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. 2019 Jul 17;9(6):1139–1150. doi: 10.1093/tbm/ibz103

Table 1.

| Summary of SPRINT program case study examples

Team University/Institution Team composition Intervention description Setting No. of interviews Who was interviewed
Project HEAL University of Maryland, College Park •PI: Cheryl Knott
•EL: Sherie Lou Santos
•Mentor: Jimmie L. Slade
•Project HEAL team members: Laundette Jones & Felicia Davenport
Evidence-based online system to train lay persons as community health advisors and deliver a 3-workshop series on early cancer detection (breast, prostate, colorectal) Faith-based organizations 41 •2 payors
•3 pastors
•2 church leaders
•16 recommenders/influencers
•12 key opinion leaders
•2 community health advisors
•4 church members
REWARD Case Western Reserve University •PI: Nora L. Nock
•EL/Co-I: Jay Alberts
•Mentor: Mark Milligan
Lifestyle behavioral intervention evaluating ‘assisted’ exercise (along with group-based nutritional counseling) in obese endometrial cancer survivors [Efforts in the SPRINT program focused on the ‘assisted’ exercise technology] 3 clinical / community sites 41 •26 physical therapists (Neuro, Ortho) and managers of rehabilitation programs
•7 regulatory related (FDA, specialized exercise equipment owners/CEOs)
•6 stationary bike dealers/sales managers
•2 health and fitness industry managers/directors
Witness CARES Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center •PI: Deborah Erwin
•EL: Detric (“Dee”) Johnson
•Mentor: Patrick Emmerling
Group intervention to address cognitive and affective determinants of screening in order to positively influence behavior change and increase CRC screening Community and faith-based organizations 51 •7 end-user/healthy community members
•5 Medicaid patients
•17 health insurance staff/executives
•9 health care clinic/hospital executives
•5 primary care physicians
•3 gastroenterologists
•2 surgeons
•2 nurses
•1 Medicare/Medicaid executive

PI Principle Investigator; EL Entrepreneurial Lead.