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A Mobile Health Intervention Among Hispanics

Description

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).

Conditions

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

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).

Developing and Testing a Mobile Health Intervention to Promote Sun Protection Behaviors and Skin Examination Among Hispanics

A Mobile Health Intervention Among Hispanics

Condition
Cancer of Skin
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

New Brunswick

Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States, 08901

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility 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
  • * Currently being treated for melanoma or nonmelanoma skin cancer

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to 100 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey,

Zhaomeng Niu, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

Study Record Dates

2026-04-15