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Peer reviewedLloyd, Jacqueline J.; And Others – Educational Gerontology, 1994
A 56-hour interdisciplinary, train-the-trainer model was developed for lay health ministers in African American churches in Tennessee. Workshops examined aging, health promotion, and prevention. The program increased networking and community resources but encountered problems in religion's effect on health beliefs and in the need for cultural…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Blacks, Church Programs, Community Services
Peer reviewedAllen, Jennifer Dacey; Peterson, Karen; Stoddard, Anne M.; Colditz, Graham; Sorensen, Gloria – Health Education Monograph Series, 2002
Describes the development and testing of Reach Out For Health, a peer-led, church-based breast cancer education program for African American and Hispanic communities. Pretest-posttest evaluation of screening practices and attitudes among women over age 40 indicated that the intervention was associated with improved attitudes toward mammography,…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Blacks, Church Programs, Community Education
