Spiritual Health
Spiritual Health honors the inner life—our beliefs, values, purpose, and sense of connection. It’s about being mindful of what gives each person meaning, whether through faith, creativity, service, nature, or personal reflection. Supporting spiritual well-being means making space for people to explore what grounds them and fuels their hope.
What is a Health Indicator?
A measurable variable that reflects a person’s sense of purpose, meaning, inner peace, or connection to faith- or value-based communities.
Follow the thumbnail above to view the percentage of isolated adults in Dallas-Fort Worth Metropolitan. You can toggle between maps and mouse over regions to view percentage of isolated adults of cites (places), counties, zip code and census tract of DFW.
Blue spaces, as defined below, have proven to be effective in improving mental health. One study shows that frequent exploration of nature (either green or blue spaces) is correlated with improved mental and physical health.
Overall positive associations between blue space exposure and well-being; many studies show reduced stress, increased mood, improved subjective mental health in those exposed to blue spaces more frequently.
Follow the thumbnail above to view the numbers of parks in Dallas-Fort Worth Metropolitan. You can toggle between maps and mouse over regions to view the numbers of parks of cites (places), counties, zip code and census tract of DFW.
Spiritual habits in childhood can echo into adulthood.
Young adults who prayed or meditated daily growing up were:
16% more likely to report higher happiness
40% less likely to contract a sexually transmitted infection
People who regularly attended religious services as kids and teens were:
- 18% more likely to report higher happiness as young adults
- 29% more likely to volunteer in their communities
- 33% less likely to use illicit drugs
A long-term study of 191 people with heart failure found that those who had a stronger sense of spirituality or inner peace were 20% less likely to die over five years.