Hannon Peggy A, Bowen Deborah J, Christensen Catherine L, Kuniyuki Alan
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98105, USA.
J Nutr Educ Behav. 2008 May-Jun;40(3):175-80. doi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2007.09.001.
To test the feasibility of a dissemination strategy to increase faith communities' (FCs) adoption and implementation of a tested dietary intervention.
The study was a randomized, controlled trial that took place over a 9-month period.
Seattle, Washington, metropolitan area.
Seven FCs assigned to an intervention group and five to a comparison group.
All FCs received intervention materials, monetary support, and a Healthy Eating Coordinator (HEC), who was available to answer questions or provide assistance. Intervention FCs additionally received monthly contact from the HEC.
The main outcome measure was the number of intervention activities the FCs reported over the intervention period.
The authors performed descriptive analyses and compared median number of activities performed by intervention and control FCs with Wilcoxon rank-sum tests.
Intervention FCs implemented a median of 3 intervention activities, whereas control FCs implemented a median of 0 intervention activities (P = .05).
These findings indicate that regular contact from HECs is a feasible dissemination strategy for FCs. Further research is needed to determine how to improve the effectiveness of this contact.
测试一种传播策略的可行性，以提高宗教团体（FCs）对经过试验的饮食干预措施的采用和实施情况。
该研究为一项随机对照试验，为期9个月。
华盛顿州西雅图市大都市区。
七个宗教团体被分配到干预组，五个被分配到对照组。
所有宗教团体均收到干预材料、资金支持以及一名健康饮食协调员（HEC），该协调员随时准备回答问题或提供帮助。干预组的宗教团体还每月与健康饮食协调员联系。
主要结局指标是宗教团体在干预期内报告的干预活动数量。
作者进行了描述性分析，并通过Wilcoxon秩和检验比较了干预组和对照组宗教团体开展活动的中位数。
干预组宗教团体开展干预活动的中位数为3项，而对照组宗教团体开展干预活动的中位数为0项（P = 0.05）。
这些研究结果表明，健康饮食协调员的定期联系对宗教团体来说是一种可行的传播策略。需要进一步研究以确定如何提高这种联系的有效性。
