A Mobile Health Intervention Among Hispanics
Cancer of Skin
About this trial
This is an interventional prevention trial for Cancer of Skin focused on measuring Mobile health
Eligibility Criteria
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
Sites / Locations
- Rutgers Cancer Institute of New JerseyRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Active Comparator
Mobile skin cancer intervention
Control group: physical activity and nutrition information
Conduct a pilot of the refined intervention among Hispanics to evaluate the preliminary efficacy of the user-centered mobile skin cancer intervention program.
Participants will complete a baseline survey first; and then they will be randomly assigned into either the intervention group or the control group. After the random allocation participants will receive instructions on how to use WhatsApp and then the intervention. The participants will receive WhatsApp messages about skin cancer for three months with optimal frequencies determined by prior aims and complete a post-intervention survey which contains the same questions in the pre-survey. The participants will be contacted at six months after the baseline survey to complete another survey similar to the post-intervention survey.