Box 2.

Kruskal Wallis χ² Test Results of Whether the Mean Readiness to Conduct The Research Intervention and Assessment Project Activities Differ for the Church Groups That Answered Either No or Yes to the Policies and Practices^a

	Mean Readiness	Mean Readiness
Policy or Practice	No	Yes	χ 2	p Value
Scenario A: Intervention Activities
1. Does your church have a person appointed to be responsible for health-related activities?	4.500	4.302	1.138	.286
2. Does your church have a lay health advisor program?	4.267	4.385	4.479	.034b
3. Does your church have a budget for health related activities?	3.925	4.520	23.154	<.0001c
4. Has the church established health or wellness policies or goals for the congregation?	4.556	4.269	3.416	.065d
5. In the past 12 months have you or another minister/has your pastor or other minister promoted the importance of physical activity in a sermon?	4.127	4.399	2.233	.135
6. In the past 12 months have you or another minister/has your pastor or other minister promoted the importance of good nutrition in a sermon?	3.861	4.409	6.294	.012b
7. Does your church have guidelines for healthy church meals?	4.225	4.372	3.841	.050d
Scenario A: Assessment Activities
1. Does your church have a person appointed to be responsible for health-related activities?	4.292	4.222	0.001	.990
2. Does your church have a lay health advisor program?	4.256	4.211	0.007	.933
3. Does your church have a budget for health related activities?	3.889	4.395	10.076	.002e
4. Has the church established health or wellness policies or goals for the congregation?	4.361	4.197	0.227	.634
5. In the past 12 months have you or another minister/has your pastor or other minister promoted the importance of physical activity in a sermon?	3.905	4.341	6.449	.011b
6. In the past 12 months have you or another minister/has your pastor or other minister promoted the importance of good nutrition in a sermon?	3.417	4.368	18.431	<.0001c
7. Does your church have guidelines for healthy church meals?	4.313	4.200	0.027	.870
Scenario B: Intervention Activities
1. Does your church have a person appointed to be responsible for health-related activities?	4.111	4.197	1.331	.249
2. Does your church have a lay health advisor program?	4.141	4.230	1.322	.250
3. Does your church have a budget for health related activities?	4.012	4.259	2.274	.132
4. Has the church established health or wellness policies or goals for the congregation?	4.222	4.176	0.059	.809
5. In the past 12 months have you or another minister/has your pastor or other minister promoted the importance of physical activity in a sermon?	3.921	4.266	3.388	.066d
6. In the past 12 months have you or another minister/has your pastor or other minister promoted the importance of good nutrition in a sermon?	3.778	4.248	3.943	.047b
7. Does your church have guidelines for healthy church meals?	4.306	4.141	1.100	.294
Scenario B: Assessment Activities
1. Does your church have a person appointed to be responsible for health-related activities?	4.375	4.160	0.363	.547
2. Does your church have a lay health advisor program?	4.133	4.244	1.002	.317
3. Does your church have a budget for health related activities?	3.852	4.333	8.684	.003e
4. Has the church established health or wellness policies or goals for the congregation?	4.500	4.111	3.423	.064d
5. In the past 12 months have you or another minister/has your pastor or other minister promoted the importance of physical activity in a sermon?	3.952	4.261	2.019	.155
6. In the past 12 months have you or another minister/has your pastor or other minister promoted the importance of good nutrition in a sermon?	3.625	4.276	6.630	.010e
7. Does your church have guidelines for healthy church meals?	4.292	4.152	0.387	.534

^aPolicy and practice items with the same response from all the churches or with only 1 church reporting no were not included in this analysis.

^bp < .05.

^cp < .0001.

^dp < .10.

^ep < .01.