A Cardiovascular Health and Wellness Mobile Health Intervention Among Church-Going African Americans: Formative Evaluation of the FAITH! App

Journals

1. Goswami A, Poole L, Thorlu-Bangura Z, Khan N, Hanif W, Khunti K, Gill P, Sajid M, Blandford A, Stevenson F, Banerjee A, Ramasawmy M. The Use of Digital Health Interventions for Cardiometabolic Diseases Among South Asian and Black Minority Ethnic Groups: Realist Review. Journal of Medical Internet Research 2023;25:e40630 View
2. Cyriac J, Jenkins S, Patten C, Hayes S, Jones C, Cooper L, Brewer L. Improvements in Diet and Physical Activity–Related Psychosocial Factors Among African Americans Using a Mobile Health Lifestyle Intervention to Promote Cardiovascular Health: The FAITH! (Fostering African American Improvement in Total Health) App Pilot Study. JMIR mHealth and uHealth 2021;9(11):e28024 View
3. Mathews L, Akhiwu O, Mukherjee M, Blumenthal R, Matsushita K, Ndumele C. Disparities in the Use of Cardiac Rehabilitation in African Americans. Current Cardiovascular Risk Reports 2022;16(5):31 View
4. Brewer L, Cyriac J, Kumbamu A, Burke L, Jenkins S, Hayes S, Jones C, Cooper L, Patten C. Sign of the times: Community engagement to refine a cardiovascular mHealth intervention through a virtual focus group series during the COVID-19 Pandemic. DIGITAL HEALTH 2022;8:205520762211105 View
5. Kyalwazi A, Loccoh E, Brewer L, Ofili E, Xu J, Song Y, Joynt Maddox K, Yeh R, Wadhera R. Disparities in Cardiovascular Mortality Between Black and White Adults in the United States, 1999 to 2019. Circulation 2022;146(3):211 View
6. Christensen K, Bauer A, Burgin T, Williams J, McDowd J, Sutkin G, Bennett K, Bowe Thompson C, Berkley-Patton J. “Black Women Don’t Always Put Our Healthcare First”: Facilitators and Barriers to Cervical Cancer Screening and Perceptions of Human Papillomavirus Self-Testing Among Church-Affiliated African American Women. Community Health Equity Research & Policy 2024;44(2):137 View
7. Brewer L, Jenkins S, Hayes S, Kumbamu A, Jones C, Burke L, Cooper L, Patten C. Community-based, cluster-randomized pilot trial of a cardiovascular mHealth intervention: Rationale, design, and baseline findings of the FAITH! Trial. American Heart Journal 2022;247:1 View
8. Brewer L, Jenkins S, Hayes S, Kumbamu A, Jones C, Burke L, Cooper L, Patten C. Community-Based, Cluster-Randomized Pilot Trial of a Cardiovascular Mobile Health Intervention: Preliminary Findings of the FAITH! Trial. Circulation 2022;146(3):175 View
9. Resnick D, Kearney M, Smith J, Bautista A, Jones L, Schapira M, Aysola J. Designing a Cancer Prevention Collaborative Goal-Setting Mobile App for Non-Hispanic Black Primary Care Patients: An Iterative, Qualitative Patient-Led Process. JMIR Formative Research 2022;6(3):e28157 View
10. ElSayed N, Bannuru R, Bakris G, Bardsley J, de Boer I, Gabbay R, Gockerman J, McCoy R, McCracken E, Neumiller J, Pilla S, Rhee C. Diabetic Kidney Disease Prevention Care Model Development. Clinical Diabetes 2024;42(2):274 View
11. Lalika M, Jenkins S, Hayes S, Jones C, Burke L, Cooper L, Patten C, Brewer L. Efficacy of a culturally tailored mobile health lifestyle intervention on cardiovascular health among African Americans with preexisting risk factors: The FAITH! Trial. DIGITAL HEALTH 2024;10 View
12. Cheney M, Alexander A, Garey L, Gallagher M, Hébert E, Vujanovic A, Kezbers K, Matoska C, Zvolensky M, Businelle M. Adapting a Mobile Health App for Smoking Cessation in Black Adults With Anxiety Through an Analysis of the Mobile Anxiety Sensitivity Program Proof-of-Concept Trial: Qualitative Study. JMIR Formative Research 2025;9:e53566 View
13. Rooper I, Ortega A, Massion T, Lakhtakia T, Kruger M, Parsons L, Lipman L, Azubuike C, Tack E, Obleada K, Graham A. Optimizing Testimonials for Behavior Change in a Digital Intervention for Binge Eating: Human-Centered Design Study. JMIR Formative Research 2025;9:e59691 View
14. Goevaerts M, Tenbült - Van Limpt N, Kop W, Kemps H, Lu Y. Patient-Reported Experiences With Long-Term Lifestyle Self-Monitoring in Heart Disease: Mixed Methods Study. JMIR Formative Research 2025;9:e76978 View
15. Woods S, Roberson P, Pryor J, Obregon S, Nesbitt S, Udezi V. A Community-Based Participatory Approach to Evaluating and Adapting an Innovative Family-Based Hypertension Self-Management Intervention for African American Primary Care Patients. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities 2025 View
16. Brewer L, Lalika M, Kyalwazi A, Albertie M, Bowie J, Burgess A, Burke L, Buta B, Cooper L, Crews D, Doubeni C, Elegbede W, Erickson J, Jenkins S, Johnson J, Jones C, Krogman A, Moen L, Palmer M, Patten C, Penheiter S, Richard M, Titus P, Schardin S, Shanedling S, Van’t Hof J, Warner D, Weis J, Hayes S. Community-based participatory design of a decade: the FAITH! Cardiovascular Health and Wellness Program. Frontiers in Public Health 2025;13 View
17. Rangachari P, Al Arkoubi K, Shindi R. A multi-level framework for advancing digital health equity in learning health systems: aligning practice and theory with the Quintuple Aim. International Journal for Equity in Health 2025;24(1) View
18. Teke J, Olawade D, Leena N, Weerasinghe K, Mc Lernon S, Moorley C. Digital Health Disparities: A Review of Barriers and Solutions for Racially Diverse Groups. International Journal of Medical Informatics 2026;206:106173 View

Conference Proceedings

1. O'Leary T, Parmar D, Olafsson S, Paasche-Orlow M, Bickmore T, Parker A. CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Community Dynamics in Technospiritual Interventions: Lessons Learned from a Church-based mHealth Pilot View
2. Sackitey D, O'Leary T, Paasche-Orlow M, Bickmore T, Parker A. Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. "Everyone is Covered": Exploring the Role of Online Interactions in Facilitating Connection and Social Support in Black Churches View
3. Ibrahim Z, Nurain N, Clawson J. Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Tracking During Ramadan: Examining the Intersection of Menstrual and Religious Tracking Practices Among Muslim Women in the United States View