scholarly journals Partnering With African American Churches to Support Families Affected by Dementia Through Research

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 768-769
Author(s):  
Fayron Epps
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
White Population ◽  
Brain Health ◽  
Successful Development ◽  
African American Churches ◽  
Faith Based ◽  
Faith Leaders ◽  
Research And Education ◽  
American Churches ◽  
Hispanic White

Abstract African Americans (AA) are disproportionately impacted by dementia when compared to the non-Hispanic white population, yet are significantly underrepresented in research. Often times, families in the AA community turn to their church for help when in distress. Recognizing that churches are frequently the cornerstone of AA communities, they are an ideal setting for health promotion, research, and education. However, many AA churches do not have the resources to support their congregants affected by dementia. To build capacity within churches to address brain health promotion and facilitate research access/participation, we partnered with 6 predominantly AA churches in the metropolitan Atlanta area to facilitate research and develop dementia-related programs. While stakeholders were initially reluctant, continual engagement with senior faith leaders helped to facilitate the successful development of a research registry of congregants interested in participating in faith-based and clinical research and establishment of new programs to congregants around brain health and dementia.

The Brand’s PREACH Model: Predicting Readiness to Engage African American Churches in Health

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 763-771 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorine J. Brand ◽  
Reginald J. Alston
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
African American ◽  
Physical Structure ◽  
African American Churches ◽  
Faith Based ◽  
Key Informant ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Health Model ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
American Churches

Despite many attempts to reduce health disparities, health professionals face obstacles in improving poor health outcomes within the African American (AA) community. To promote change for improved health measures, it is important to implement culturally tailored programming through a trusted institution, such as the AA church. While churches have the potential to play an important role in positively impacting health among AAs, it is unclear what attributes are necessary to predict success or failure for health promotion within these institutions. The purpose of this study was to create a model, the Brand’s PREACH ( Predicting Readiness to Engage African American Churches in Health) Model, to predict the readiness of AA churches to engage in health promotion programming. Thirty-six semistructured key informant interviews were conducted with 12 pastors, 12 health leaders, and 12 congregants to gain information on the relationship between church infrastructure (physical structure, personnel, funding, and social/cultural support), readiness, and health promotion programming. The findings revealed that church infrastructure has an association with and will predict the readiness of a church to engage in health promotion programming. The ability to identify readiness early on will be useful for developing, implementing, and evaluating faith-based interventions, in partnership with churches, which is a key factor for sustainable and effective programs.

scholarly journals Correlates of Health Promotion in a Community Sample of African American Churches

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 828-835
Author(s):  
Nathaniel Woodard ◽  
Randi M. Williams ◽  
Craig S. Fryer ◽  
Min Qi Wang ◽  
Jing Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
African American ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
African American Churches ◽  
American Churches

scholarly journals Development of tailored feedback reports on organizational capacity for health promotion in African American churches

2018 ◽  
Vol 70 ◽  
pp. 99-106
Author(s):  
Cheryl L. Holt ◽  
Rachel C. Shelton ◽  
Jennifer D. Allen ◽  
Janice Bowie ◽  
Lina Jandorf ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
African American ◽  
Organizational Capacity ◽  
African American Churches ◽  
American Churches

Communicating HIV/AIDS Through African American Churches in North Carolina: Implications and Recommendations for HIV/AIDS Faith-Based Programs

2010 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 865-878 ◽  
Author(s):  
DaKysha Moore ◽  
Elijah O. Onsomu ◽  
Shirley M. Timmons ◽  
Benta A. Abuya ◽  
Christina Moore
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
African American ◽  
African American Churches ◽  
Faith Based ◽  
American Churches ◽  
Hiv Aids

scholarly journals Social Network Structures in African American Churches: Implications for Health Promotion Programs

2019 ◽  
Vol 96 (2) ◽  
pp. 300-310
Author(s):  
Soohyun Nam ◽  
Sunyoung Jung ◽  
Robin Whittemore ◽  
Carl Latkin ◽  
Trace Kershaw ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
African American ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Network Structures ◽  
African American Churches ◽  
Health Promotion Programs ◽  
American Churches

Examining Characteristics of Congregation Members Willing to Attend Health Promotion in African American Churches

2013 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 125-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adebowale A. Odulana ◽  
Mimi M. Kim ◽  
Malika Roman Isler ◽  
Melissa A. Green ◽  
Yhenneko J. Taylor ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
African American ◽  
African American Churches ◽  
Congregation Members ◽  
American Churches

Cluster-randomized trial comparing organizationally tailored versus standard approach for integrating an evidence-based cancer control intervention into African American churches

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheryl L Knott ◽  
Chang Chen ◽  
Janice V Bowie ◽  
C Daniel Mullins ◽  
Jimmie L Slade ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
African American ◽  
Cancer Control ◽  
Cluster Randomized Trial ◽  
Standard Group ◽  
Organizational Setting ◽  
African American Churches ◽  
Health Promotion Activity ◽  
Cluster Randomized ◽  
American Churches

Lay Summary Researchers have become interested in studying how health promotion activities fit within the organizational setting where they are delivered. Health activities that are integrated into the host setting’s structures and routine operations are more likely to be fully executed, effective, and sustained. Unfortunately, we know little about how to achieve such integration. This is especially true when working outside of a healthcare system, in community organizations like churches. We report findings from a study that compared an approach to tailoring health promotion activities into their host settings, with a standard, non-tailored approach. The study was conducted in 14 African American churches randomly assigned to the tailored or standard group. The health promotion activity involved training lay people to conduct cancer educational workshops for church members. We measured the extent to which the churches integrated health promotion activities into their structures, processes, resources, and communication at the beginning and one year later. We found that while the churches had overall increases in these factors over time, those in the tailored group did not do so to a greater degree than those in the standard group. Even so, this approach to tailoring health promotion activities to the organizational setting merits future study.

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