Church Implementation of a Social Support Intervention to Increase Physical Activity in Older African American Adults
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Conditions studied: Healthy Participants, Chronic Diseases in Older Adults, Chronic Disease Prevention
In brief
Many effective interventions or programs are never put into practice. This quasi-experimental study will partner with AME churches in two areas of South Carolina to study how an evidence-based program is put into place by the church. The program, Walk Your Heart to Health, will include training in how churches can modify their practices to support physical activity and healthy eating. Over the five-year study, the investgiators will examine factors that predict the success of putting the program into place, things that help and get in the way of putting the program into place, and how the program can be scaled up to reach even more churches. The investigators will also examine the effect of the program (pre- to post-changes) on walking group member outcomes (physical activity and social cohesion). The investigators expect to work with approximately 26 AME churches for this study.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT07340099
- Run by
- University of South Carolina
- People needed
- 300
- Starts
- 2026-04-01
- Expected to finish
- 2029-09-29
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-01-14
Who can join
Age: 50 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Member of participating church (Charleston or Columbia Districts of the 7th Episcopal District of the AME church) or is in larger neighborhood and able to attend
- Aged 50 years and older
- Agrees to participate in in-person walking group sessions
- Not planning to move in the next year from a location that would make study visits difficult
You may not qualify if…
- No contraindications to exercise, as determined by the PAR-Q
Where it is running
- University of South Carolina — Columbia, South Carolina, United States
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