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David E. Hall, MPH, MDiv State Coordinator North Carolina State University North Carolina Division of Public Health

• Over 60 partner organizations
• Where you Live, Learn, Earn, Play, and

Pray

Why work with Faith Communities

• Holistic focus
• Community
• rganization
• Connection to

personal faith

• Educate to change

policy and enforce policy

Why work with Faith Communities

• Family Focus
• Accountability
• Never heard sermon
• n gluttony or sloth

Faith Programs & Tools

African American Churches Eating Smart and Moving More

Who is it for? Church staff and members, health department staff, Cooperative Extension Agents and community partners. How do you get it? Complete a guide request form which can be downloaded from the Eat Smart, Move More NC website or attend a training. How is it used? Provides guidance and tools for nutrition and physical activity programs in African- American churches.

African American Churches Eating Smart and Moving More - Planning and Resource Guide assists churches with planning, promoting and implementing programs for health and wellness.

Faithful Families Eating Smart and Moving More Resource Guide

• Who is it for?
• How do you get it?
• How is it used?

Available on the Website

Faithful Families Eating Smart and Moving More Resource Guide

• Surveys
• Sample Policies
• Promotion material
• Sample Program Plan

Resource Guide Uses

• Consider new practices or policies that

could promote health of members

• Look at campus or grounds of faith

community– how can it be used to promote health

• How can faith community Eat Smart and

Move More?

Resource Guide Uses

• Learn from others
• Consider starting a health ministry in the

faith community

• Assess current ways health is promoted in

the faith community

Faithful Families Project

• Focus on two counties per year
• Goal to reach at least Ten faith communities

in each county

• At least one policy and one environmental

change per community related to eating smart and/or moving more

Faithful Families Project

• Nine sessions offered to each faith

community

• One person hired for Faithful Families

project in each district

• In each county one year
• Connect faith community with other county

resources

Origin of Faithful Families

• Creation of Advisory Board
• Staff present with Faith and Health

Experience

• Curriculum development
• Focus on county partners

Based on Multi-level Model

The model takes into consideration:

• the complex nature of the church

community and

• provides a framework for intervening at

multiple levels of influence on health behaviors and practices.

CDC Recommendation

• Priority should be given to interventions

that move beyond increasing individual awareness and provide the environmental and policy changes that support behavior change, particularly among those with the greatest need.

Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust

• Mission: To improve the quality of life and quality of

health for the financially needy of North Carolina

• Partners with many organizations in the state

focusing on Prevention of Obesity and Disease

Which Faith Communities to Target

• Tied to funding
• Low income related to mission of Kate B.

Reynolds Trust

• Must adapt for faith community

– Everyone welcome

• How about your situation?

Project guidelines

• Work with faith leader to select two lay

leaders to co-teach the curriculum

• Lay leaders provided training to lead

classes, recruit members, etc

Role of Faith Leader

• If faith leader is on board
• If faith leader is not as active a player in the

health ministry

Is Something Going On?

• Don’t assume there is not a health ministry

in place

• Do ask what the purpose of that committee

is?

How to begin the relationship?

• Look for partners who have faith

community connections

• Communicate timeline for action
• Expect long-term commitment
• Refer, Refer, Refer

Successes and Lessons Learned

• Many policies in place/ subcommittee in

Local Physical Activity and Nutrition Coalition

• Recruitment is work
• Our timeline is not binding on others
• Lay leaders need communication and

encouragement

Change will come

• Individual changes
• Change in Faith Community as a Whole

– Determine how decisions are made – Communicate change: make sure people know – Make sure changes sustainable

Keep the Fires Burning

• Check in with faith community partners
• Provide education in group setting with
• ther faith communities.

Next Steps

• State-wide dream
• New delivery method coming soon
• Will depend on local county staff to expand

project

What questions do you have?

Thank you

David_hall@ncsu.edu