ArticleImplementation science communications2020
Identifying barriers, facilitators, and implementation strategies for a faith-based physical activity program.
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- Underlying strategies of scaling up and sustaining physical activity interventions.Frontiers in health services · 2026Pooled it
- Implementation Evaluation of a Parks- and Faith-Based Multilevel Intervention to Promote Physical Activity Among Latinos.Journal of physical activity & health · 2024Trial
- Two-year outcomes of Faith in Action/Fe en Acción: a randomized controlled trial of physical activity promotion in Latinas.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2022Trial
- Multilevel Predictors of Intervention Uptake and Postintervention Physical Activity Behaviors Among Churchgoing Latino Adults.Journal of physical activity & health · 2026Article
- Use of Implementation Mapping to Develop a Promotora Empowerment Training for a Faith-Based Physical Activity Program for Latinas.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2026Article
- Enhancing capacity in faith-based organizations to implement and sustain multilevel innovations to improve physical activity: study protocol for the faith in action type II hybrid implementation-effectiveness trial.BMC public health · 2026Article
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- Transitioning from the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) to the updated CFIR for quantitative measurement of influences on implementation outcomes in a faith-based walking intervention.Implementation science communications · 2026Article
- Addressing a gap in community-engaged research: reporting results of congregations' implementation capacity assessment to research participants.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
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- Qualitative Assessment of Key Implementation Factors in a Faith-Based Response to Intimate Partner Violence.Health promotion practice · 2025Article
- Implementation outcomes and associated constructs from the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research among churches trained online to implement Faith, Activity, and Nutrition in a national implementation study.Translational behavioral medicine · 2025Article
- Co-creating strategies to promote uptake of HIV self-testing among young adults in Mecklenburg county, North Carolina: a protocol for a pilot implementation study.Frontiers in health services · 2025Article
- Implementation Science's Role in Community Engagement for Substance Use Prevention.Journal of prevention (2022) · 2024Article
- Using the consolidated framework for implementation research to identify church leaders' perspectives on contextual determinants of community-based colorectal cancer screening for Black Kentuckians.Implementation science communications · 2024Article
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- Congregation leader and member discussions in a church-based family strengthening, mental health promotion and HIV prevention trial: Intervention.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2024Article
- Prevalence and Predictors of Substance Use Support Programming Among U.S. Religious Congregations.Journal of drug issues · 2023Article
- Participant Perspectives on the Effects of an African American Faith-Based Health Promotion Educational Intervention: a Qualitative Study.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2023Article
- Exploring the barriers and facilitators towards physical activity among church members in Lagos, Nigeria: a qualitative study.African health sciences · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundCommunity engagement is critical to the acceleration of evidence-based interventions into community settings. Harnessing the knowledge and opinions of community leaders increases the likelihood of successful implementation, scale-up, and sustainment of evidence-based interventions.
methodsWe conducted in-depth interviews using a semi-structured interview guide based on the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) at various Catholic and Protestant churches with large Latino membership in San Diego County, California to explore barriers and facilitators to implementation of
resultsPastors and church staff described barriers and facilitators to implementation within three domains of CFIR: characteristics of individuals (lack of self-efficacy for and knowledge of physical activity; influence on churchgoers' behaviors), inner setting (church culture and norms, alignment with mission and values, competing priorities, lack of resources), and outer setting (need for buy-in from senior leadership). From the interviews, we identified four promising implementation strategies for the scale-up of faith-based health promotion programs: (1) health behavior change training for pastors and staff, (2) tailored messaging, (3) developing community collaborations, and (4) gaining denominational support.
conclusionsWhile churches can serve as valuable partners in health promotion, specific barriers and facilitators to implementation must be recognized and understood. Addressing these barriers through targeted implementation strategies at the adopter and organizational level can facilitate improved program implementation and lead the way for scale-up and dissemination.
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