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Table 4 Church willingness to conduct selected activities (N = 100)

From: Organizational readiness for wellness promotion – a survey of 100 African American church leaders in South Los Angeles

Activity (10 point scale from not willing (1) to extremely willing (10)

M ± S.D.

Distribute print information on various health topics

9.5 ± 1.3

Plan and conduct a health fair at your church

9.3 ± 1.3

Partner with an academic institution to promote health

9.3 ± 1.5

Host a speaker and advertise the event at your church

9.2 ± 1.5

Survey or debrief parishioners to determine the success of a wellness activity

9.0 ± 1.7

Conduct a survey with parishioners to identify health concerns

8.9 ± 1.6

Host a health program at your church and help to recruit members, but the program itself would be delivered by an outside expert

8.9 ± 1.6

Promote health as part of a research study

8.8 ± 1.8

Identify volunteers who would be trained to provide counseling

8.5 ± 2.1

Ask church members to give a testimonial

8.3 ± 2.0

Raise funds to support a wellness activity at your church

8.2 ± 2.2

Regularly incorporate health messages into the sermon

8.1 ± 2.1

Institute policies regarding the food that can be served at church

7.7 ± 2.4

Incorporate 5–10 min exercise breaks into church activities

7.1 ± 2.6

  1. Mean ± Standard deviation; only shown for all churches combined since there were no significant differences by church size