Further Validation of the Religious Surrender and Attendance Scale-3 (RSAS-3).

The (RSAS-3) is a very brief measure used to quantify religious commitment as a protective health factor. To provide evidence of criterion-related validity of the RSAS-3, 440 community members and undergraduate students completed a survey containing three religiosity measures: the RSAS-3, the scale, and the scale (BIAC), and a measure of problematic substance use, . It was hypothesized all religiosity measures would be positively interrelated, the measure of problematic use would be negatively related to all religiosity measures, and that the RSAS-3 would be strongly predictive of absence of problematic substance use.

Creating a Communitywide System of Trauma-Informed Care.

The past few decades of research support both the impact of trauma (e.g., abuse, neglect, violence) particularly in childhood, and the ability to lessen its effects through the implementation of trauma-informed care (TIC).