Objective: To test the feasibility of a dissemination strategy to increase faith communities' (FCs) adoption and implementation of a tested dietary intervention.
Design: The study was a randomized, controlled trial that took place over a 9-month period.
Setting: Seattle, Washington, metropolitan area.
Participants: Seven FCs assigned to an intervention group and five to a comparison group.
Intervention: All FCs received intervention materials, monetary support, and a Healthy Eating Coordinator (HEC), who was available to answer questions or provide assistance. Intervention FCs additionally received monthly contact from the HEC.
Main outcome measure: The main outcome measure was the number of intervention activities the FCs reported over the intervention period.
Analysis: The authors performed descriptive analyses and compared median number of activities performed by intervention and control FCs with Wilcoxon rank-sum tests.
Results: Intervention FCs implemented a median of 3 intervention activities, whereas control FCs implemented a median of 0 intervention activities (P = .05).
Conclusions and implications: These findings indicate that regular contact from HECs is a feasible dissemination strategy for FCs. Further research is needed to determine how to improve the effectiveness of this contact.