The Church Bridge Project
An Academic–Community Perspective of a Church-Based Weight Management Pilot Intervention among Young Adult African Americans
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12808449 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jennifer Lemacks (0000-0003-2925-7208, University of Southern Mississippi, corresponding author), Robert E James (0000-0002-1938-090X, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), Laurie Abbott (0000-0002-4017-1416, Florida State University), Hwanseok Choi (0000-0003-1858-5062, University of Southern Mississippi), Ashley Parker (0000-0001-5765-6535, University of Southern Mississippi), Ashley Bryant (University of Southern Mississippi), Penny A Ralston (0000-0002-1065-0977, Florida State University), Annither Gilner Rigsby, Patricia Gilner |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1S |
| Pages | 23-34 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Progress in community health partnerships (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1557-055X • E-ISSN: 1557-0541 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/cpr.2018.0018 |
| PMID | 29755046 |
| OpenAlex | W2803011046 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 17 |
Young adults and primary care providers are difficult to engage in church-based interventions. Church leaders were comfortable with a collaborate model for decision making, but not an empower model. Churches remain a successful method to reach African Americans; however, more research is needed to motivate young adults to participate in health intervention research
Bridge (graph theory · Community-based participatory research · Intervention (counseling · Medical education · Participatory action research · Perspective (graphical · Sociology · Weight loss · Weight management · Anthropology · Computer Science · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Medicine · Nursing · Obesity and Health Practices · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Psychology · Gerontology · Internal Medicine · Surgery
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The development of self-efficacy scales for healthrelated diet and exercise behaviors
Place, Not Race
Church-Based Health Promotion Interventions
The development of scales to measure social support for diet and exercise behaviors
International Physical Activity Questionnaire
Perceptions of Social and Environmental Support for Healthy Eating and Physical Activity in Rural Southern Churches
The Metabolic Syndrome
Racial Disparities in Obesity Prevalence in Mississippi
Obesity among working age adults
Diabetes prevalence and socioeconomic status
The Impact of Obesity on US Mortality Levels
Health Programs in Faith-Based Organizations
The MOS Short-form General Health Survey
| Citations per year | 0.67 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |