TY - JOUR
T1 - Mhealth intervention promoting cardiovascular health among African-Americans
T2 - Recruitment and baseline characteristics of a pilot study
AU - Brewer, Laprincess C.
AU - Jenkins, Sarah
AU - Lackore, Kandace
AU - Johnson, Jacqueline
AU - Jones, Clarence
AU - Cooper, Lisa A.
AU - Breitkopf, Carmen Radecki
AU - Hayes, Sharonne N.
AU - Patten, Christi
N1 - Funding Information:
LCB is supported by the Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health Scholars Program (award number K12 HD065987-07) from the National Institutes of Health Office of Research on Women's Health, Mayo Clinic Women's Health Research Center and the Center for Translational Science Activities Grant Program from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (UL1 TR000135, KL2TR002379). The contents of this article are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official view of National Institutes of Health. This study was further supported by the Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation, Mayo Clinic Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and the Mayo Clinic Office of Health Disparities Research.
Funding Information:
The authors are grateful to the original FAITH! team members, Mr Brian Buta, Ms Deneen Hamlin, and church leadership including Reverend Michael Palmer previously of New Friendship Baptist Church, Baltimore, MD for their contributions to the initial intervention conceptualization and implementation in Baltimore, MD. The authors are indebted to the participating Rochester and Minneapolis-St Paul area churches including church leadership (Pastor Donald Barlow of Rochester Community Baptist Church, Pastor William Land of St Albans Church of God in Christ, Pastor Runney Patterson of New Hope Baptist Church, Pastor Kenneth Rowe of Christ's Church of the Jesus Hour), FAITH! Partners (Mrs Frances Ellis, Ms Margaret Frye, Mrs Jacqueline Johnson, Mr Clarence Jones, Mrs Ramona Norwood, Ms LaTasha Perkins, Ms Monisha Washington, Reverend Marcia Wyatt) and study participants. We would also like to thank Southside Community Health Services, Incorporated (Mr Clarence Jones and Ms Monisha Washington) for their assistance with identifying interested congregations in the Minneapolis-St Paul, MN area. The authors would also like to show gratitude to Mr Jeffrey Gansen for his assistance with the promotional video production. Last but not least, we acknowledge our study coordinator, Mrs Jessica Bauman for her contributions to study recruitment and enrollment. LCB is supported by the Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health Scholars Program (award number K12 HD065987-07) from the National Institutes of Health Office of Research on Women's Health, Mayo Clinic Women's Health Research Center and the Center for Translational Science Activities Grant Program from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (UL1 TR000135, KL2TR002379). The contents of this article are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official view of National Institutes of Health. This study was further supported by the Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation, Mayo Clinic Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and the Mayo Clinic Office of Health Disparities Research.
Publisher Copyright:
©LaPrincess C. Brewer, Sarah Jenkins, Kandace Lackore, Jacqueline Johnson, Clarence Jones, Lisa A. Cooper, Carmen Radecki Breitkopf, Sharonne N. Hayes, Christi Patten.
PY - 2018/1
Y1 - 2018/1
N2 - Background: Mobile health (mHealth) interventions are promising avenues to promote cardiovascular (CV) health among African-Americans (AAs) and culturally tailored technology-based interventions are emerging for this population. Objective: The objectives of this study were to use a community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach to recruit AAs into a pilot intervention study of an innovative mHealth CV health promotion program and to characterize technology use patterns and eHealth literacy (EHL). Methods: Community partners from five predominately AA churches in southeast Minnesota collaborated with our academic institution to recruit AA congregants into the pilot study. Field notes as well as communications between the study team and community partners were used to design the recruitment strategy and its implementation with a goal of enrolling 50 participants. At its core, the recruitment strategy included community kickoff events to detail the state-of-the-art nature of the mHealth intervention components, the utility of CV health assessments (physical examination, laboratory studies and surveys) and the participants' role in advancing our understanding of the efficacy of mHealth interventions among racial/ethnic minority groups. Detailed recruitment data were documented throughout the study. A self-administered, electronic survey measured sociodemographics, technology use and EHL (eHEALS scale). Results: A total of 50 participants (70% women) from five AA churches were recruited over a one-month period. The majority (>90%) of participants reported using some form of mobile technology with all utilizing these technologies within their homes. Greater than half (60% [30/50]) reported being "very comfortable"with mobile technologies. Overall, participants had high EHL (84.8% [39/46] with eHEALS score ≥26) with no differences by sex. Conclusions: This study illustrates the feasibility and success of a CBPR approach in recruiting AAs into mHealth intervention research and contributes to the growing body of evidence that AAs have high EHL, are high-users of mobile technologies, and thus are likely to be receptive to mHealth interventions.
AB - Background: Mobile health (mHealth) interventions are promising avenues to promote cardiovascular (CV) health among African-Americans (AAs) and culturally tailored technology-based interventions are emerging for this population. Objective: The objectives of this study were to use a community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach to recruit AAs into a pilot intervention study of an innovative mHealth CV health promotion program and to characterize technology use patterns and eHealth literacy (EHL). Methods: Community partners from five predominately AA churches in southeast Minnesota collaborated with our academic institution to recruit AA congregants into the pilot study. Field notes as well as communications between the study team and community partners were used to design the recruitment strategy and its implementation with a goal of enrolling 50 participants. At its core, the recruitment strategy included community kickoff events to detail the state-of-the-art nature of the mHealth intervention components, the utility of CV health assessments (physical examination, laboratory studies and surveys) and the participants' role in advancing our understanding of the efficacy of mHealth interventions among racial/ethnic minority groups. Detailed recruitment data were documented throughout the study. A self-administered, electronic survey measured sociodemographics, technology use and EHL (eHEALS scale). Results: A total of 50 participants (70% women) from five AA churches were recruited over a one-month period. The majority (>90%) of participants reported using some form of mobile technology with all utilizing these technologies within their homes. Greater than half (60% [30/50]) reported being "very comfortable"with mobile technologies. Overall, participants had high EHL (84.8% [39/46] with eHEALS score ≥26) with no differences by sex. Conclusions: This study illustrates the feasibility and success of a CBPR approach in recruiting AAs into mHealth intervention research and contributes to the growing body of evidence that AAs have high EHL, are high-users of mobile technologies, and thus are likely to be receptive to mHealth interventions.
KW - African-Americans
KW - Cardiovascular disease
KW - Cardiovascular health
KW - Community-based participatory research
KW - Faith-based intervention
KW - Health disparities
KW - MHealth intervention
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U2 - 10.2196/resprot.8842
DO - 10.2196/resprot.8842
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85046658728
SN - 1929-0748
VL - 7
JO - JMIR Research Protocols
JF - JMIR Research Protocols
IS - 1
M1 - e31
ER -