Table 1. Projected Timeline to Establish Faith-Based Research Partnership, Project SCALE, New York City, 2009–2012.
| Step | Year and Quarter |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |
| Phase 1: identification of FBOs | ||||||||||||||
| Referrals from community partners | X | |||||||||||||
| Direct contact | X | |||||||||||||
| Phase 2: recruitment of FBOs | ||||||||||||||
| FBO screening | X | |||||||||||||
| Establishing memorandum of understanding | X | |||||||||||||
| Intervention modification | X | |||||||||||||
| Study duration (enrollment to close-out) | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||
| Phase 3: development and maintenance of partnership | ||||||||||||||
| Progress meetings | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||
| Offer FBO members a position as a community health worker | X | |||||||||||||
| Plan of action (See Box for details) | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||
| Assessment of approach | X | |||||||||||||
| Dissemination of results | X | |||||||||||||
Abbreviations: SCALE, Small Changes and Lasting Effects; FBOs, faith-based organizations.