Table 1.
Participant Group | Eligibility Criteria |
Change Club Members |
•Provide electronic informed consent •Be willing to be randomized to either group •Score “poor” or "intermediate" on at least one of the American Heart Association’s Life’s Simple 7 composite score items •Live in one of the participating communities in New York or Texas |
Friends and Family Members |
•Provide electronic informed consent •Be a friend or family member identified by a Change Club Member |
Community Residents |
•Provide electronic informed consent •Live in one of the participating communities in New York or Texas |
Extension Educators |
•Provide electronic informed consent •Serve as a Change Club leader |
Participant Group | Exclusion Criteria |
All Participants |
•Cognitive impairment (if it precludes completion of assessments and/or intervention) •Inability to communicate due to severe, uncorrectable hearing loss or speech disorder (if it precludes completion of assessments and/or intervention) •Severe visual impairment (if it precludes completion of assessments and/or intervention) •Inability to read (as it precludes completion of assessments and/or intervention) •Already included in another study sample (e.g., Community Residents cannot also be Change Club Members) |