467 00:56:46,064 --> 00:56:47,004 DAVE-BASED ATTENDERS. 1468 00:56:47,004 --> 00:56:50,007 YEAH, AFFILIATION DIDN'T MATTER. 1469 00:56:50,007 --> 00:56:53,446 IT WAS THE OCCASIONAL 1470 00:56:53,446 --> 00:56:56,484 PARTICIPATION THAT 1471 00:56:56,484 --> 00:56:59,016 WAS IMPORTANT. 1472 00:57:05,989 --> 00:57:06,259 I THINK YOU ARE ASKING ABOUT 1473 00:57:06,259 --> 00:57:06,503 COMPLETE NONPARTICIPATION 1474 00:57:06,503 --> 00:57:06,761 OR MORE LIKE AN IDENTITY, 1475 00:57:06,761 --> 00:57:06,990 A SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL 1476 00:57:06,990 --> 00:57:08,992 MEASURE OF IDENTITY. 1477 00:57:08,992 --> 00:57:09,181 >> EXACTLY, BECAUSE 1478 00:57:09,181 --> 00:57:09,461 AFFILIATION IN MY MIND MEANS 1479 00:57:09,461 --> 00:57:09,727 BELONGING TO A SYNAGOGUE, 1480 00:57:09,727 --> 00:57:09,993 SO I CAN USE MY KID AS AN 1481 00:57:09,993 --> 00:57:18,001 EXAMPLE. 1482 00:57:18,001 --> 00:57:18,636 SHE IS IN HER 30S, SHE 1483 00:57:18,636 --> 00:57:19,513 DOESN'T BELONG IN A SYNAGOGUE, 1484 00:57:19,513 --> 00:57:20,259 BUT ON HANUKKAH, SHE WAS 1485 00:57:20,259 --> 00:57:21,004 AT AN EVENT EVERY SINGLE 1486 00:57:21,004 --> 00:57:24,007 EVENING. 1487 00:57:24,007 --> 00:57:32,015 HOW IS THAT MEASURED? 1488 00:57:32,015 --> 00:57:33,136 IN HER MIND, IF SHE WAS 1489 00:57:33,136 --> 00:57:34,519 ANSWERING THE QUESTIONNAIRE, 1490 00:57:34,519 --> 00:57:35,879 WELL, I AM NOT AFFILIATED, 1491 00:57:35,879 --> 00:57:36,987 BUT SHE IS AFFILIATED 1492 00:57:36,987 --> 00:57:38,391 AND HAS IDENTITY IN GOING 1493 00:57:38,391 --> 00:57:39,664 TO HANUKKAH EVENTS WHERE 1494 00:57:39,664 --> 00:57:40,991 THEY ARE SAYING PRAYERS. 1495 00:57:40,991 --> 00:57:42,242 EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT 1496 00:57:42,242 --> 00:57:43,586 SAYING PRAYERS, SEVEN 1497 00:57:43,586 --> 00:57:44,995 NIGHTS OUT OF EIGHT. 1498 00:57:44,995 --> 00:57:47,137 >> I SEE YOU ARE KEYING 1499 00:57:47,137 --> 00:57:48,999 ON THE AFFILIATION. 1500 00:57:48,999 --> 00:57:52,577 THAT MIGHT BE MY WORD 1501 00:57:52,577 --> 00:57:57,007 MORE THAN THE HRS'S WORD. 1502 00:57:57,007 --> 00:57:59,873 YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF 1503 00:57:59,873 --> 00:58:02,526 A, I BELIEVE IS THE 1504 00:58:02,526 --> 00:58:06,016 STEM FOR THAT QUESTION. 1505 00:58:06,016 --> 00:58:06,324 IT WOULD BE LIKELY SHE WOULD 1506 00:58:06,324 --> 00:58:06,626 HAVE SAID SHE IDENTIFIES AS 1507 00:58:06,626 --> 00:58:06,983 JEWISH AND OCCASIONALLY ATTEND. 1508 00:58:06,983 --> 00:58:08,986 IT'S NOT NEVER. 1509 00:58:08,986 --> 00:58:17,995 YOU SAID OCCASIONALLY. 1510 00:58:17,995 --> 00:58:19,578 OCCASIONAL IS -- THIS THE 1511 00:58:19,578 --> 00:58:21,321 WOULD BE SOME PARTICIPATION 1512 00:58:21,321 --> 00:58:22,999 AND SOME IDENTIFICATION. 1513 00:58:22,999 --> 00:58:24,766 IF SHE WERE ANSWERING THE 1514 00:58:24,766 --> 00:58:26,634 SURVEY, I AM JUST GUESSING 1515 00:58:26,634 --> 00:58:29,005 THAT'S HOW SHE WOULD ANSWER IT. 1516 00:58:29,005 --> 00:58:29,529 >> BUT I THINK SOMETIMES THE 1517 00:58:29,529 --> 00:58:30,041 QUESTIONS ARE ASKED IN SUCH 1518 00:58:30,041 --> 00:58:30,524 A WAY WE ARE NOT PICKING 1519 00:58:30,524 --> 00:58:31,007 UP -- THE IDENTIFICATION 1520 00:58:31,007 --> 00:58:37,013 IS EXTREMELY STRONG. 1521 00:58:37,013 --> 00:58:37,870 THAT'S, I THINK, WHERE 1522 00:58:37,870 --> 00:58:38,934 MAYBE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS 1523 00:58:38,934 --> 00:58:39,819 MAY NEED TO BE WORDED 1524 00:58:39,819 --> 00:58:40,984 DIFFERENTLY, SO YOU ARE ALSO 1525 00:58:40,984 --> 00:58:42,629 PICKING UP THAT PIECE 1526 00:58:42,629 --> 00:58:43,987 OF IDENTIFICATION. 1527 00:58:43,987 --> 00:58:52,996 >> YEAH. 1528 00:58:52,996 --> 00:58:53,886 IN ANOTHER SURVEY THAT 1529 00:58:53,886 --> 00:58:54,787 DOZE BACK FURTHER, THE 1530 00:58:54,787 --> 00:58:55,748 QUESTION WAS ARE YOU A 1531 00:58:55,748 --> 00:58:57,000 MEMBER OF A CHURCH OR TEMPLE. 1532 00:58:57,000 --> 00:58:57,736 THEY ASKED IT VERY 1533 00:58:57,736 --> 00:58:59,002 SPECIFICALLY ABOUT MEMBERSHIP. 1534 00:58:59,002 --> 00:59:00,420 SHE WOULD HAVE TO 1535 00:59:00,420 --> 00:59:02,005 ANSWER NO TO THAT. 1536 00:59:02,005 --> 00:59:09,012 >> RIGHT. 1537 00:59:09,012 --> 00:59:10,050 BUT YOU WOULDN'T NECESSARILY 1538 00:59:10,050 --> 00:59:10,882 HAVE TO BE A MEMBER TO 1539 00:59:10,882 --> 00:59:12,015 OCCASIONALLY ATTEND SERVICES. 1540 00:59:12,015 --> 00:59:13,984 >> RIGHT. 1541 00:59:13,984 --> 00:59:16,987 >> GREAT. 1542 00:59:16,987 --> 00:59:18,330 UNFORTUNATELY, WE 1543 00:59:18,330 --> 00:59:19,990 ARE NEARING OUR END. 1544 00:59:19,990 --> 00:59:21,491 I WANT TO BE MINDFUL 1545 00:59:21,491 --> 00:59:22,993 OF EVERYONE'S TIME. 1546 00:59:22,993 --> 00:59:24,861 DR. IDLER, THAT WAS A 1547 00:59:24,861 --> 00:59:26,997 FANTASTIC PRESENTATION. 1548 00:59:26,997 --> 00:59:27,998 IT WISH WE HAD MORE TIME 1549 00:59:27,998 --> 00:59:28,999 TO DIG IN TO QUESTIONS. 1550 00:59:28,999 --> 00:59:30,539 I GREATLY ENJOYED IT 1551 00:59:30,539 --> 00:59:32,002 AND LEARNED A LOT. 1552 00:59:32,002 --> 00:59:38,008 I HOPE OTHERS DID TOO. 1553 00:59:38,008 --> 00:59:38,243 I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE 1554 00:59:38,243 --> 00:59:38,482 OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOU 1555 00:59:38,482 --> 00:59:38,735 FOR GIVING SO GENEROUSLY 1556 00:59:38,735 --> 00:59:39,009 OF YOUR TIME AND EXPERTISE 1557 00:59:39,009 --> 00:59:40,010 WITH US. 1558 00:59:40,010 --> 00:59:48,985 WE APPRECIATE IT. 1559 00:59:48,985 --> 00:59:49,402 I WOULD LIKE TO THANK 1560 00:59:49,402 --> 00:59:49,924 EVERYONE WHO TOOK THE TIME 1561 00:59:49,924 --> 00:59:50,517 OUT OF THEIR BUSY SCHEDULES, 1562 00:59:50,517 --> 00:59:50,987 ALL OF YOU, TO DO THIS 1563 00:59:50,987 --> 00:59:57,994 EVENT. 1564 00:59:57,994 --> 00:59:58,411 AS MENTIONED, WE WILL 1565 00:59:58,411 --> 00:59:58,933 HAVE THE RECORDING OF THIS 1566 00:59:58,933 --> 00:59:59,526 WEBINAR LINK TO OUR WEBSITE, 1567 00:59:59,526 --> 00:59:59,996 JUST AS SOON AS WE ARE 1568 00:59:59,996 --> 01:00:08,004 ABLE. 1569 01:00:08,004 --> 01:00:10,607 AN HEADS UP, SAVE THE DATE 1570 01:00:10,607 --> 01:00:12,839 FOR OUR NEXT TALK NEXT 1571 01:00:12,839 --> 01:00:15,427 MONTH, WHILE I HAVE YOU, 1572 01:00:15,427 --> 01:00:18,014 ON TUESDAY, APRIL 16, WE 1573 01:00:18,014 --> 01:00:18,230 WILL HOLD OUR NEXT 1574 01:00:18,230 --> 01:00:18,459 PRESENTATION, TALKING 1575 01:00:18,459 --> 01:00:18,715 ABOUT WHOLE PERSON CARE 1576 01:00:18,715 --> 01:00:19,015 FOR MUSLIM MENTAL HEALTH. 1577 01:00:19,015 --> 01:00:24,988 PLEASE SAVE THAT DATE. 1578 01:00:24,988 --> 01:00:26,694 WET WILL HAVE MORE INFORMATION 1579 01:00:26,694 --> 01:00:28,257 OUT TO FOLKS, WHETHER IT IS 1580 01:00:28,257 --> 01:00:29,993 THROUGH OUR WEBSITE OR EMAIL. 1581 01:00:30,994 --> 01:00:32,640 YOU CAN ALSO CONTACT US, 1582 01:00:32,640 --> 01:00:34,389 IF YOU HAVE INPUT FOR US, 1583 01:00:34,389 --> 01:00:35,999 SUGGESTIONS FOR TALKS. 1584 01:00:35,999 --> 01:00:38,590 SORRY WE DIDN'T GET TO 1585 01:00:38,590 --> 01:00:41,118 ASK YOU MORE AND PICK 1586 01:00:41,118 --> 01:00:44,007 YOUR BRAIN, DR. 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