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.
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins Center on Aging and Health, 2024 E. Monument Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. bbuta@jhmi.edu
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Buta
authors.forename: LaPrincess
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Brewer
authors.forename: Deneen L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Hamlin
authors.forename: Michael W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.forename: Janice
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bowie
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gielen
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D002140:California; D002835:Christianity; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000517:prevention & control; D054626:Consumer Health Information; D004032:Diet / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013664:Teaching Materials