Best Practices for Partnering with Ethnic Minority-Serving Religious Organizations on Health Promotion and Prevention

Islam, Nadia; Patel, Shilpa

doi:10.1001/amajethics.2018.643

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“…Fiesta de Salud was held in a church in January, but Dia de la Salud and The Comeback were held in a community center and event hall, respectively, in late March after a citywide campaign to incentivize first-dose vaccination with $100 gift card incentives. Consistent with previous research, 42 our engagement of racial and ethnic minority groups in a faith-based setting may have facilitated trust. Another reason for decreased attendance over time may have been differing publicity methods.…”

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confidence: 87%

Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of Three Outreach Events to Improve COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Communities in Houston, Texas, 2022

Munoz-Lavanderos,

Oluyomi,

Rosales

et al. 2023

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Objectives: Lack of access to timely, accurate, and linguistically appropriate COVID-19 information has complicated the dissemination of evidence-based information and contributed to vaccine hesitancy among racial and ethnic minority groups in the United States. We developed community events that provided outreach, education, and access to COVID-19 vaccination to overcome vaccine hesitancy in these communities. Methods: Using spatial analysis techniques, we identified 3 communities with low vaccine uptake in Houston, Texas, in fall 2021; engaged 20 stakeholders from these communities via 4 focus groups to understand barriers to vaccination; and developed and implemented 3 COVID-19 vaccine education and outreach events tailored to the needs of these communities in January–March 2022. We used program evaluation surveys to assess attendee characteristics and satisfaction with the events. Vaccinated attendees also completed surveys on what motivated them to get vaccinated. Results: Two communities were predominantly Hispanic, and the third had an equal number of Black and Hispanic residents. Based on community stakeholder input, the study team organized 2 health fairs and 1 community festival featuring dialogue-based COVID-19 vaccine engagement in January and March 2022. Across the 3 events, a total of 865 attendees received COVID-19 education and 205 (24.0%) attendees received a COVID-19 vaccine or booster. Of 90 attendees who completed program evaluation surveys, 81 (90%) rated the outreach event as good or excellent. Of 145 attendees who completed postvaccination surveys, 132 (91%) endorsed ≥1 key program feature as motivating them to either get vaccinated or vaccinate their child that day. Conclusion: Community outreach events are important strategies for disseminating information, building trust, and facilitating COVID-19 vaccine uptake.

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confidence: 87%

Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of Three Outreach Events to Improve COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Communities in Houston, Texas, 2022

Munoz-Lavanderos,

Oluyomi,

Rosales

et al. 2023

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“…Globally faith institutions have formed partnerships with healthcare systems and contributed to addressing general unmet general healthcare and chronic disease preventative needs of communities [78][79][80][81][82][83]. Findings of this review are in agreement with the literature on the wellestablished record of faith institutions contributing to the implementation of public health interventions, including those attempting to influence behaviour change [84][85][86][87].…”

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confidence: 69%

Cardiovascular health promotion: A systematic review involving effectiveness of faith-based institutions in facilitating maintenance of normal blood pressure

Sanusi

Elsey²,

Golder³

et al. 2023

PLOS Glob Public Health

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Globally, faith institutions have a range of beneficial social utility, but a lack of understanding remains regarding their role in cardiovascular health promotion, particularly for hypertension. Our objective was assessment of modalities, mechanisms and effectiveness of hypertension health promotion and education delivered through faith institutions. A result-based convergent mixed methods review was conducted with 24 databases including MEDLINE, Embase and grey literature sources searched on 30 March 2021, results independently screened by three researchers, and data extracted based on behaviour change theories. Quality assessment tools were selected by study design, from Cochrane risk of bias, ROBINS I and E, and The Joanna Briggs Institute’s Qualitative Assessment and Review Instrument tools. Twenty-four publications contributed data. Faith institution roles include cardiovascular health/disease teaching with direct lifestyle linking, and teaching/ encouragement of personal psychological control. Also included were facilitation of: exercise/physical activity as part of normal lifestyle, nutrition change for cardiovascular health, cardiovascular health measurements, and opportunistic blood pressure checks. These demand relationships of trust with local leadership, contextualisation to local sociocultural realities, volitional participation but prior consent by faith / community leaders. Limited evidence for effectiveness: significant mean SBP reduction of 2.98 mmHg (95%CI -4.39 to -1.57), non-significant mean DBP increase of 0.14 mmHg (95%CI -2.74 to +3.01) three months after interventions; and significant mean SBP reduction of 0.65 mmHg (95%CI -0.91 to -0.39), non-significant mean DBP reduction of 0.53 mmHg (95%CI -1.86 to 0.80) twelve months after interventions. Body weight, waist circumference and multiple outcomes beneficially reduced for cardiovascular health: significant mean weight reduction 0.83kg (95% CI -1.19 to -0.46), and non-significant mean waist circumference reduction 1.48cm (95% CI -3.96 to +1.00). In addressing the global hypertension epidemic the cardiovascular health promotion roles of faith institutions probably hold unrealised potential. Deliberate cultural awareness, intervention contextualisation, immersive involvement of faith leaders and alignment with religious practice characterise their deployment as healthcare assets.

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Situating for Success: Lessons Learned from the Evaluation of the Making Connections Place-based Mental Health Initiatives Involving Boys and Men of Colour Across the United States

Taormina

Cantu

Crary

2023

Health Promotion With Adolescent Boys and Young Men of Colour

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Best Practices for Partnering with Ethnic Minority-Serving Religious Organizations on Health Promotion and Prevention

Cited by 15 publications

References 21 publications

Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of Three Outreach Events to Improve COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Communities in Houston, Texas, 2022

Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of Three Outreach Events to Improve COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Communities in Houston, Texas, 2022

Cardiovascular health promotion: A systematic review involving effectiveness of faith-based institutions in facilitating maintenance of normal blood pressure

Situating for Success: Lessons Learned from the Evaluation of the Making Connections Place-based Mental Health Initiatives Involving Boys and Men of Colour Across the United States

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