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. 2016 Jul 14;13:E92. doi: 10.5888/pcd13.160083

Table 2. Characteristics of 20 Faith-Based Organizations (FBOs) and 28 Exercise Instructors in Tai Ji Quan: Moving for Better Balance Program for Fall Prevention, West Virginia, 2013–2014.

Characteristics N
Faith-based organizations (FBOs)
How FBO was identified
Extension agent 1
Internet search 2
Ministerial association 1
Newspaper 1
Purchased mailing list 7
Word of mouth 8
Outreach effort that resulted in FBO joining project
Clergy or church office 6
Congregant 5
Extension agent 1
Ministerial association 3
Physical therapy or fitness center 1
Recruitment mailing 3
Senior center 1
Religious group and denomination
Protestant — Evangelical Church of God 1
Protestant — Evangelical Church of God in Christ 1
Protestant — Evangelical Nondenominational 1
Protestant — Evangelical Southern Baptist 1
Protestant — Evangelical Assemblies of God 1
Protestant — Mainline Episcopal 1
Protestant — Mainline American Baptist 5
Protestant — Mainline Presbyterian 3
Protestant — Mainline United Methodist Church 4
Protestant — Mainline Christian Church 1
Multidenominational 1
Number of members (n = 15)a
1–99 10
100–199 2
200–499 3
500–999 0
≥1000 0
Church members (n = 15)a , b
1–99 12
100–199 2
200–499 0
500–999 0
≥1000 1
Exercise instructors
Relationship to congregation
Member 13
Active nonmember 1
Friend or family of member 2
Pastor 2
No formal connection 3
Other 3
Do not know 4
Outreach effort that resulted in instructor joining the project
Church clergy or congregants 11
Community members 4
Newspaper article 1
Ministerial association 2
Volunteered 4
Family member or friend 1
Other class instructor 3
Extension agent 2
a

Data were available for only 15 FBOs.

b

The congregants who attended church services.