Promoting Policy and Environmental Change in Faith-Based Organizations: Description and Findings From a Mini-Grants Program

• Published in: American journal of health promotion Vol. 31; no. 3; pp. 192 - 199
• Main Authors: Arriola, Kimberly R. Jacob, Hermstad, April, Flemming, Shauna St.Clair, Honeycutt, Sally, Carvalho, Michelle L., Cherry, Sabrina T., Davis, Tamara, Frazier, Sheritta, Escoffery, Cam, Kegler, Michelle C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.05.2017; American Journal of Health Promotion
• Subjects: Adult; African Americans; Aged; Behavior; Cancer; Change agents; Consumption; Cross-Sectional Studies; Diet; Eating behavior; Environment; Environmental policy; Exercise; Feeding Behavior; Female; Food consumption; Georgia; Grants; Health education; Health Policy; Health promotion; Health Promotion - organization & administration; Healthy food; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Nutrition; Parishioners; Physical activity; Physical fitness; Policy making; Prevention; Prevention programs; Questionnaires; Regression Analysis; Religion; Religious cultural groups; Religious organizations; Rural communities; Rural Population; Sermons; Social Environment; United Kingdom > UK; South Georgia; Strategy: nutrition, policy; Target population circumstances: geographic location; Health focus: fitness/physical activity; Research purpose: modeling/relationship testing; Outcome measure: behavioral, Setting: local community; Nutrition Policy, Social Environment, Religion, Exercise, Prevention Research. Manuscript format: research; Target population age: adults; Study design: nonexperimental

Purpose. The Emory Prevention Research Center’s Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network mini-grant program funded faith-based organizations to implement policy and environmental change to promote healthy eating and physical activity in rural South Georgia. This study describes the existing he...