| Literature DB >> 28597333 |
Randi M Williams1, Erin K Tagai2, Sherie Lou Zara Santos3, Jimmie L Slade4, Roxanne L Carter4, Cheryl L Holt3.
Abstract
Leadership plays a role in the success of an organization's initiatives. We examined church leaders' support-as perceived by lay community health advisor (CHA) interventionists-and implementation outcomes in a cancer early detection trial. CHAs perceived that their pastors: helped promote the intervention (M = 3.1/4, SD 1.2) and attended about half (M = 1.6/3, SD 1.3) the workshops. CHAs used marginally more techniques to recruit members when they perceived pastors were engaged in promoting the program (r s = .44, p = .08). Pastor attendance was positively associated with member enrollment (r s = .50, p < .05). Pastor support may be related to receptivity of both CHAs and congregants to engage in church health promotion.Entities:
Keywords: Cancer screening; Church-based health promotion; Community health advisors; Leadership
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Year: 2018 PMID: 28597333 PMCID: PMC5723241 DOI: 10.1007/s10943-017-0427-8
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Relig Health ISSN: 0022-4197