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The Praise! Project:

A Church-Based Nutrition Intervention Designed for Cultural Appropriateness, Sustainability, and Diffusion

Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Chanetta Washington, MPH

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Bethany Jackson, PhD

Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Benita Weathers, MPH

Lineberger Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Marci Campbell, PhD, MPH, RD

Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Gwen Davis, MPH

Lineberger Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Dan Garson-Angert, PhD

North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services

Reverend Joseph Paige, Sr., EdD, MDiv

Carol Parks-Bani, PhD

Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Margo Joyner, BA

Lineberger Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Thomas Keyserling, MD, MPH

School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Boyd Switzer, PhD

Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Cancer prevention research has inadequately reached the African American community despite a higher risk for cancer and many other chronic diseases. Reasons for this failure include historical mistrust of research and medical institutions; lack of culturally relevant interventions; and a failure to design and implement interventions that "give back" to the community. The Partnership to Reach African Americans to Increase Smart Eating (PRAISE!) project is a National Cancer Institute-funded study that developed and tested a nutrition intervention program in partnership with African American churches. Sixty churches and over 1300 individuals participated in this 5 year randomized controlled trial. In this article, the authors describe the design and implementation of the PRAISE! intervention, building on the strengths of the African American church to create a community-university partnership to enhance cultural relevance of the intervention and foster the potential for long term sustainability and diffusion in the African American community.

Health Promotion Practice, Vol. 3, No. 2, 286-301 (2002)
DOI: 10.1177/152483990200300223


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