The Health for Hearts United Collaborative

Conditions

• Cardiovascular Disease Risk Reduction

Eligibility Criteria

Sex

ALL

Age

18 Years - N/A

Healthy Volunteers

Accepted

Interventions

• Health for Hearts United Planning for Health — BEHAVIORAL
  Participants (health leaders) receive trainings (three entitled Take Charge of Your Health, Eat Better, \& Move Around More) and plan for their health ministry and cardiovascular health program to congregants.
• Health for Hearts United Preparing for Health — BEHAVIORAL
  Research participants (church congregants) receive cardiovascular health programming prepared by health leaders that includes the following best practices: Individual Goal Setting, Training, Culturally-tailored Materials, Monitoring Tool \& Recognition.
• Health for Hearts United Delivery of Health — BEHAVIORAL
  The Organization (church) uses best practices to implement Heart Health activities (annual plans, achievements, plans for the year and practices).
• Health for Hearts United Comparison Group Health Ministry Development — OTHER
  Participants (health leaders) have meetings to develop the health ministry. Research participants (church congregants) do not receive cardiovascular health program.

Study Details

This proposed project will determine the effectiveness of Health for Hearts United Collaborative (HHUC) implementation strategies in relation to process outcomes and reducing cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in African Americans (AAs),examining two possible strategies.

Key Dates

Start date

Jan 15, 2022

Status verified

Apr 2026

Primary completion

Dec 31, 2027

Completion

Dec 31, 2027

Study Design

Enrollment

225 participants (estimated)

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Arms

• Experimental: Internal Champion (IC) Strategy
  In the Planning for Health intervention, the IC implementation strategy will include trainings on transformational leadership principles that address challenges that health leaders face in the church setting to assist them in independently planning the cardiovascular health programming for congregants. Limited assistance from staff will be provided in the Preparing for Health and the Delivery of Health interventions.
• Experimental: Expert Professional (EP) Strategy
  In the Planning for Health intervention, the EP implementation strategy will include the use of external professionals to assist health leaders in the planning of cardiovascular health programming for congregants. Staff will assist health leaders in the Preparing for Health and the Delivery of Health interventions.
• Active Comparator: Comparison Group Strategy
  In the Planning for Health intervention, the Comparison Group strategy will include process activities with the health leaders (identification of health leaders, meetings of health leaders, assistance of health leaders with recruitment of congregants for research). Except for data collection, participants (health leaders and congregants) will not be involved in the Preparing for Health or the Delivery of Health interventions.

Primary Outcome Measure

Participant Reach [ Time Frame: 12 months ]

Locations (1)

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