@article{84f715a76d0f45f681f486b2136178a4,
title = "An Innovative Faith-Based Healthy Eating Program: From Class Assignment to Real-World Application of PRECEDE/PROCEED",
abstract = "The Fostering African American Improvement in Total Health! (FAITH!) Nutrition Education Program is a theory-based, multicomponent health intervention developed and operated in partnership with an East Baltimore church. The program aims to improve eating habits, as well as knowledge and beliefs about healthy eating, among African American adults in order to prevent diseases related to dietary choices. This article addresses the development, design, and formative research that informed the FAITH! program. The main program components are also discussed. Program design used a framework for strategic intervention planning (PRECEDE-PROCEED), and health education theories informed the evaluation process. Formative research was conducted to incorporate the needs and assets of the priority population. The main program components are culturally tailored educational materials, lectures and discussions on diet and related diseases, video presentations on healthy eating, healthy cooking demonstrations/food samples, evaluation, and a church-run healthy food pantry.",
keywords = "African Americans, PRECEDE-PROCEED, chronic disease, church, diet, education, nutrition, participatory research",
author = "Brian Buta and Laprincess Brewer and Hamlin, {Deneen L.} and Palmer, {Michael W.} and Janice Bowie and Andrea Gielen",
note = "Funding Information: The FAITH! Nutrition Education Program began as a group assignment in a graduate course on heath education and health promotion. Because of enthusiasm among students in the group to bring the program to fruition, funding was applied for and granted from resources within the institution (a community service grant from the Johns Hopkins University Alumni Association and a community grant award from the Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute within the Bloomberg School of Public Health). Following the receipt of funding, weekly planning meetings commenced to develop the main program components. Midway through this phase, a church partnership was finalized. This led to a church discourse meeting in which the program components were presented to the pastor and congregation for assessment and discussion. Based on feedback received from this group, the program was refined to reflect the needs and recommendations of the church members. Therefore, we identify (and describe below) the following stages in the development of this program: (1) conceptual design (October 2007 to February 2008); (2) program planning and development (March to mid-April 2008); (3) church partnership and formative research (mid-April to early May 2008); and (4) program refinement and promotion (May to mid-June 2008). Funding Information: This work was supported by the Johns Hopkins University Alumni Association and the Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute. The authors would like to thank the leadership and congregation of the New Friendship Baptist Church in East Baltimore for their partnership and participation. Use of the Block Fat and Fruit Screeners granted with kind permission through correspondence by NutritionQuest. ",
year = "2011",
month = nov,
doi = "10.1177/1524839910370424",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "12",
pages = "867--875",
journal = "Health promotion practice",
issn = "1524-8399",
publisher = "SAGE Publications Inc.",
number = "6",
}