A Partnership to Promote Physical Activity and Healthy Eating in AME Churches

在3年的伙伴关系的基础上，AME教会和三所州立大学的棕榈会议 将参与这项研究。具体的研究目的是：（1）利用社区为基础的 参与式研究（CBPR）的方法，使教会领袖参与制定一个综合的物理 活动（PA）和营养干预，（2）测试针对社会，文化和政策的18个月干预 教会内部的影响，（3）评估牧师支持和参与干预的作用，以及 (4)在全国范围内和更广泛地传播该方案。CBPR方法将指导所有研究 活动每个伙伴组织的代表将参加每月的规划会议， 第一年。逻辑模型将用于就项目范围、过程评估、 和项目管理。从第二年开始，将进行两波干预。总共有13 教会集群（其中60个教会）将被随机分配到立即或延迟干预。 为期18个月的干预，基于社会生态学和跨理论模型，将针对社会， 教会内部的文化和政策环境，以支持增加PA和DASH饮食（低脂肪和 钠、高F& V和谷物）。地方卫生委员会和主要教会决策者（牧师和 教会厨师）将接受培训，以执行该方案。主要结局，在基线和18- 月，是血压（SBP，DBP），PA（自我报告分钟/周）;和F&V消耗（svgs/d）。 次要结果是PA（加速度计分钟/周），脂肪和纤维相关行为以及变化阶段。 共有18个小教会的15名参与者，30个中型教会的25名参与者， 将从12个大教堂招募参与者进行测量（N = 1620）。加速度计读数 将从子样本（N = 620）中收集，并进行全面的工艺评价。 宗教-大学伙伴关系提供了一种在文化和 种族相关的方式。这些伙伴关系产生的干预措施具有巨大潜力， 有助于消除健康差距，这是2010年健康人民的目标。包括PA，使用A CBPR方法，教会决策者的参与，并专注于教会的社会，文化， 政策的影响使这个项目具有创新性。

Building on a 3-yr partnership, the Palmetto Conference of the AME Church and three state Universities in South Carolina will partner for this study. The specific study aims are to: (1) use a community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach to engage church leaders in developing a combined physical activity (PA) and nutrition intervention, (2) test the 18-mo intervention that targets social, cultural, and policy influences within the church, (3) assess the role of pastor support of and participation in the intervention, and (4) disseminate the program across the state and more broadly. A CBPR approach will guide all study activities. Representatives from each partnering organization will participate in monthly planning meetings in year 1. The logic model will be used to build consensus about the scope of the program, process evaluation, and project management. Two waves of interventions will be conducted, beginning in year 2. In total, 13 clusters of churches (60 churches within them) will be randomized to an immediate or delayed intervention. The 18-month intervention, based on social ecology and the transtheoretical model, will target the social, cultural, and policy environments within the church to support increased PA and the DASH diet (low fat and sodium, high F&Vs and grains). Local health committees and key church decision makers (pastors and church cooks) will be trained to implement the program. Primary outcomes, measured at baseline and 18- months, are blood pressure (SBP, DBP), PA (self-reported mins/wk); and F&V consumption (svgs/d). Secondary outcomes are PA (accelerometer mins/wk), fat and fiber-related behaviors, and stage of change. A total of 15 participants from 18 small churches, 25 participants from 30 medium churches, and 50 participants from 12 large churches will be recruited for measurements (N = 1620). Accelerometer readings will be collected from a subsample (N = 620), and a comprehensive process evaluation will be conducted. Faith-university partnerships provide a way to deliver health promotion messages in a culturally and ethnically relevant manner. Interventions that result from these partnerships have great potential to contribute to eliminating health disparities, a Healthy People 2010 objective. The inclusion of PA, use of a CBPR approach, engagement of church decision makers, and focus on the church's social, cultural, and policy influences make this project innovative.