A Mobile Health Intervention Among Hispanics

Last updated: December 12, 2024
Sponsor: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

N/A

Condition

Skin Cancer

Treatment

Control group: physical activity and nutrition for Hispanics

Hispanics Skin Cancer intervention

Clinical Study ID

NCT05389332
132206
Pro2022000533
  • Ages 18-100
  • All Genders
  • Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Summary

Hypothesis: More than 80% of the participants (n=40) will complete the intervention at three month (intervention completion) and the six month follow-up (retention rate as feasibility). More than 70% of the participants will report high overall study satisfaction (acceptability) with the intervention and study.

This pre-pilot will inform intervention and procedural refinements for the pilot.

Hypothesis: Participants who receive the intervention (n=57) will report more skin cancer-related preventive behaviors (e.g., mean of summed score of sun protection behaviors such as use of sunscreen, etc.) at three month and six month follow-up compared to those in the control condition (n=57, who will receive general information about physical activity and nutrition).

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Self-report as Hispanics

  • 18 years or older

  • No personal history of skin cancer

  • Report more than one skin cancer risk factor

  • Do not engage in sufficient sun protection behaviors

  • Have not conducted a SSE in the past three months

  • Own a smartphone and will be willing to use WhatsApp

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Currently being treated for melanoma or nonmelanoma skin cancer

Study Design

Total Participants: 114
Treatment Group(s): 2
Primary Treatment: Control group: physical activity and nutrition for Hispanics
Phase:
Study Start date:
April 15, 2025
Estimated Completion Date:
September 30, 2026

Study Description

Aim 1: The investigator will conduct individual interviews among key stakeholders such as health care providers and community leaders to plan a mobile skin cancer intervention among Hispanics. Data will be collected from individual interviews (n=10-12) among key stakeholders and triangulated with data from a funded pilot grant (focus groups and surveys with Hispanic community members) to gather information regarding Hispanics perceptions and behaviors related to skin cancer and suggestions for a WhatsApp intervention.

Aim 2: Employing a user-centered approach to develop a WhatsApp intervention to promote skin cancer risk-reduction behaviors among Hispanics and encourage engagement in the intervention. Use an iterative qualitative (focus groups with Hispanics, n=32; individual interviews with key stakeholders e.g., health care providers and community leaders, n=10-12) process to incorporate input from Hispanics and relevant stakeholders to develop a mobile WhatsApp intervention that is theory- and culturally-guided.

Aim 3: The investigators will evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of this mobile intervention in a single-arm pre-, post-test pilot study among at-risk Hispanics.

Aim 4: Refine the intervention and conduct a pilot RCT (n = 114) using this mobile program among Hispanics at risk for skin cancer and assess the preliminary effects of the mobile intervention at 3-month (intervention completion) and 6-month follow-ups.

Connect with a study center

  • Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

    New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

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