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A better understanding of health promotion in churches is needed to support and maintain church collaborations and health initiatives that are integrated, data-driven, and culturally appropriate. The purpose of this study is to identify churches' facilitators and challenges to health promotion and to contrast and compare Black and Latino churches of different sizes (< 200 members versus > 200 members).<h4>Methods</h4>We interviewed leaders of 100 Black and 42 Latino churches in South Los Angeles to assess their history of wellness activities, resources, facilitators, and challenges to conduct health promotion activities.<h4>Results</h4>Eighty-three percent of African American and 86% of Latino church leaders reported at least one health activity in the last 12 months. Black and Latino churches of different sizes have similar interests in implementing specific health promotion strategies and face similar challenges. However, we found significant differences in the composition of their congregations, number of paid staff, and the proportions of churches that have a health or wellness ministry and that implement specific wellness strategies. Fifty-seven percent of African American and 43% of Latino church leaders stated that they needed both financial support and professional expertise for health promotion.<h4>Discussion</h4>Our findings highlight the importance of conducting a readiness assessment for identifying intervention content and strategies that fit the intervention context of a church.","is_dataset_classified":null,"base_score":1.791759469228055,"endowment":1.791759469228055,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"views":0,"has_version_chain":false,"is_dataset":false,"is_oa":false,"pmid":"33230738","pmcid":"PMC8141063","openalex_id":"https://openalex.org/W3107886368","authors":[],"funders":[{"funder_name":"National Cancer Institute","grant_id":"U54 CA143930","title":null},{"funder_name":"National Cancer Institute","grant_id":"CA143931","title":null},{"funder_name":"National Cancer Institute","grant_id":"P30CA16042","title":null},{"funder_name":"NCI NIH HHS","grant_id":"U54 CA143931","title":null},{"funder_name":"NCI NIH HHS","grant_id":"P30 CA016042","title":null},{"funder_name":"National Institutes of Health","grant_id":"3P30CA016042-35S3","title":"Cancer Center Support Grant"},{"funder_name":"National Institutes of Health","grant_id":"3U54CA143931-04S1","title":"Charles Drew University/UCLA Cancer Center Partnership to Eliminate Cancer Health"},{"funder_name":"National Institutes of Health","grant_id":"3U54CA143930-05S1","title":"Charles Drew University/UCLA Cancer Center Partnership to Eliminate Cancer Health"}],"total_grants":8,"fwci":0.3493,"citation_percentile":0.6925203,"influential_citations":0,"citation_trend":[{"year":2022,"count":2},{"year":2023,"count":1},{"year":2025,"count":2}],"oa_status":"green","license":"Springer TDM","oa_locations":[{"url":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/8141063","host_type":"repository"},{"url":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/8141063","host_type":"repository"},{"url":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s40615-020-00929-x.pdf","host_type":"publisher"},{"url":"https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40615-020-00929-x/fulltext.html","host_type":"publisher"},{"url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-020-00929-x","host_type":"journal"},{"url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33230738","host_type":"repository"},{"url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6h4655tv","host_type":"repository"},{"url":"https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40615-020-00929-x","host_type":""},{"url":"https://escholarship.org/content/qt6h4655tv/qt6h4655tv.pdf","host_type":""},{"url":"https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-020-00929-x","host_type":""}],"fields_of_study":["Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology","Religion, Society, and Development","Theological Perspectives and Practices","03 medical and health sciences","0302 clinical medicine","0305 other medical science","Black or African American","Health Promotion","Hispanic or Latino","Humans","Los Angeles","Protestantism"],"mesh_terms":["Black or African American","Health Promotion","Hispanic or Latino","Humans","Los Angeles","Protestantism"],"keywords":["Health promotion","Context (archaeology)","Intervention (counseling)","Promotion (chess)","Medicine","Nursing","Health care","Health policy","Public health","Gerontology","Political science","Politics","Geography","Readiness Assessment","Wellness Promotion","Survey Of Senior Pastors","Black And Latino Churches","Clinical Research","Health Services and Systems","Health Sciences","Humans","Minority Health","Hispanic or Latino","Los Angeles","300","Black or African American","Good Health and Well Being","Protestantism","Public Health and Health Services"],"sdg_mappings":[{"sdg_number":1,"sdg_label":"1. 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