Table 1.
Characteristics of faith-based organizations’ health resources and interests: Harlem, Bronx, and Brooklyn (New York City), 2010
| Total N=115(%) |
Harlem N=35(%) |
Bronx N=57(%) |
Brooklyn N=23(%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current ministries and groups | ||||
| Youth | 59 (51.3) | 13 (37.1) | 34 (59.6) | 12 (52.2) |
| Health | 30 (26.1) | 10 (28.6) | 15 (26.3) | 5 (21.7) |
| Senior | 32 (27.8) | 11 (31.4) | 18 (31.6) | 3 (13.0) |
| Food pantry | 49 (42.6) | 14 (40.0) | 28 (49.1) | 7 (30.4) |
| Nurse | 8 (7.0) | 2 (5.7) | 4 (7.0) | 2 (8.7) |
| Music | 55 (47.8) | 18 (51.4) | 27 (47.4) | 10 (43.5) |
| Pastoral | 6 (5.2) | 4 (11.4) | 2 (3.5) | -- |
| Other ministries1 | 49 (42.6) | 19 (54.3) | 22 (38.6) | 8 (34.8) |
| Congregation health interests | ||||
| Diabetes | 108 (93.9) | 30 (85.7) | 55 (96.5) | 23 (100.0) |
| Lung disease | 93 (80.9) | 25 (71.4) | 47 (82.5) | 22 (95.7) |
| HIV/AIDS | 93 (80.9) | 25 (71.4) | 46 (80.7) | 22 (95.7) |
| Weight loss/nutrition | 94 (81.7) | 24 (68.6) | 48 (84.2) | 22 (95.7) |
| Substance abuse/recovery | 90 (78.3) | 23 (65.7) | 46 (80.7) | 21 (91.3) |
| Smoking cessation | 96 (83.5) | 25 (71.4) | 50 (87.7) | 21 (91.3) |
| Childhood immunizations | 91 (79.1) | 23 (65.7) | 46 (80.7) | 22 (95.7) |
| Heart disease | 107 (93.0) | 30 (85.7) | 54 (94.7) | 23 (100.0) |
| Cancer screening | 102 (88.7) | 30 (85.7) | 50 (87.7) | 22 (95.7) |
| Other | 12 (10.4) | 2 (5.7) | 7 (12.3) | 3 (13.0) |
| Interest in establishing a health ministry | 51 (44.7) | 12 (34.3) | 25 (43.9) | 15 (63.6) |
| Contact with local department of health | 19 (16.5) | 5 (14.3) | 12 (21.1) | 2 (8.7) |
| Interest in being a vaccine host site | 69 (60.2) | 18 (51.4) | 39 (67.9) | 13 (54.6) |