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Journal of Community Health
Published in: Journal of Community Health 6/2015

01-12-2015 | Original Paper

Recruitment and Participation of African American Men in Church-Based Health Promotion Workshops

Authors: Darlene R. Saunders, Cheryl L. Holt, Daisy Le, Jimmie L. Slade, Bettye Muwwakkil, Alma Savoy, Ralph Williams, Tony L. Whitehead, Min Qi Wang, Michael J. Naslund

Published in: Journal of Community Health | Issue 6/2015

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Abstract

Health promotion interventions in African American communities are frequently delivered in church settings. The Men’s Prostate Awareness Church Training (M-PACT) intervention aimed to increase informed decision making for prostate cancer screening among African American men through their churches. Given the significant proportion and role of women in African American churches, the M-PACT study examined whether including women in the intervention approach would have an effect on study outcomes compared with a men-only approach. The current analysis discusses the men’s participation rates in the M-PACT intervention, which consisted of a series of 4 bimonthly men’s health workshops in 18 African American churches. Data suggest that once enrolled, retention rates for men ranged from 62 to 69 % over the workshop series. Among the men who were encouraged to invite women in their lives (e.g., wife/partner, sister, daughter, friend) to the workshops with them, less than half did so (46 %), suggesting under-implementation of this “health partner” approach. Finally, men’s participation in the mixed-sex workshops were half the rate as compared to the men-only workshops. We describe recruitment techniques, lessons learned, and possible reasons for the observed study group differences in participation, in order to inform future interventions to reach men of color with health information.
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Metadata
Title
Recruitment and Participation of African American Men in Church-Based Health Promotion Workshops
Authors
Darlene R. Saunders
Cheryl L. Holt
Daisy Le
Jimmie L. Slade
Bettye Muwwakkil
Alma Savoy
Ralph Williams
Tony L. Whitehead
Min Qi Wang
Michael J. Naslund
Publication date
01-12-2015
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of Community Health / Issue 6/2015
Print ISSN: 0094-5145
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3610
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10900-015-0054-9

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