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Webster Cooley, Tracy M - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Utilizing Wellness Champions as a Faith-Based Initiative for Mental Health Promotion
    IRL @ UMSL, 2020
    Co-Authors: Webster Cooley, Tracy M
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    Abstract Purpose: This program evaluation project evaluated the effectiveness of mental health training and support provided to wellness champions affiliated with a behavioral health Organization. This project sought to gain a better understanding of how clergy and laypersons acting as wellness champions in predominately African-American Faith-Based Organizations perceive they create an atmosphere to decrease stigma and increase mental health promotion and wellness when receiving education and training on mental health. Methods: A descriptive project using a program evaluation design to evaluate the effectiveness of the training of 122 wellness champions from Faith-Based Organizations received from a behavioral health Organization from 2015-2019. Data was collected using an anonymous, online survey distributed to 122 wellness champions affiliated with a behavioral health Organization. Eighteen participated in the survey, a follow-up interview was conducted with 8 wellness champions. Results: Overall respondents evaluated the mental health training very positively with 8 of the 9 items being rated somewhat or strongly agree by 72.2-84.3% of the participants. Of the 9 knowledge, attitude and skills questions on the survey, seven had means ranging from 4.11-4.50. Two items had means below 4.0. The items below 4.0 focused on ability to identify congregants with substance additions and that the training changed perceptions that mental health problems are due to a lack of trust in God and a lack of strong faith. 82% of respondents had made a referral to a community connector since their training. The results from the study indicate that congregates trained in mental health increased their knowledge of behavioral health symptoms, confidence to connect with community connectors, and ability to enable referrals for access to care and treatment. Implications for Practice: This program evaluation study reveals that the education and training provided by the behavioral health Organization increased mental health literacy and was effective in preparing congregates to be effective in their role as a wellness champion. Future training should consider strengthening focus on substance addictions and exploring the beliefs about the role of trust in God and strong faith in contributing to mental health problems in the African-American faith based Organizations. Keywords: African American, church-based, Faith-Based Organization, clergy, laypersons, faith leaders, mental health, wellness champion

Maher-hasse Karmin - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Implementing a Health Promotion Physical Activity Program for Middle School Youth in a Rural, Faith-Based Organization
    'IUScholarWorks', 2020
    Co-Authors: Maher-hasse Karmin
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    Problem: Childhood obesity is more prevalent in rural areas, and these areas have fewer resources to address it. Geographic distance to available resources, health care provider shortages, parental obesity, and poverty contribute to higher prevalence of obesity in rural children compared to urban children. Rationale: Obesity prevention and treatment often requires long-term healthy lifestyle behavior changes including nutrition counseling and physical activity (PA). It is likely an obese pre-adolescent will have obesity as an adult, and the likelihood increases if obesity continues into adolescence. Pre-adolescence provides a window of opportunity to influence healthier PA habits to prevent overweight (OW) and obesity, thus improving population health in this rural area. Rural Faith-Based Organizations (FBOs) provide safe spaces for PA and access to groups experiencing health disparities. The Social Ecological Theory for Health Promotion frames a health promotion physical activity (HPPA) program for multi-level influence. Interventions: This DNP project provided a HPPA program to middle school youth in a rural Faith-Based Organization (FBO). Eight weekly sessions provided a variety of physical activities along with health promotion topics. Body mass index (BMI) and satisfaction with PA were assessed. Mean attendance was eight participants per session. Results: Participant body mass index (BMI) showed very little change in the project timeframe, although two participants increased BMI from pre- to post-intervention resulting in changes in percentile rank from OW to obese and healthy weight to OW percentiles. Satisfaction with PA was relatively stable throughout the intervention with a slight decrease in negative feelings associated with PA over the course of the program. Participants identified peer support and encouragement as important in plans to maintain PA post-intervention. Summary: The DNP project was consistent with available knowledge of obesity prevention and treatment. Following a “Prevention Plus” concept, the HPPA program in the rural FBO had little impact on BMI for the short time period of the intervention but provided insight into the usefulness of FBOs in delivery of HP topics for rural populations and those experiencing health disparities. Participants reported a decrease in negative feelings associated with PA possibly leading to increased satisfaction with PA. The FBO may be a vital resource to improve the health of parishioners through HP topics and activities, including those experiencing health disparities (DeHaven, Hunter, Wilder, Walton, & Berry, 2004). Conclusion: In rural areas, FBOs are a vital resource to provide HP activities across all ages, sexes, races, ethnicities, education levels, and income levels, including those experiencing health disparities. Collaborative use agreements and public policy including FBOs for structured HP activities maximizes efficient use of community resources in rural areas to address childhood obesity

Yu Hsiang Hsieh - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • faith based Organizations and sustainable sheltering operations in mississippi after hurricane katrina implications for informal network utilization
    Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 2008
    Co-Authors: Anjali T Pant, Thomas D Kirsch, Italo Subbarao, Yu Hsiang Hsieh
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    Introduction: In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, a significant number of Faith-Based Organizations (FBOs) that were not a part of the formal National Response Plan (NRP) initiated and sustained sheltering operations. Objective: The objective of this study was to examine the sheltering opera-tions of FBOs, understand the decision-making process of FBO shelters, and identify the advantages and disadvantages of FBO shelters. Methods: Verbal interviews were conducted with FBO shelter leaders. Inclusion criteria were: (1) opening in response to the Katrina disaster; (2) oper-ating for more than three weeks; and (3) being a FBO. Enrolled shelters were examined using descriptive data methods. Results: The majority of shelters operating in Mississippi up to three weeks post-Katrina were FBO-managed. All of the operating FBO shelters in Mississippi that met the inclusion criteria were contacted with a response rate of 94%. Decisions were made by individuals or small groups in most shelters regarding opening, operating procedures, and closing. Most FBOs provided at least one enabling service to evacuees, and all utilized informal networks for sheltering operations. Only 25% of FBOs had disaster plans in place prior to Hurricane Katrina. Conclusions: Faith-Based Organization shelters played a significant role in the acute phase of the Katrina disaster. Formal disaster training should be ini-tiated for these Organizations. Services provided by FBOs should be standard-ized. Informal networks should be incorporated into national disaster planning.

Basar, Gigin G. K. - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Communication Within and Among Faith-Based Organizationsin Community Empowerment Program
    'Universitas Muhammadiyah Ponorogo', 2019
    Co-Authors: Rachim, Hadiyanto A., Nurwati Nunung, Basar, Gigin G. K.
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    The issue of this research is concerning the communication within and among Zakat Management Organizations (OPZs) as Faith-Based Organization (FBO). The main research problem is how OPZ(s) can successfullydevelop cooperationin increasing both public trust and institutional productivity. Interpretive Approach through Social Construction Theory was used as a reference to see the process of Organizational communication through OPZ’s communicator ethos. The research method used was qualitative with a technique of case study, and informants were from OPZ’s West Java unit. The results showed that the communicator ethos as a source of credibility in communicationwithin and among OPZs, derived from Islamic Teachings, applicable (positive)laws, and basic guidelines of OPZs, can produce Organizational values as the basis of implementing cooperation in community empowerment programs. Cooperation among OPZsin an empowerment program is more related to personal power and interpersonal power aspectsthan to political power aspect. There is a need to strengthen openness and mutual trust values among the OPZs, changes in zakat regulation, more transparent, accountable and equitable governance in order to increase trust, realization of zakat potentials, and prosperity

Przybylko Geraldine - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Participant Perceptions of Facilitators and Barriers to Adherence in a Digital Mental Health Intervention for a Nonclinical Cohort: Content Analysis
    SelectedWorks, 2021
    Co-Authors: Renfrew Melanie, Morton Darren, Northcote, Maria T, Morton, Jason K, Hinze Jason, Przybylko Geraldine
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    Background: Digital mental health promotion interventions (MHPIs) present a scalable opportunity to attenuate the risk of mental health distress among nonclinical cohorts. However, adherence is frequently suboptimal, and little is known about participants’ perspectives concerning facilitators and barriers to adherence in community-based settings. Objective: This study aimed to examine participants’ perceptions of facilitators and barriers to adherence in a web- and mobile app–based MHPI for a nonclinical cohort. Methods: This qualitative study used inductive, reflexive thematic analysis to explore free-text responses in a postintervention evaluation of a 10-week digital MHPI. The intervention was administered using a web and mobile app from September to December 2018. Participants (N=320) were Australian and New Zealand members of a Faith-Based Organization who self-selected into the study, owned a mobile phone with messaging capability, had an email address and internet access, were fluent in English, provided informed consent, and gave permission for their data to be used for research. The postintervention questionnaire elicited participants’ perceptions of facilitators and barriers to adherence during the intervention period. Results: Key factors that facilitated adherence were engaging content, time availability and management, ease of accessibility, easy or enjoyable practical challenges, high perceived value, and personal motivation to complete the intervention. The primary perceived barrier to adherence was the participants’ lack of time. Other barriers included completing and recording practical activities, length of video content, technical difficulties, and a combination of personal factors. Conclusions: Time scarcity was the foremost issue for the nonclinical cohort engaged in this digital MHPI. Program developers should streamline digital interventions to minimize the time investment for participants. This may include condensed content, optimization of intuitive web and app design, simplified recording of activities, and greater participant autonomy in choosing optional features. Nonetheless, participants identified a multiplicity of other interindividual factors that facilitated or inhibited adherence