Developing and Testing a Mobile Health Intervention to Promote Sun Protection Behaviors and Skin Examination Among Hispanics.
K99 phase. Develop a culturally-targeted mobile-based skin cancer intervention for Hispanics.
Aim 1: 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.
R00 phase. Conduct formative testing and piloting of the intervention.
Aim 3: Evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of this mobile intervention in a single-arm pre-, post-test pilot study among at-risk Hispanics. Hypothesis: More than 80% of the participants (n=40) will complete the intervention at 3-month (intervention completion) and the 6-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.
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-up. 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 3-month and 6-month follow-up compared to those in the control
condition (n=57, who will receive general information about physical activity and nutrition).
- Rutgers University
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 Criteria: - Currently being treated for melanoma or nonmelanoma skin cancer
Please note that we have obtained the inclusion and exclusion criteria information from the National Institutes of Health’s clinical trials web site ClinicalTrials.gov. The listed criteria may not necessarily reflect recent amendments to the protocol and the current criteria.
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