Participating in research: attitudes within the African American church. Academic Article

abstract

• We assessed associations between pastor and congregant characteristics and congregant attitudes about research participation among African American churches. Respondents shared their attitudes regarding how willing, ready, and confident they were about research participation. The outcome measure, the index of research preparedness, summed responses across the domains of willingness, readiness, and confidence. Pastor age and pastor educational attainment were independently associated with a congregants' higher index of research preparedness. Young and educated pastors were significantly associated with congregant attitudes about participation preparedness, a finding that highlights the importance of the pastor regarding congregant research participation decisions.

authors

• Howard, Daniel

published proceedings

• J Relig Health

author list (cited authors)

• Odulana, A., Kim, M. M., Green, M., Taylor, Y., Howard, D. L., Godley, P., & Corbie-Smith, G.

citation count

• 11

complete list of authors

• Odulana, Adebowale||Kim, Mimi M||Green, Melissa||Taylor, Yhenneko||Howard, Daniel L||Godley, Paul||Corbie-Smith, Giselle

publication date

• January 2014

publisher

• Springer Nature  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Religion and Health  Journal

keywords

• Adult
• Age Distribution
• Attitude To Health
• Black Or African American
• Christianity
• Clergy
• Educational Status
• Factor Analysis, Statistical
• Female
• Health Promotion
• Humans
• Male
• Middle Aged
• North Carolina
• Odds Ratio
• Religion And Medicine
• Research Subjects

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1007/s10943-012-9637-2

start page

• 373

end page

• 381

volume

• 53

issue

• 2

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10943-012-9637-2