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Table 2 Reach and implementation outcomes from Project HEAL churches

From: Adoption, reach, and implementation of a cancer education intervention in African American churches

Outcome

Overall (n = 14a) M (SD)

Traditional (n = 8) M (SD)

Technology-based (n = 6) M (SD)

p value

Level of analysis

Reach

 % enrolled/eligible participants per church

33.31 (22.72)

43.23 (26.51)

21.74 (9.87)

.082

Participant

Implementation—adherence

 Spacing of WS in days (expected: ≤ 30 days)

38.00 (30.55)

42.38 (40.74)

32.17 (5.60)

Church

 Time to complete WS series in days (expected: 60 days)

75.71 (60.89)

84.38 (81.21)

64.17 (11.21)

Church

 CHA attendance per church (range = 0–6)

5.93 (0.27)

5.88 (0.35)

6.00 (0.00)

CHA

 Workshop scheduling date (range = 3–9)

5.21 (2.69)

6.00 (2.78)

4.17 (2.40)

Church

Implementation—dosage

 # sessions attended (range = 1–3)

1.83 (0.28)

1.74 (0.17)

1.97 (0.34)

.127

Participant

 % participants per church enrolled at WS 1 (range = 0–100)

70.84 (14.35)

66.22 (10.71)

77.00 (17.19)

.173

Participant

 Educational booklets received (range = 1–4)

3.16 (0.88)

3.10 (0.90)

3.25 (0.86)

.250

Participant

 All slides covered (range = 1–3)

2.86 (0.39)

2.92 (0.24)

2.79 (0.54)

CHA

Implementation—quality

 Recommend becoming a CHA (range = 1–4)

3.83 (0.39)

3.77 (0.44)

3.90 (0.32)

CHA

 Recommend Project HEAL to men and women in my church (range = 1–4)

3.96 (0.21)

3.92 (0.28)

4.00 (0.00)

CHA

 Participant recruitment by CHAs (max = 39)

19.40 (9.43)

19.13 (11.13)

19.80 (6.65)

CHA

 Participant engagement (range = 1–4)

3.70 (0.22)

3.65 (0.25)

3.75 (0.19)

CHA

 CHA engagement (range = 1–4)

3.53 (0.35)

3.50 (0.24)

3.57 (0.48)

CHA

 CHA presentation competence (range = 1–4)

3.53 (0.35)

3.47 (0.37)

3.60 (0.33)

CHA

  1. Notes: Statistical comparisons were only completed for participant-level data due to sample size
  2. CHA community health advisor, WS workshop
  3. aDue to church dropout, only 14 churches were included in analyses