THE CHARACTERISTICS OF NORTHERN BLACK CHURCHES WITH COMMUNITY-HEALTH OUTREACH PROGRAMS
THE CHARACTERISTICS OF NORTHERN BLACK CHURCHES WITH COMMUNITY-HEALTH OUTREACH PROGRAMS
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DOI：
10.2105/ajph.84.4.575
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发表时间：
1994-04-01
影响因子：
12.7
通讯作者：
CALDWELL, C
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作者：
THOMAS, SB;QUINN, SC;CALDWELL, C
目标。黑人教会在解决未得到满足的健康和人类服务需求方面有很长的历史，但很少有研究考察参与健康促进的教会的特点。对美国北部635座黑人教堂的调查数据进行了检验。单变量和多变量统计程序确定了与社区卫生推广计划相关的8个特征：会众规模、教派、教会年龄、成员的经济阶层、教会所有权、受薪神职人员数量、其他受薪工作人员的存在和牧师的教育水平。Logistic回归模型表明，教会规模和牧师的教育水平是教会赞助的社区卫生推广活动的最强预测因素。该模型正确地对88%进行外展计划的教会进行了分类。总体而言，该模型对样本中76%的教会进行了正确分类。公共卫生专业人员和政策制定者可以利用这些结果来招募黑人教堂，作为提供健康促进和疾病预防服务的不可或缺的组成部分，这些服务是实现所有美国人2000年健康目标所必需的。
Objectives. The Black church has a long history of addressing unmet health and human service needs, yet few studies have examined characteristics of churches involved in health promotion.Methods. Data obtained from a survey of 635 Black churches in the northern United States were examined. Univariate and multivariate statistical procedures identified eight characteristics associated with community health outreach programs: congregation size, denomination, church age, economic class of membership, ownership of church, number of paid clergy, presence of other paid staff and education level of the minister.Results. A logistic regression model identified church size and educational level of the minister as the strongest predictors of church-sponsored community health outreach. The model correctly classified 88% of churches that conduct outreach programs. Overall, the model correctly classified 76% of churches in the sample.Conclusions. Results may be used by public health professionals and policy makers to enlist Black churches as an integral component for delivery of health promotion and disease prevention services needed to achieve the Year 2000 health objectives for all Americans.