The Faith, Activity, and Nutrition program: a randomized controlled trial in African-American churches.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Faith-based interventions hold promise for promoting health in ethnic minority populations. To date, however, few of these interventions have used a community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach, have targeted both physical activity and healthy eating, and have focused on structural changes in the church.

Purpose

To report the results of a group randomized CBPR intervention targeting physical activity and healthy eating in African-American churches.

Design

Group RCT. Data were collected from 2007 to 2011. Statistical analyses were conducted in 2012.

Setting/participants

Seventy-four African Methodist Episcopal (AME) churches in South Carolina and 1257 members within them participated in the study.

Intervention

Churches were randomized

SUBMITTER: Wilcox S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3884828 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature