Exploring the Readiness of African American Churches to Engage in a Community-Engaged Blood Pressure Reduction Research Study: Lessons Learned From the Church Challenge

• Main Authors: Ariel Vincent-Doe (Author), Rodlescia Sneed (Author), Tamara Jordan (Author), Kent Key (Author), Sarah Bailey (Author), Bernadel Jefferson (Author), Patrick E. Sanders (Author), Allysoon Brewer (Author), Jamil B. Scott (Author), Kahlil Calvin (Author), Monicia Summers (Author), Bridget Farmer (Author), Vicki Johnson-Lawrence (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The University of Alabama, 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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The Transtheoretical Model (TTM) has been used to assess individual readiness for health behavior change. We describe our use of the TTM to assess African American churches' organizational readiness to participate in the Church Challenge (CC) in Flint, Michigan; the processes that moved churche...