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Smart Walk: A Culturally Tailored Smartphone-Delivered Physical Activity Intervention for African American Women
Sponsor: Arizona State University
Summary
The purpose of this study is to test a culturally tailored, smartphone-delivered intervention designed to increase physical activity and reduce risk for heart disease and type 2 diabetes among African American women.
Official title: Smart Walk: An Efficacy Trial of a Culturally Tailored Smartphone-Delivered Physical Activity Intervention for African American Women
Key Details
Gender
FEMALE
Age Range
24 Years - 65 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
240
Start Date
2024-04-08
Completion Date
2028-03-31
Last Updated
2025-05-16
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Interventions
Smart Walk
Smart Walk is a culturally tailored, Social Cognitive Theory-based multi-component smartphone delivered physical activity (PA) promotion intervention that delivered through the Smart Walk application, virtual physical activity coaching, and text messages. The Smart Walk smartphone application includes four key features: 1) personal profile pages, 2) culturally relevant multi-media physical activity promotion modules, 3) discussion boards, and 4) physical activity self-monitoring/tracking feature that integrates with Fitbit activity monitors for participants to track their daily, weekly, and monthly activity. Virtual physical activity coaches will actively engage and facilitate group-based dialogue among participants on the app discussion boards and provide individualized, one-on-one PA coaching via telephone or commercially available app-based video teleconferencing software (i.e., FaceTime, Zoom, Google hangouts).
Fitbit
This intervention group will receive a Fitbit activity monitor and be encouraged to use the commercially available device to increase physical activity.
Locations (1)
Arizona State University
Phoenix, Arizona, United States