Austyn Snowden|George Fitchett|Daniel H. Grossoehme|George Handzo|Emma Kelly|Stephen King|Iain Telfer|Heather Tan|Kevin J. Flannelly
International Study of Chaplains’ Attitudes About Research
Edinburgh Napier University|Rush University Medical Center|Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center|HealthCare Chaplaincy Network|KU Leuven|Seattle Cancer Care Alliance|Edinburgh Royal Infirmary|University of Divinity|Monash University|Luke Neuhedel Foundation
online survey conducted twelve professional chaplain organizations assess chaplains attitudes involvement research total 2092 chaplains 23 countries responded survey 80 thought research definitely important nearly 70 thought chaplains definitely research literate 40 said regularly read research articles almost 60 said occasionally respondents rated research literacy 65 010 scale significant positive intercorrelations found among four measures importance research b research literacy c frequency reading articles research literacy rating approximately 35 never involved 37 involved 17 currently involved 11 expected involved research last three groups significantly likely think research research literacy important read research articles chaplains never involved research given chaplains interest research actions undertaken facilitate research engagement