4013.0 Evaluation of faith-based public health interventions

Tuesday, November 10, 2009: 8:30 AM
Oral
The purpose of this oral session is to highlight evaluation of faith-based public health interventions. As interest in the role that faith communities can play in public health, it is important to evaluate faith-based public health interventions to inform future efforts. The presentations all describe faith-based public health interventions that have been developed collaboratively and address diverse outcomes – e.g., disaster preparedness, HIV/AIDS, and nutrition and fitness. Diverse methods for evaluating these interventions are also described.
Session Objectives: 1. Describe key components of faith-based public health interventions and methods for evaluating them 2. Identify methods for obtaining participant input into faith-based public health interventions. 3. Describe different ways that public health researchers and practitioners can partner with faith communities to address health.
Moderator:
Ruth Little, MPH

Welcoming Remarks
8:35 AM
Public health and the faith community: An emerging evidence-base for a sustainable disaster preparedness model
O. Lee McCabe, PhD and Henry Gordon Taylor, MD, MPH
  
8:55 AM
Using focus groups to refine an African American church-based HIV intervention
Jannette Berkley-Patton, PhD, Carole Bowe-Thompson, BS, Andrea D. Bradley-Ewing, MPA, MA and David Martinez, BA
9:12 AM
GoodNEWS Trial (Genes, Nutrition, Exercise, Wellness and Spiritual Growth): Components and Preliminary Findings
Mark J. DeHaven, Ph D, Jenny J. Lee, MPH, PhD, Nora Gimpel, MD, Jo Ann Carson, PhD, RD, LD, James DeLemos, MD, Sue Pickens, MEd, Maria Ramos-Roman, MD, Rev. Chris Simmons, MTh, Tiffany Powell, MD, Kamakki Banks, MD, Natalia Gutierrez-Chefchis, MD and Elicia Williams - King, MD
9:29 AM
Understanding the True Relationship Between Faith and Health: Theory and Evidence From the GoodNEWS (Genes, Nutrition, Exercise, Wellness and Spiritual Growth) Project
Jenny Jeonghee Lee, PhD, MPH, CHES, Mark J. DeHaven, Ph D and Tikisa Walker, MS
Questions & Answers
Concluding Remarks

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Caucus on Public Health and the Faith Community
Endorsed by: Alternative and Complementary Health Practices, Asian Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health, Genomics Forum

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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