Faculty and Staff Publications

Publication Date

1-1-2024

Journal

Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy

DOI

10.1080/08854726.2024.2323375

PMID

38620020

PMCID

PMC11213669

PubMedCentral® Posted Date

7-1-2025

PubMedCentral® Full Text Version

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Abstract

Healthcare chaplains address broad social and emotional dimensions of care within a pluralistic religious landscape. Although the development and evaluation of chaplaincy interventions has advanced the field, little research has investigated factors influencing the implementation of new chaplain interventions. In this mixed-method study, we examined attitudes about evidence-based interventions held by chaplain residents (n = 39) at the outset of an ACPE-accredited residency program in the southeast United States. We also used semi-structured interviews (n = 9) to examine residents' attitudes, beliefs, and decision-making processes after they trained in the delivery of a novel manualized intervention, Compassion-Centered Spiritual Health (CCSH). Most residents reported favorable attitudes toward manualized approaches prior to training. Interviews revealed complex decision-making processes and highlighted personal motivations and challenges to learning and implementing CCSH. Implementation science can reveal factors related to motivation, intention, and training that may be optimized to improve the implementation of healthcare chaplaincy interventions.

Keywords

Humans, Chaplaincy Service, Hospital, Female, Male, Adult, Qualitative Research, Clergy, Pastoral Care, Southeastern United States, Attitude of Health Personnel, Middle Aged, Internship and Residency, Chaplains, Spiritual Health, Determinants of Implementation Behavior, Implementation Science, Mixed-Methods, Compassion

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