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Collecting Health Data With Youth at Faith-Based Institutions: Lessons Learned

Bonita Reinert, PhD, FAAN

the University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS

Vivien Carver, EdD

Box 5125, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS 39406-5025, v.carver{at}usm.edu

Lillian M. Range, PhD

University of Southern Mississippi, Our Lady of Holy Cross College, New Orleans, LA

Chris Pike, MPH

University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS

Faith-based organizations (FBOs) are ideal for health promotion but can present unique challenges in data collection. The present initiative included 6 years of awards to mostly small, rural, predominantly African American FBOs to conduct tobacco prevention lessons for youth in Grades 4—6 while they were attending summer Vacation Bible School. In 2005, these awards included $1,500 disbursed to 64 geographically diverse FBOs who had never before received this funding. Lessons learned include the following: Plan for evaluation in every aspect of the project; pilot-test everything; use reminders judiciously; make backup plans at every step; personally collect data in a nonthreatening way; and safeguard data entry. Evaluation requires extensive time, money, and effort; so, in both the intermediate and the long run, this extra work is worth it.

Key Words: faith-based institutions • evaluation • youth

Health Promotion Practice, Vol. 9, No. 1, 68-75 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1524839906298496
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