Ryan Parker
Biographic Data
| ID | 5416978 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ryan Parker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ryan |
| FAMILY NAME | Parker |
| SIGNATURE | PARKER R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Chaplain Service, Durham VA Health Care System |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3788-0414 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Precision public health alliances as a model and method for community engagement
Using precision analytics approaches with population health data helps identify localized patterns of social determinants and comorbidities, supporting the design of tailored interventions. The University of Kentucky College of Public Health (UKCPH) and UK King’s Daughters (UKKD) have partnered to create a Precision Public Health Alliance (PPHA) applying precision analytics to UKKD electronic health records (EHR) as well as secondary datasets to …
The influence of worship practices on views of the etiology and treatment of depression among Revivalist and Protestant pastors in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Pentecostal or Charismatic Christianity (PCC) emphasises spiritual forces and the Holy Spirit's power. Concerns exist that PCC clergy might over-spiritualize mental illness, discouraging professional mental health treatment for their parishioners. This study assessed how PCC worship practices influenced pastors’ views on depression in Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The 2018 survey included 114 Protestant pastors using a vignette from the…
Increasing chaplain support for veterans at high risk for suicide through targeted outreach
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has prioritized improving the identification of veterans at risk for suicide and ensuring adequate staffing of personnel to assist veterans in need. It is imperative that suicide prevention efforts make use of the full range of available resources, including diverse professionals with distinctive skillsets. Chaplains are engaged in suicide prevention efforts in VA, but the literature lacks examples of chapl…
Coordinating assessment of spiritual needs
Addressing spiritual needs of patients in healthcare settings improves patient experiences and clinical outcomes; however, non-chaplain providers typically assess spiritual needs differently (quantitative psychometric) than healthcare chaplains (long form narrative) and thus there is little shared language or cross-disciplinary evaluation frameworks across disciplines. This discrepancy impedes the provision of both team-based and patient-centered…
Let’s Get “Real”
Moral injury is a particular response to profoundly distressing life events that manifests in damage to basic human/relational capacities, such as trust, autonomy, initiative, competence, identity, and intimacy. This paper describes and presents preliminary outcomes of "Reclaiming Experiences And Loss," or "REAL," which is an innovative moral injury group therapy that was developed collaboratively by Veterans Affairs mental health and spiritual c…
Development of the Impact of Physical Activity Scale
From crisis to renewal? What future for English RE? Practitioner reflections from the chalk-face
The contribution of Religious Education (RE) towards what was once termed ‘community cohesion’ and is now described as ‘community relations’ has been made a central tenet of RE. The All Party Parli
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From crisis to renewal? What future for English RE? Practitioner reflections from the chalk-face
The contribution of Religious Education (RE) towards what was once termed ‘community cohesion’ and is now described as ‘community relations’ has been made a central tenet of RE. The All Party Parli
Development of the Impact of Physical Activity Scale
Coordinating assessment of spiritual needs
Addressing spiritual needs of patients in healthcare settings improves patient experiences and clinical outcomes; however, non-chaplain providers typically assess spiritual needs differently (quantitative psychometric) than healthcare chaplains (long form narrative) and thus there is little shared language or cross-disciplinary evaluation frameworks across disciplines. This discrepancy impedes the provision of both team-based and patient-centered…
Let’s Get “Real”
Moral injury is a particular response to profoundly distressing life events that manifests in damage to basic human/relational capacities, such as trust, autonomy, initiative, competence, identity, and intimacy. This paper describes and presents preliminary outcomes of "Reclaiming Experiences And Loss," or "REAL," which is an innovative moral injury group therapy that was developed collaboratively by Veterans Affairs mental health and spiritual c…
Increasing chaplain support for veterans at high risk for suicide through targeted outreach
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has prioritized improving the identification of veterans at risk for suicide and ensuring adequate staffing of personnel to assist veterans in need. It is imperative that suicide prevention efforts make use of the full range of available resources, including diverse professionals with distinctive skillsets. Chaplains are engaged in suicide prevention efforts in VA, but the literature lacks examples of chapl…
Precision public health alliances as a model and method for community engagement
Using precision analytics approaches with population health data helps identify localized patterns of social determinants and comorbidities, supporting the design of tailored interventions. The University of Kentucky College of Public Health (UKCPH) and UK King’s Daughters (UKKD) have partnered to create a Precision Public Health Alliance (PPHA) applying precision analytics to UKKD electronic health records (EHR) as well as secondary datasets to …
The influence of worship practices on views of the etiology and treatment of depression among Revivalist and Protestant pastors in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Pentecostal or Charismatic Christianity (PCC) emphasises spiritual forces and the Holy Spirit's power. Concerns exist that PCC clergy might over-spiritualize mental illness, discouraging professional mental health treatment for their parishioners. This study assessed how PCC worship practices influenced pastors’ views on depression in Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The 2018 survey included 114 Protestant pastors using a vignette from the…
Medicine (5 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Nursing (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (2 works) · Public health (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies (2 works)