TY - JOUR
T1 - Adoption, reach, and implementation of a cancer education intervention in African American churches
AU - Santos, Sherie Lou Zara
AU - Tagai, E. K.
AU - Scheirer, Mary Ann
AU - Bowie, Janice
AU - Haider, Muhiuddin
AU - Slade, Jimmie
AU - Wang, Min Qi
AU - Holt, Cheryl l.
N1 - 1748-5908 Santos, Sherie Lou Zara Tagai, Erin K Scheirer, Mary Ann Bowie, Janice Haider, Muhiuddin Slade, Jimmie Wang, Min Qi Holt, Cheryl L R01 CA147313/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States Journal Article Randomized Controlled Trial Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural England 2017/03/16 Implement Sci. 2017 Mar 14;12(1):36. doi: 10.1186/s13012-017-0566-z.
PY - 2017/3/14
Y1 - 2017/3/14
N2 - BACKGROUND: Use of technology is increasing in health promotion and has continued growth potential in intervention research. Guided by the Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance (RE-AIM) framework, this paper reports on the adoption, reach, and implementation of Project HEAL (Health through Early Awareness and Learning)-a community-based implementation trial of a cancer educational intervention in 14 African American churches. We compare adoption, reach, and implementation at the organizational and participant level for churches in which lay peer community health advisors (CHAs) were trained using traditional classroom didactic methods compared with a new online system. METHODS: Fifteen churches were randomized to one of two study groups in which two CHAs per church were trained through either classroom ("Traditional"; n = 16 CHAs in 8 churches) or web-based ("Technology"; n = 14 CHAs in 7 churches) training methods. Once trained and certified, all CHAs conducted a series of three group educational workshops in their churches on cancer early detection (breast, prostate, and colorectal). Adoption, reach, and implementation were assessed using multiple data sources including church-level data, participant engagement in the workshops, and study staff observations of CHA performance. RESULTS: The project had a 41% overall adoption rate at the church level. In terms of reach, a total of 375 participants enrolled in Project HEAL-226 participants in the Traditional group (43% reach) and 149 in the Technology group (21% reach; p < .10). Implementation was evaluated in terms of adherence, dosage, and quality. All churches fully completed the three workshops; however, the Traditional churches took somewhat longer (M = 84 days) to complete the workshop series than churches in the Technology group (M = 64 days). Other implementation outcomes were comparable between both the Traditional and Technology groups (p > .05). CONCLUSIONS: Overall, the Project HEAL intervention had reasonable adoption, though reach could have been better. Implementation was strong across both study groups, suggesting the promise of using web-based methods to disseminate and implement evidence-based interventions in faith-based settings and other areas where community health educators work to eliminate health disparities.
AB - BACKGROUND: Use of technology is increasing in health promotion and has continued growth potential in intervention research. Guided by the Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance (RE-AIM) framework, this paper reports on the adoption, reach, and implementation of Project HEAL (Health through Early Awareness and Learning)-a community-based implementation trial of a cancer educational intervention in 14 African American churches. We compare adoption, reach, and implementation at the organizational and participant level for churches in which lay peer community health advisors (CHAs) were trained using traditional classroom didactic methods compared with a new online system. METHODS: Fifteen churches were randomized to one of two study groups in which two CHAs per church were trained through either classroom ("Traditional"; n = 16 CHAs in 8 churches) or web-based ("Technology"; n = 14 CHAs in 7 churches) training methods. Once trained and certified, all CHAs conducted a series of three group educational workshops in their churches on cancer early detection (breast, prostate, and colorectal). Adoption, reach, and implementation were assessed using multiple data sources including church-level data, participant engagement in the workshops, and study staff observations of CHA performance. RESULTS: The project had a 41% overall adoption rate at the church level. In terms of reach, a total of 375 participants enrolled in Project HEAL-226 participants in the Traditional group (43% reach) and 149 in the Technology group (21% reach; p < .10). Implementation was evaluated in terms of adherence, dosage, and quality. All churches fully completed the three workshops; however, the Traditional churches took somewhat longer (M = 84 days) to complete the workshop series than churches in the Technology group (M = 64 days). Other implementation outcomes were comparable between both the Traditional and Technology groups (p > .05). CONCLUSIONS: Overall, the Project HEAL intervention had reasonable adoption, though reach could have been better. Implementation was strong across both study groups, suggesting the promise of using web-based methods to disseminate and implement evidence-based interventions in faith-based settings and other areas where community health educators work to eliminate health disparities.
KW - Adult Black or African American Aged Cluster Analysis Female Health Education/methods Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Health Promotion/methods Humans Male Middle Aged Neoplasms/diagnosis/prevention & control/therapy Religion and Medicine
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U2 - 10.1186/s13012-017-0566-z
DO - 10.1186/s13012-017-0566-z
M3 - Article
C2 - 28292299
SN - 1748-5908
VL - 12
SP - 36
JO - Implementation Science
JF - Implementation Science
IS - 1
M1 - 36
ER -