ArticleJournal of religion and health2016
Disease Messaging in Churches: Implications for Health in African-American Communities.
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- Identifying Variation in Physical Health Behaviors and Depressive Symptoms among Religiosity Clusters of African American Adults in the United States.Journal of religion and health · 2024Article
- An Examination of Culturally Relevant Health Messages in African-American Churches.Journal of religion and health · 2023Article
- Congregational health needs by key demographic variables: Findings from a congregational health needs assessment tool.Evaluation and program planning · 2022Article
- The Role of Black Pastors in Disseminating COVID-19 Vaccination Information to Black Communities in South Carolina.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Investigating Socioeconomic Disparities in the Potential Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Environments of Churches.Journal of religion and health · 2020Article
- Faith leaders' messaging is essential to enhance HIV prevention among black Americans: results from the 2016 National Survey on HIV in the black community (NSHBC).BMC public health · 2018Article
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Abstract
Using the right messaging strategies, churches can help promote behavior change. Frequencies of disease-specific messages in 21 African-American churches were compared to overall and cancer-specific mortality and morbidity rates as well as church-level variables. Disease messages were found in 1025 of 2166 items. Frequently referenced topics included cancer (n = 316), mental health conditions (n = 253), heart disease (n = 246), and infectious diseases (n = 220). Messages for lung and colorectal cancers appeared at low frequency despite high mortality rates in African-American communities. Season, church size, and denomination showed significant associations with health messages. Next steps include testing messaging strategies aimed at improving the health of churchgoing communities.
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