A Culturally Sensitive Church-Based Health-Smart Intervention for Increasing Health Literacy and Health-Promoting Behaviors among Black Adult Churchgoers

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 a...

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Published inJournal of health care for the poor and underserved Vol. 30; no. 1; pp. 80 - 101
Main Authors Tucker, Carolyn, M, Kang, Shuchang, Ukonu, Nwakaego A, Linn, Gabriel S, DiSangro, Courtney S, Arthur, Tya M, Ralston, Penny A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Johns Hopkins University Press 01.02.2019
Subjects
Adults
African Americans
Black people
Blood pressure
Community
Cultural sensitivity
Cultural studies
Descriptive labeling
Eating behavior
Empowerment
Health behavior
Health literacy
Health promotion
Healthy food
Intervention
Minority & ethnic groups
Nutrition
Obesity
Physical activity
Religious organizations
Sensitivity
Systematic review
Weight
Florida
United States > US
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Summary: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.
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ISSN:1049-2089
1548-6869
1548-6869
DOI:10.1353/hpu.2019.0009