Assessing Capacity of Faith-Based Organizations for Health Promotion Activities.

Autor:	Tagai EK; 1 University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA., Scheirer MA; 2 Scheirer Consulting, Princeton, NJ, USA., Santos SLZ; 1 University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA., Haider M; 1 University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA., Bowie J; 3 Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA., Slade J; 4 Community Ministry of Prince George's County, Upper Marlboro, MD, USA., Whitehead TL; 1 University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA., Wang MQ; 1 University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA., Holt CL; 1 University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Health promotion practice [Health Promot Pract] 2018 Sep; Vol. 19 (5), pp. 714-723. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Oct 23.
DOI:	10.1177/1524839917737510
Abstrakt:	Background: Faith-based organizations (FBOs) are important venues for health promotion, particularly in medically underserved communities. These organizations vary considerably in their structural capacities, which may be linked to variability in implementation success for health promotion initiatives. Lacking an existing validated assessment of organizational capacity specific to FBOs, an initial prototype assessment was developed. Method: The Faith-Based Organization Capacity Inventory (FBO-CI) assesses three structural areas of capacity: Staffing and Space, Health Promotion Experience, and External Collaboration. The multidisciplinary team, including FBO leaders, codeveloped the initial instrument. The initial reliability from a convenience sample of 34 African American churches including descriptions of FBOs representing three capacity levels is reported. Results: The FBO-CI demonstrated feasibility of administration using an in-person interview format, and the three subscales had acceptable internal reliability (α ~ .70). Most churches had an established health ministry (n = 23) and had conducted activities across an average of seven health areas in the previous 2 years. Conclusions: This initial FBO-CI prototype is promising, and future work should consider validation with a larger sample of churches and domain expansion based on the conceptual model. The FBO-CI has a number of potential uses for researchers, FBO leaders, and practitioners working with FBOs in health promotion initiatives.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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