Dissemination and Implementation of Faith, Activity, and Nutrition



Status:Enrolling by invitation
Healthy:No
Age Range:18 - Any
Updated:10/5/2018
Start Date:January 2015
End Date:September 2019

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Faith, Activity, and Nutrition: Dissemination in Underserved Communities

The USC PRC's applied research project will study the dissemination and implementation of an
evidence-based program shown previously to significantly increase physical activity and fruit
and vegetable intake in churches in South Carolina (Faith, Activity, and Nutrition; FAN).
Guided by two theoretical frameworks, the specific aims of the applied research project are
to: 1) examine the adoption and reach of FAN in churches and organizational factors
associated with adoption; 2) characterize implementation fidelity and multilevel factors
associated with implementation; 3) describe organizational maintenance of FAN and factors
associated with maintenance; and 4) study the effectiveness of FAN. In Phase 1, churches in a
rural county with a high proportion of African American residents will be randomized to
receive training in FAN from a community health advisor (n=40) or to be part of a delayed
intervention control group (n=20). In Phase 2, a quasi-experimental study wil be done with a
large religious denomination in SC (churches are not randomized).


Inclusion Criteria:

- Phase 1 churches: church in Fairfield County, SC with at least 20 members who
regularly attend worship service

- Phase 2 churches: church in the SC Conference of the United Methodist Church

- Members (phase 1): adult who regularly attends church participating in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

- Members (phase 1): under the age of 18

- Members (phase 1): does not regularly attend church participating in the study
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Clemson, South Carolina 29631
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Columbia, South Carolina 29208
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200 Calhoun Street
Winnsboro, South Carolina 29180
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Winnsboro, SC
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