title: Dash of faith: a faith-based participatory research pilot study.
abstract: The Dash of Faith pilot used a community-based participatory research approach to design an experiential dietary intervention based on two African-American churches, one intervention and one comparison. Congregation members identified components that were incorporated into 12 weekly and 4 monthly sessions, with a goal of increasing fruit and vegetable and lowering fat intake. At 2 months, a marginally significant (p = 0.07) increase in fruit and vegetable consumption was observed in the intervention group but was not maintained at study conclusion. We propose that these mixed findings may be attributable, in part, to bias introduced by the participatory nature of the design.
authors.affiliation: South Carolina Statewide Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, University of South Carolina, 915 Greene Street, Ste 200, Columbia, SC, 20208, USA, brookharmon@sc.edu.
authors.forename: Brook E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Harmon
authors.forename: Swann A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Adams
authors.forename: Dolores
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: Yvonne S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Gladman
authors.forename: Bernice
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ezell
authors.forename: James R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Hebert
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D000368:Aged; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D018752:Diet, Fat-Restricted; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005638:Fruit; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D014675:Vegetables