To what extent do community members' personal health beliefs and experiences impact what they consider to be important for their community-at-large?

Abstract

Personal health concerns reported by individuals in a study sample may impact prioritization of community health initiatives. Further research should examine how personal health concerns are formed.

Identifying community needs of the Hispanic faith community to develop a research agenda

“…A survey previously used to assess the health needs in the rural Arkansas African American faith community was adapted for the current study (Yeary et al, 2016). The resulting Community Health Needs Assessment was an 88-item survey that included demographic questions, one health literacy question (Chew et al, 2008;Sarkar et al, 2010)…”

“…A survey previously used to assess the health needs in the rural Arkansas African American faith community was adapted for the current study (Yeary et al., 2016 ). The resulting Community Health Needs Assessment was an 88‐item survey that included demographic questions, one health literacy question (Chew et al., 2008 ; Sarkar et al., 2010 ), and questions that addressed specific health behaviors and outcomes that were obtained from the Center for Disease Control's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey (BRFSS).…”

Reducing depressive symptoms through behavioral activation in churches: A Hybrid-2 randomized effectiveness-implementation design

“…Project staff will then schedule eligible participants’ baseline collection visits. From our pilot, we expect that 30% of those recruited will report elevated depressive symptoms[39], so a goal of 16 participants per church will be recruited (to ensure an adequate sample size) to form a REJOICE group.…”

Lessons learned from using an audience response system in a community setting for research data collection

“…Examples of such questions included reported general health in adults and children, use of specific health care resources in the past year, and screening behaviors (e.g., screening for breast cancer). Instrument development is described elsewhere (Yeary et al., ; Stewart et al., ). Because of the low literacy rates in the region and the evidence of engagement and novelty of ARS, it was used as the data collection method.…”

“…Instrument development is described elsewhere (Yeary et al, 2015;Stewart et al, 2015). Because of the low literacy rates in the region and the evidence of engagement and novelty of ARS, it was used as the data collection method.…”