TY - JOUR
T1 - Church-Based Health Promotion
T2 - A Review of the Current Literature
AU - Ransdell, Lynda B.
AU - Rehling, Sandra L.
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - Church-based health promotion (CBHP) is a large- scale effort by the church community to improve the health of its members through education, screening, referral, treatment, and group support. The purpose of this paper is to characterize published CBHP programs. Information will be included about types of papers being published, history and growth of church involvement in health promotion, elements of program attractiveness and success, barriers to program implementation, problems encountered during implementation, and implications for practice. It is hoped that this literature review will serve as a catalyst for future studies related to church-based health promotion.
AB - Church-based health promotion (CBHP) is a large- scale effort by the church community to improve the health of its members through education, screening, referral, treatment, and group support. The purpose of this paper is to characterize published CBHP programs. Information will be included about types of papers being published, history and growth of church involvement in health promotion, elements of program attractiveness and success, barriers to program implementation, problems encountered during implementation, and implications for practice. It is hoped that this literature review will serve as a catalyst for future studies related to church-based health promotion.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0030549546&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0030549546
SN - 1087-3244
VL - 20
SP - 195
EP - 207
JO - American Journal of Health Behavior
JF - American Journal of Health Behavior
IS - 4
ER -