Enhancing Physical Activity Programs in Churches for Latinas
This study is looking at ways to help Latina women increase their physical activity to prevent heart disease. It's testing three different approaches, all based on a program called "Faith in Action." This program includes group exercise classes, motivational calls, and health information. The study wants to see if adding more support, like training church leaders or empowering community health workers (promotoras), makes the program more effective. You might be able to join if you are a Latina woman between 18 and 65, attend a faith-based organization, and currently get less than 50 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity per week. The study will measure how well the programs fit within churches and how much participants' physical activity changes. The current status of this study is unclear.
- Study design
- This study is a pragmatic, cluster randomized controlled design, meaning groups of churches will be randomly assigned to one of three intervention conditions. It plans to enroll 560 participants.
- What's involved
- The intervention lasts for 12 months, followed by a 6-month sustainment follow-up period. You would participate in group exercise classes and receive motivational interviewing calls every 6 months.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Participants will be followed for 6 months after the 12-month intervention period to assess sustainment.
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Enhancing Capacity in Churches to Implement PA Programs
At a glance
Conditions
Where it's being run
1 sites across 1 statesStudy leadership
- Elva Arredondo, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · San Diego State University
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What this trial measures
- Organizational Level: Change in Innovation-Values fit from Baseline to Month 66 months
Investigators will survey FBO leaders, church staff, promotoras, and parishioners to assess the change in Innovation-values fit from baseline to month 6. Self-report questions regarding perceptions of the fit between the values of their FBO and the Faith in Action intervention will be measured using Likert scales (completely agree to completely disagree).
- Organizational Level: Change in Innovation-Values fit from Baseline to Month 1212 months
Investigators will survey FBO leaders, church staff, promotoras, and parishioners to assess the change in Innovation-values fit from baseline to month 12. Self-report questions regarding perceptions of the fit between the values of their FBO and the Faith in Action intervention will be measured using Likert scales (completely agree to completely disagree).
- Individual Level: Change in Participants' Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity (MVPA) from Baseline to Month 66 months
Investigators will assess the change in the number of minutes per day of participants' MVPA from baseline to month 6.
- Individual Level: Change in Participants' Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity (MVPA) from Baseline to Month 1212 months
Investigators will assess the change in the number of minutes per day of participants' MVPA from baseline to month 12.