ERIC Number: EJ954302
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Dec
Pages: 5
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ISSN: ISSN-1077-5315
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Multi-Level Partnerships Support a Comprehensive Faith-Based Health Promotion Program
Hardison-Moody, Annie; Dunn, Carolyn; Hall, David; Jones, Lorelei; Newkirk, Jimmy; Thomas, Cathy
Journal of Extension, v49 n6 Article 6IAW5 Dec 2011
This article examines the role of multi-level partnerships in implementing Faithful Families Eating Smart and Moving More, a faith-based health promotion program that works with low-resource faith communities in North Carolina. This program incorporates a nine-lesson individual behavior change program in concert with policy and environmental change. We offer an overview of the program, an evaluation of its effects on individual behavior changes and policy, and environment and practice changes and provide suggestions on lessons learned for Extension professionals who wish to partner with faith communities to promote nutrition and physical activity. (Contains 2 tables.)
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Health Promotion, Behavior Modification, Behavior Change, Partnerships in Education, Low Income Groups, Eating Habits, Health Related Fitness, Religious Cultural Groups, Program Evaluation, Policy Formation, Change Strategies, Organizational Change, Extension Education, Food Standards, Nutrition Instruction, Nutrition
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Adult Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: North Carolina
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