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1 Introduction
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... contribute to population health. The roundtable saw the need to hold a workshop focused on collaboration between the faith and health sectors, and to highlight the unique opportunities these collaborations offer to help improve population health outcomes.
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... The roundtable's vision is of a strong, healthful, and productive society that cultivates human capital and equal opportunity. This vision rests on the recognition that outcomes such as improved life expectancy, quality of life, and health for all are shaped by interdependent social, economic, environmental, genetic, behavioral, and health care factors, and that achiev 2Shaw University was the first historically Black university in the South to enroll women.
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... health assets,4 including organizations and social structures such as congregations and religious community ser vice networks, and the health sector, such as governmental public health agencies, hospitals, and health systems; • Explore opportunities and challenges in helping faith–health col laborations come together and thrive (e.g., building trust, creating a space where collaboration can occur when needed and appropriate) ; • Discuss how faith–health collaboration can build common ground for public policy; and • Highlight how "scientific wisdom" can work alongside or in con cert with "faith wisdom" to achieve improved health outcomes and develop community capacity.
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... provide examples of effective partnerships involving faith-based health assets; and (4) share lessons learned from working with faith-based assets that could contribute toward principles of engagement for health care organizations and public health agencies.


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