Engaging Partners in Caring Communities

NCT ID: NCT06932549

Last Updated: 2025-04-17

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
• Total Enrollment: 320 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2025-06-01
• Study Completion Date: 2026-04-01

Brief Summary

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.

Detailed 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.

Conditions

Chronic Disease Prevention

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY
• Study Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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

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

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

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

The TA is tailored to each congregation using the results of the implementation capacity survey completed by the congregation's team and materials from the EB Program selected by the congregation. The TA teams of two research staff are being trained and coached by Dr. Abe Wandersman, lead developer of Getting To Outcomes-TA (GTO-TA). TA sessions are audio-recorded and will be evaluated for fidelity to GTO-TA, and use of specific ERIC strategies.

Interventions

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

The TA is tailored to each congregation using the results of the implementation capacity survey completed by the congregation's team and materials from the EB Program selected by the congregation. The TA teams of two research staff are being trained and coached by Dr. Abe Wandersman, lead developer of Getting To Outcomes-TA (GTO-TA). TA sessions are audio-recorded and will be evaluated for fidelity to GTO-TA, and use of specific ERIC strategies.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Exclusion Criteria

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

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

NIH

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Tennessee State University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Locations

Tennessee State University

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Countries

United States

Related Links

https://theepiccproject.org/

The EPICC website is an evolving source of information about the project, and will eventually include information from participating congregations that they ask to have shared.

Other Identifiers

#HS2021-4674

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id