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Church Implementation of a Social Support Intervention to Increase Physical Activity in Older African American Adults

NCT07340099 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 300

Last updated 2026-01-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Many effective interventions or programs are never put into practice. This quasi-experimental study will partner with AME churches in two areas of South Carolina to study how an evidence-based program is put into place by the church. The program, Walk Your Heart to Health, will include training in how churches can modify their practices to support physical activity and healthy eating. Over the five-year study, the investgiators will examine factors that predict the success of putting the program into place, things that help and get in the way of putting the program into place, and how the program can be scaled up to reach even more churches. The investigators will also examine the effect of the program (pre- to post-changes) on walking group member outcomes (physical activity and social cohesion). The investigators expect to work with approximately 26 AME churches for this study.

Conditions

  • Healthy Participants
  • Chronic Diseases in Older Adults
  • Chronic Disease Prevention

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Walk Your Heart to Health

32-week walking intervention delivered by church committees

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Sara Wilcox, PhD · University of South Carolina

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-04-01
Primary Completion
2028-09-29
Completion
2029-09-29

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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