Clinical trial NCT06932549: Engaging Partners in Caring Communities
Official title: Engaging Partners in Caring Communities
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
Conditions: Chronic Disease Prevention
Keywords: community-engaged research
health equity
health disparities
implementation science
faith-based organizations
Lead sponsor: Tennessee State University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
First posted: 2025-04-17
Enrollment: 320
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Selected congregations are all in Davidson County, TN and self-identify as serving African Americans. The proportion of African Americans considered to be members of the congregation may fluctuate over time and will be estimated by church leaders. Some EB programs are designed to serve families and so there may be individuals participating in EB programs who are minors; however, no data will be obtained from minors.

Brief summary: The goal of the EPICC observational study is to learn about capacity to implement evidence-based health promotion programs (EBPs) in congregations that are offered semi-structured technical assistance (TA). Congregational teams will complete an implementation capacity assessment survey before the TA is offered and 10 months later, after TA has been provided for up to 10 months. Participating congregations will be a convenience sample of congregations in Davidson County, TN that serve primarily African American communities.

Detailed description: The recruitment process is designed to provide a team of 3-5 volunteers from 40 congregations with information about five EBPs identified by the research team from which they are to choose one. The team completes one EPICC Survey for their congregation. The team is then offered up to 10 months of TA with the expectation that 2-3 months will be used for planning to launch the EBP, with 4-6 months for implementation. Each congregation will be asked to recruit a minimum of 8-10 members of the congregation to complete a brief report of health behaviors prior to launching of the EBP and repeating that report 6 months later to assess the impact of the EBP on their health behaviors.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria: Adult (18 years and older) participants in the behavioral intervention (implemented health promotion program) in a congregation in Davidson County that has completed enrollment in the EPICC Project.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Individuals who are not enrolled in a health promotion program implemented in an EPICC congregation

Primary outcomes:
measure: Engaging Partners in Caring Communities (EPICC) Survey
timeFrame: Congregational teams complete the EPICC Survey at baseline and again 6-10 months later.
Secondary outcomes:
measure: My Own Health Report
timeFrame: My Own Health Report will be completed when the congregation launches their health promotion program and again 6 months later.
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Nashville
country: United States
facility: Tennessee State University
state: Tennessee
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