Archived News – January 2015

Jan
27
2015
Jan. 26, 2015
More than a third of American clergy members are obese, with stress long hours, low pay and lack of self-care being among the culprits, according to a Baylor University study. But the profession has some built-in prevention methods that can help clergy be healthier — such as sabbaticals and theological support for one day a week off — if they can take advantage of them, according to lead researcher Todd Ferguson, a doctoral candidate in sociology in Baylor’s College of Arts & Sciences. The study was published in the journal Social Science Research. (Terry Goodrich, assistant director of Baylor Media Communications, pitched and placed this story. She covers sociology research and faculty.)
Jan
22
2015
Jan. 14, 2015
More than a third of American clergy are obese, according to a new study from Baylor University. Stress, longer hours, being underpaid and lack of self-care are among the potential causes. But the pastoral profession has some built-in prevention methods that can help clergy be healthier if they take advantage of them. Quoted is Todd W. Ferguson, a doctoral candidate in sociology in Baylor’s College of Arts & Sciences. (Terry Goodrich, assistant director of Baylor Media Communications, pitched and placed this story. Goodrich covers research and faculty in sociology.)
Jan
16
2015
Jan. 15, 2015
While pastors’ job is to take care of their congregations, many do not take enough care of their own health, which might explain why 30 percent are now considered obese, according to a study of pastors by Todd W. Ferguson, a doctoral candidate in sociology at Baylor University’s College of Arts & Sciences. Eating is a coping mechanism and Ferguson asked the participants to fill out a “distress index” that measured stress ranging from how often they felt lonely to the number of times they worked more than 46 hours a week. Pastors have built-in opportunities for better health within their profession if they take advantage of them — among them sabbaticals, one day off weekly that is mandated by many faith traditions and pastoral peer support. (Terry Goodrich, assistant director of Baylor Media Communications, pitched and placed this story. Goodrich covers sociology research and faculty.)
Jan
16
2015
Jan. 14, 2015
More than a third of American clergy are obese, according to a new study from Baylor University. Stress, longer hours, being underpaid and lack of self-care are among the potential causes. But the pastoral profession has some built-in prevention methods that can help clergy be healthier if they take advantage of them. Quoted is Todd W. Ferguson, a doctoral candidate in sociology in Baylor’s College of Arts & Sciences. (Terry Goodrich, assistant director of Baylor Media Communications, pitched and placed this story. Goodrich covers research and faculty in sociology.)
Jan
16
2015
Jan. 14, 2015
More than a third of American clergy are obese, according to a new study from Baylor University. Stress, longer hours, being underpaid and lack of self-care are among the potential causes. But the pastoral profession has some built-in prevention methods that can help clergy be healthier if they take advantage of them. Quoted is Todd W. Ferguson, a doctoral candidate in sociology in Baylor’s College of Arts & Sciences. (Terry Goodrich, assistant director of Baylor Media Communications, pitched and placed this story. Goodrich covers research and faculty in sociology.)
Jan
12
2015
Jan. 12, 2015
More than a third of American clergy members are obese, with stress, longer hours and being underpaid among the reasons, according to a Baylor study. But the profession has some built-in mechanisms that can help pastors be healthier if they take advantage of them. Quoted about the study, published in the journal “Social Science Research,” is lead researcher Todd W. Ferguson, a doctoral candidate in sociology in Baylor’s College of Arts & Sciences. (Terry Goodrich, assistant director of Baylor Media Communications, pitched and placed this story. Goodrich covers sociology research and faculty.)
Jan
12
2015
WACO, Texas (Jan. 12, 2015) — More than a third of American clergy members are obese, with stress, longer hours, being underpaid and lack of self-care among the reasons, according to a Baylor University study. But the pastoral profession has some built-in prevention methods that can help clergy be healthier if they take advantage of them.
Jan
7
2015
Dec. 28, 2014
A recent Baylor study published in the journal “Local Economy” found that employees who work at small, locally owned businesses have the highest level of loyalty to their employees. Employees at locally owned and operated firms were more likely to "have a sense of belonging to the organization," says Katie Halbesleben, the study's lead author and a doctoral student in sociology in Baylor’s College of Arts & Sciences.(Terry Goodrich, assistant director of Baylor Media Communications, covers research and faculty in the department of sociology and pitched this research to national and regional media in November.)
Jan
7
2015
WACO, Texas (Jan. 8, 2015) — Lindsay R. Wilkinson, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the department of sociology in Baylor University’s College of Arts & Sciences, has won the 2014 Senior Service America Junior Scholar Award from the Gerontological Society of America.
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