Techquity by FAITH!

Part of paid clinical trials in Rochester, Minnesota.

Sponsor
Mayo Clinic
Study ID
NCT06187077
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Health Equity

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • DHA-Enhanced FAITH! App — BEHAVIORAL
    This group of participants will follow an 11-week guided intervention with the FAITH! App. Weekly educational modules provide information on components of cardiovascular health (CVH). Participants are given a Fitbit to track physical activity, which will automatically synch to the app and will be asked to track their daily fruit and vegetable intake on the app. DHAs will promote CVH and digital health readiness as peer mentors by guiding participants through the educational modules and encouraging use of the additional interactive app features. During the guided intervention phase, they will facilitate weekly visits with participants in their church, which will follow the FAITH! App modules and integrate a digital health topic. Following the 11-week guided intervention, participants will have a 12-month maintenance phase with access to use the app as they wish.
  • FAITH! App — BEHAVIORAL
    This group of participants will follow an 11-week guided intervention with the FAITH! App. Each week, an educational module is completed in the app, which provides information on a component of cardiovascular health. Participants will be given a Fitbit to track their physical activity, which will automatically synch to the app, and will be asked to track their daily fruit and vegetable intake on the app as well. Following the 11-week guided intervention, participants will have a 12-month maintenance phase in which they will have access to use the app as they wish.

Study Details

The goal of this clinical trial is to engage African-American churches via an established community-academic partnership (FAITH! Program) to build capacity to promote cardiovascular health and digital health equity in African-American faith communities. There are 3 study aims: Aim 1: Co-design a culturally tailored digital health equity toolkit with community members Aim 2: Train a network of Digital Health Advocates (DHAs) in digital health equity and cardiovascular health promotion Aim 3: Test the impact of a DHA-enhanced mobile health intervention (the FAITH! App) on cardiovascular health and digital health readiness among participants In Aim 1, participants will attend a series of focus groups to share their input on a digital health equity curriculum that will be condensed into a toolkit. In Aim 2, DHAs will be trained using this toolkit as well as a community health advocacy curriculum to learn how to promote digital health readiness and cardiovascular health in their communities. Finally, Aim 3 will be a randomized controlled trial where participants will use the FAITH! App to improve their cardiovascular health. Some participants will have the added support of a DHA, and the control group participants will use the app with no additional support to test whether the DHA support is associated with a more significant improvement in cardiovascular health.

Key Dates

Start date
Jul 11, 2024
Status verified
Aug 2025
Primary completion
Jan 31, 2026
Completion
Jun 30, 2026

Study Design

Enrollment
200 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION

Arms

  • Experimental: DHA-Enhanced FAITH! App
    This group will use the FAITH! App with guided support from a Digital Health Advocate (DHA) within their church.
  • Other: FAITH! App
    This group will use the FAITH! App on their own, with no DHA support.

Primary Outcome Measure

Life's Essential 8 Composite Score change [ Time Frame: Baseline, 6-months and 12-months post-randomization ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Mayo Clinic in RochesterRochesterMinnesota55905
LaPrincess Brewer, M.D., M.P.H.
[email protected]

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