Development and validation of an instrument to assess institutionalization of health promotion in faith-based organizations

Publication date: Available online 21 January 2020Source: Evaluation and Program PlanningAuthor(s): Randi M. Williams, Jing Zhang, Nathaniel Woodard, Jimmie Slade, Sherie Lou Zara Santos, Cheryl L. KnottAbstractInstitutionalization of health promotion interventions occurs when the organization makes changes to support the program as a component of its routine operations. To date there has not been a way to systematically measure institutionalization of health promotion interventions outside of healthcare settings. The purpose of the present study was to develop and evaluate the initial psychometric properties of an instrument to assess institutionalization (i.e., integration) of health activities into faith-based organizations (i.e., churches). This process was informed by previous institutionalization models led by a team of experts and a community-based advisory panel. We recruited African American church leaders (N = 91) to complete a 22-item instrument. An exploratory factor analysis revealed four factors: 1) Organizational Structures (e.g., existing health ministry, health team), 2) Organizational Processes (e.g., records on health activities; instituted health policy), 3) Organizational Resources (e.g., health promotion budget; space for health activities), and 4) Organizational Communication (e.g., health content in church bulletins, discussion of health within sermons) that explained 62.3% of the variance. The measure, the Faith-Based Organization Health Integrati...

Source: Evaluation and Program Planning - January 22, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research