Engaging Partners in Caring Communities (EPICC)

Tennessee State University

Status: Invitation-only

Conditions: Chronic Disease Prevention

Treatments: Behavioral: Technical assistance is designed to integrate Expert Recommendations for Implementing Change (ERIC) strategies, and Getting To Outcomes-TA.

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT06932549

#HS2021-4674

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of the EPICC observational study is to learn about capacity to implement evidence-based health promotion programs (EBPs) in congregations that are offered semi-structured technical assistance (TA). Congregational teams will complete an implementation capacity assessment survey before the TA is offered and 10 months later, after TA has been provided for up to 10 months. Participating congregations will be a convenience sample of congregations in Davidson County, TN that serve primarily African American communities.

Full description

The recruitment process is designed to provide a team of 3-5 volunteers from 40 congregations with information about five EBPs identified by the research team from which they are to choose one. The team completes one EPICC Survey for their congregation. The team is then offered up to 10 months of TA with the expectation that 2-3 months will be used for planning to launch the EBP, with 4-6 months for implementation. Each congregation will be asked to recruit a minimum of 8-10 members of the congregation to complete a brief report of health behaviors prior to launching of the EBP and repeating that report 6 months later to assess the impact of the EBP on their health behaviors.

Enrollment: 320 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria: Adult (18 years and older) participants in the behavioral intervention (implemented health promotion program) in a congregation in Davidson County that has completed enrollment in the EPICC Project.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Individuals who are not enrolled in a health promotion program implemented in an EPICC congregation

Trial design

320 participants in 1 patient group

There will be a single cohort consisting of up to 40 congregations.

Description:

The study cohort will consist of up to 40 congregations in Davidson County, TN that that have had a physical location for at least a year, have approval from their leader, and have a tax ID will be eligible for enrollment. Each will be offered up to 10 months of at least 1 hour/month of technical assistance for implementing an evidence-based (EB) chronic disease prevention congregation-level intervention selected by the congregation from five identified by the study team. The study team identified the five EB Programs through a systematic search of federal websites, selecting those programs that address chronic diseases that disproportionately affect African Americans, that can be delivered by non-health care providers in community settings. The selected programs include materials, including facilitator guidance, that are downloadable at no charge

Treatment:

Behavioral: Technical assistance is designed to integrate Expert Recommendations for Implementing Change (ERIC) strategies, and Getting To Outcomes-TA.