A Community-Partnered Approach to Developing Church-Based Interventions to Reduce Health Disparities Among African-Americans and Latinos
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DOI: 10.1007/s40615-018-0520-z
Abstract: Faith and public health partnerships offer promise to addressing health disparities, but examples that incorporate African-Americans and Latino congregations are lacking. Here we present results from developing a multi-ethnic, multi-denominational faith and public health partnership… read more here.
Keywords: health disparities; community; african americans; americans latinos ... See more keywords
Rationale and design of the Heart-to-Heart study: A church-based intervention to reduce blood pressure in African Americans.
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DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4367380
Abstract: Heart-to-Heart (H2H) is a church-based behavioral cluster randomized trial to measure the effectiveness of a lifestyle education program for reducing blood pressure (BP) in African American adults with uncontrolled BP. Design and implementation of this… read more here.
Keywords: church; heart heart; program; heart ... See more keywords
Exploring church members’ perceptions towards physical activity, fruits and vegetables consumption, and church's role in health promotion: implications for the development of church-based health interventions
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DOI: 10.4081/jphia.2023.2112
Abstract: Background The study explored the perceptions of church members towards physical activity (PA), the consumption of fruits and vegetables (FV), and the church’s role in health promotion prior to the development of a church-based intervention… read more here.
Keywords: health; church; physical activity; based health ... See more keywords