1. A Culturally Sensitive Church-Based Health-Smart Intervention for Increasing Health Literacy and Health-Promoting Behaviors among Black Adult Churchgoers.
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Carolyn, Tucker, M., Kang, Shuchang, Ukonu, Nwakaego A., Linn, Gabriel S., DiSangro, Courtney S., Arthur, Tya M., and Ralston, Penny A.
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EDUCATION of Black people ,PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation ,ANALYSIS of variance ,BLOOD pressure ,CHURCH buildings ,FOOD labeling ,HEALTH behavior ,HEALTH promotion ,MOTIVATION (Psychology) ,NUTRITION education ,QUESTIONNAIRES ,RESEARCH funding ,SELF-efficacy ,CULTURAL awareness ,HEALTH literacy ,PHYSICAL activity ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,ONE-way analysis of variance - Abstract
Abstract The purpose of the paper is to examine the effectiveness of a six-week, culturally sensitive, church-based health-promotion intervention in increasing nutrition label health literacy and health-promoting behaviors (i.e. healthy eating, healthy drinking, and physical activity) and improving weight and blood pressure among Black adults. Study participants are a sample of 321 Black adult churchgoers (N = 321) who were divided between an intervention group (N = 172) and a wait-list control group (N = 149). The health-promotion intervention program is informed by Health Self-Empowerment Theory. At post-test, the participants in the intervention group demonstrated significantly greater increases in nutrition label health literacy, overall level of engagement in health-smart behaviors, and levels of engagement in two specific health-smart behaviors (i.e. healthy eating and healthy drinking) compared with those in the wait-list control group. Implications of these findings for future similar health-promotion intervention programs and research are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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