Church Leaders' Tobacco Opinions: Send Materials, Not Money

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Summer 1-1-2008

School

Health Professions

Abstract

In addition to personnel challenges, faith-based organizations (FBOs) face tangible challenges to implementing tobacco use prevention programs, such as finding materials that fit within their mission and financial backing to support the program. The present project surveyed 71 FBO leaders about these challenges with two open-ended questions that asked what would help and hinder them from delivering a tobacco prevention program, and Likert questionnaires on advocacy, efficacy, impact, policy, burnou, and morality. On what would help them deliver a tobacco prevention program, the most common answer was materials; about half of present FBO leaders gave this answer. On what would interfere, the most common answer awas nothing, with about one quarter giving this answer; and the next most common answer was not having materials with about one sixth giving this answer. The survey was brief (2 pages), and the sample size was small. Having the appropriate tobacco prevention materials was clearly a concern for present, mostly Africa-American faith-based leaders, who reported that they needed materials more than they needed money, volunteers, or other forms assistance.

Publication Title

Journal of Cultural Diversity

Volume

15

Issue

2

First Page

81

Last Page

85

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