title: Development of a Faith-Based Stress Management Intervention in a Rural African American Community.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Faith-based mental health interventions developed and implemented using a community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach hold promise for reaching rural African Americans and addressing health disparities.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To describe the development, challenges, and lessons learned from the Trinity Life Management, a faith-based stress management intervention in a rural African American faith community.
  
  
  METHODS
  The researchers used a CBPR approach by partnering with the African American faith community to develop a stress management intervention. Development strategies include working with key informants, focus groups, and a community advisory board (CAB).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The community identified the key concepts that should be included in a stress management intervention.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The faith-based "Trinity Life Management" stress management intervention was developed collaboratively by a CAB and an academic research team. The intervention includes stress management techniques that incorporate Biblical principles and information about the stress-distress-depression continuum.
authors.forename: Keneshia
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bryant
authors.forename: Todd
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: Nathaniel
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Willis
authors.forename: Kristie
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hadden
mesh_terms: D026683:Advisory Committees; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D001131:Arkansas; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research / Q000379:methods*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D017144:Focus Groups; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D012424:Rural Population; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000628:therapy*