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Techquity by FAITH!

Mayo Clinic · with National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), Johns Hopkins University · NCT06187077

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 18+ · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
200
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
July 11, 2024
Record last updated
August 26, 2025

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What the study is about

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.

Being studied: DHA-Enhanced FAITH! App; FAITH! App

Conditions: Health Equity; Cardiovascular Diseases

Eligibility criteria

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Aim 1- Inclusion Criteria: African/American race/ethnicity, age ≥ 18 years, basic Internet navigation skills, active email address

Aim 2- Inclusion Criteria: African/American race/ethnicity, age ≥ 18 years, ownership of smartphone (supporting iOS or Android systems), moderate to high digital health literacy (by eHealth literacy scale [eHEALS], score ≥26)

Aim 3- Inclusion Criteria: African/American race/ethnicity, age ≥ 18 years, ownership of smartphone (supporting iOS or Android systems), low digital health literacy (by eHEALS, score ≤26), basic Internet navigation skills, at least weekly Internet access, active email address, fruit/vegetable intake ≤5 servings/day, no regular physical activity, able to engage in moderate physical activity and willingness to participate in all aspects of the study.

Exclusion Criteria: Unable to walk up ≥2 flights of stairs or walk ≥1 city block without assistance or stopping, pregnant (at time of study enrollment), visual/hearing impairment or mental disability that would preclude independent app use.

Recruiting US locations

  • Mayo Clinic in Rochester

    Rochester, MN 55905

    Site contact: LaPrincess Brewer, M.D., M.P.H. · Brewer.LaPrincess@mayo.edu

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Moen Lainey · 507-266-7062 · Moen.Lainey@mayo.edu
  • Ashton Krogman, MHA · 507-266-2087 · krogman.ashton@mayo.edu
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