The perception of spiritual health differences between citizens and physicians in the Czech Republic

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://academic.oup.com/heapro/article/33/5/858/3827924" target="_blank" >https://academic.oup.com/heapro/article/33/5/858/3827924</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/heapro/dax024" target="_blank" >10.1093/heapro/dax024</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The perception of spiritual health differences between citizens and physicians in the Czech Republic

Original language description

This paper focuses on a phenomenon known as spiritual health. Although the scientific literature defines the concept of this health component (in relation to other dimensions, i.e. physical, mental and social health), there is no agreement concerning its relation to religiousness. The aim of this research is to find out the views of citizens (n = 1810) and physicians (n = 1200) in the Czech Republic on the potential dimension of health in its spiritual mode, and on the understanding of its content by those who acknowledge its existence. One of the main research findings is that physicians in the Czech Republic acknowledge the existence of spiritual health (47.0%) to a significantly greater extent than citizens of the country (26.4%). In both groups of respondents, the understanding varies in the discourse of psychology (psychiatry), theology, in the preference for harmony, and in medical care. The acknowledgement of spiritual health depends strongly on gender (women acknowledge the existence of this phenomenon more than men), religious belief (religious physicians, as well as religious citizens and members and non-members of churches and religious societies, acknowledge the existence of spiritual health significantly more compared with atheists) and education (with increasing education the proportion of citizens who acknowledge the existence of spiritual health rises considerably—the highest proportion is found in university graduates). Spiritual health is shown to be an important public health issue, even in a strongly secularized society.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30304 - Public and environmental health

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

HEALTH PROMOTION INTERNATIONAL

ISSN

0957-4824

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

33

Issue of the periodical within the volume

5

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

"858–866"

UT code for WoS article

000450163200013

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85055616730