Table 3.
Associations between congregation health promotion activities, health behaviors, preventive healthcare utilization, and academic entity partnerships
| Congregation health promotion activities |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Is a healthy lifestyle promoted by your pastor/church? |
Is there a functioning health ministry at your place of worship? |
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| No (n = 29) | Yes (n = 46) | p value1 Δ% (95% CI)2 | No (n = 24) | Yes (n = 50) | p value1 Δ% (95% CI)2 | |
| Healthy diet: Percent of weekly meals considered healthy | 0.64 | 0.08 | ||||
| Greater than 80% | 9 (31%) | 12 (26%) | − 4.9 (− 19.9, 10.0) | 10 (42%) | 11 (22%) | − 19.7 (− 35.8, − 3.5) |
| Less than 80% | 20 (69%) | 34 (74%) | 14 (58%) | 39 (78%) | ||
| Regular physical activity: Times physically activity per week | 0.96 | 0.28 | ||||
| Missing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 3 or more | 15 (52%) | 23 (51%) | − 0.6 (− 17, 15.8) | 14 (58%) | 22 (45%) | − 13.4 (− 30.5, 3.6) |
| Less than 3 | 14 (48%) | 22 (49%) | 10 (42%) | 27 (55%) | ||
| Preventive healthcare utilization: Annual healthcare provider visits | 0.24 | 0.52 | ||||
| Missing | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Yes | 23 (82%) | 42 (91%) | 9.2 (− 2.3, 20.6) | 21 (91%) | 43 (86%) | − 5.3 (− 15.8, 5.2) |
| No | 5 (18%) | 4 (9%) | 2 (9%) | 7 (14%) | ||
| Academic entity outreach for partnerships | < 0.01 | 0.02 | ||||
| Missing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Yes | 7 (25%) | 33 (72%) | 46.7 (32.3, 61.2) | 8 (33%) | 31 (62%) | 28.7 (12.3, 45) |
| No | 21 (75%) | 13 (28%) | 16 (67%) | 19 (38%) | ||
1
Chi-square p value
2
95% normally approximated confidence interval (CI) for the difference in proportions