Dissemination of evidence-based cancer control interventions among Catholic faith-based organizations: results from the CRUZA randomized trial

Table 2 Structural Characteristics of CRUZA parishes by intervention condition, baseline (n = 31)

	All parishes mean/% (SD)	Capacity enhancement mean/% (SD)	Standard dissemination mean/% (SD)	p value*	N (CE/SD)
Parish resources
Size of congregation	854 (802)	1042 (899)	564 (538)	0.09^a	17/11
Size of Congregation (sm)^b	85.7 %	82.4 %	90.9 %	0.53^c	17/11
Percent of congregation that is Latino	43.0 %	35.5 %	58.3 %	0.34	19/10
Percent of congregation that volunteer	7.0 %	8.4 %	4.7 %	0.36	19/11
Years of Spanish mass offered	20.0 (14.6)	21.6 (16.0)	16.7 (11.6)	0.34	20/10
Parish leadership and staff
Number of full-time paid pastoral staff	6.2 (8.1)	7.5 (9.7)	3.9 (3.6)	0.24	19/11
Number of full-time non-pastoral staff	7.6 (8.3)	8.9 (9.7)	5.4 (4.4)	0.17	20/11
Percent of pastors with a graduate degree	83.3 %	84.2 %	81.8 %	0.87	19/11
Parish programming: health
Hispanic Ministry (y)	77.4 %	80.0 %	72.7 %	0.64	20/11
Organized Health Ministry (y)	22.6 %	25.0 %	18.2 %	0.66	20/11
Offered health program in past year (y)	35.5 %	40.0 %	27.3 %	0.48	20/11
Existing Collaborations
Partnership with hospitals or health centers	86.2 %	89.5 %	80.0 %	0.48	19/10

^aIndependent t tests; α = 0.05
^bCongregation size is based on a cut-off value that is either smaller or larger than 1500
^cChi-square test; α = 0.05
*p-value compares Capacity Enhancement to Standard Dissemination conditions

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