TY - JOUR
T1 - Preventing cardiovascular disease
T2 - Participant perspectives of the FAITH! Program
AU - Brewer, La Princess C.
AU - Morrison, Eleshia J.
AU - Balls-Berry, Joyce E.
AU - Dean, Patrick
AU - Lackore, Kandace
AU - Jenkins, Sarah
AU - Cohen, Consuelo
AU - Johnson, Jacqueline
AU - Ellis, Frances
AU - Mangum, D. C.
AU - Hayes, Sharonne N.
AU - Patten, Christi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2017.
PY - 2019/10/1
Y1 - 2019/10/1
N2 - Striking cardiovascular health disparities exist among African-Americans in Minnesota compared to Whites; however, community-based interventions to address cardiovascular disease risk are lacking. This study explored participant perceptions of a culturally tailored, cardiovascular disease prevention program developed using a community-based participatory research process. Research participation perceptions, program benefits, and program satisfaction/acceptability were analyzed using a mixed-methods approach. Overall, acceptability was high. Findings highlight the favorable inclusion of African-Americans (research perception), knowledge gained about healthy lifestyle practices (benefits), and quality of the curriculum/speakers (satisfaction). Community-based participatory research may be useful in fostering the acceptability of behavior change interventions among marginalized African-American communities.
AB - Striking cardiovascular health disparities exist among African-Americans in Minnesota compared to Whites; however, community-based interventions to address cardiovascular disease risk are lacking. This study explored participant perceptions of a culturally tailored, cardiovascular disease prevention program developed using a community-based participatory research process. Research participation perceptions, program benefits, and program satisfaction/acceptability were analyzed using a mixed-methods approach. Overall, acceptability was high. Findings highlight the favorable inclusion of African-Americans (research perception), knowledge gained about healthy lifestyle practices (benefits), and quality of the curriculum/speakers (satisfaction). Community-based participatory research may be useful in fostering the acceptability of behavior change interventions among marginalized African-American communities.
KW - African-Americans
KW - cardiovascular disease
KW - community-based participatory research
KW - faith-based intervention
KW - health disparities
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85059048035
U2 - 10.1177/1359105317695878
DO - 10.1177/1359105317695878
M3 - Article
C2 - 28810418
AN - SCOPUS:85059048035
SN - 1359-1053
VL - 24
SP - 1710
EP - 1723
JO - Journal of Health Psychology
JF - Journal of Health Psychology
IS - 12
ER -