ArticleThe open cardiovascular medicine journal2014
HEALS Hypertension Control Program: Training Church Members as Program Leaders.
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- Rationale and design of the Heart-to-Heart study: A church-based intervention to reduce blood pressure in African Americans.Contemporary clinical trials · 2023Article
- A Narrative Review of Ethnic Minority Studies for Faith-Based Health Promotion Interventions with Special Reference to the Contemporary Christian Nurse.Journal of religion and health · 2021Review
- Preventing cardiovascular disease: Participant perspectives of the FAITH! Program.Journal of health psychology · 2019Article
- Outcomes of a multi-community hypertension implementation study: the American Heart Association's Check. Change. Control. program.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2017Article
- Fostering African-American Improvement in Total Health (FAITH!): An Application of the American Heart Association's Life's Simple 7™ among Midwestern African-Americans.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2017Article
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Abstract
introductionHealth disparities related to cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) including stroke have remained higher in the African-Americans (AAs) than in other populations. HEALS is a faith-based hypertension (HTN) control program modified according to AA community needs, and delivered by the church-lay members called church health advisors (CHAs). This study examined the feasibility and acceptability of training CHAs as HEALS program leaders.
designFour CHAs completed a 10-hour HEALS program training workshop at the Church, conducted by the nutrition experts. Workshop was evaluated by CHAs on their level of satisfaction, clarity of contents covered and comfort in delivery the program to the church congregation.
resultsThe overall six main HEALS curriculum components were completed. Workshop was highly evaluated by CHAs on length of training, balance between content and skills development, and level of satisfaction with program delivery.
conclusionChurch-based culturally modified health promotion interventions conducted by the community lay members may be a way to reduce health disparities in ethnic minorities.
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