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Alternative Title:
Health Promot Pract
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1524839915582174
Personal Author:
Allen, Jennifer D.; Tom, Laura S.; Leyva, Bryan; Rustan, Sarah; Ospino, Hosffman; ... More +
Allen, Jennifer D.; Tom, Laura S.; Leyva, Bryan; Rustan, Sarah; Ospino, Hosffman; Negron, Rosalyn; Torres, Maria Idalí; Galeas, Ana V.; Less -
Description:
Background We describe activities undertaken to conduct organizational surveys among faith-based organizations (FBOs) in Massachusetts (MA) as part of a larger study designed to promote parish-based cancer control programs for Latinos. Methods Catholic parishes located in MA that provided Spanish-language mass were eligible for study participation. Parishes were identified through diocesan records and online directories. Prior to parish recruitment, we implemented a variety of activities to gain support from Catholic leaders at the Diocesan level. We then recruited individual parishes to complete a four-part organizational survey, which assessed: (A) parish leadership; (B) financial resources; (C) involvement in Hispanic ministry; and (D) health and social service offerings. Our goal was to administer each survey component to a parish representatives who could best provide an organizational perspective on the content of each component (e.g., A=pastors; B= Business Managers; C=Hispanic Ministry Leaders; and D= Parish Nurse or Health Ministry leader. Here, we present descriptive statistics on recruitment and survey administration processes. Results Seventy-five percent of eligible parishes responded to the survey and of these, 92% completed all four components. Completed four-part surveys required an average of 16.6 contact attempts. There were an average of 2.1 respondents per site. Pastoral staff were the most frequent respondents (79%), but also required the most contact attempts (M = 9.3, range = 1 to 27). While most interviews were completed by phone (71%), one-quarter were completed during in-person site visits. Conclusions We achieved a high survey completion rate among organizational representatives. Our lessons learned may inform efforts to engage and survey FBOs for public health efforts.
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Catholicism
Community-Based Participatory Research
Community-Institutional Relations
Faith-Based Organizations
Health Promotion
Health Surveys
Hispanic Americans
Humans
Interinstitutional Relations
Neoplasms

Source:
Health Promot Pract. 16(5):667-676.;
Pubmed ID:
25878192
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC5370546
Document Type:
Journal Article;
Funding:
U48DP001946/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States; R21MD005976/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States; U54 CA156732/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States; U54CA156732/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States; U54 CA156734/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States;
U48DP001946/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States; R21MD005976/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States; U54 CA156732/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States; U54CA156732/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States; U54 CA156734/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States; Less -
Place as Subject:
Massachusetts;
Collection(s):
CDC Public Access
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