%0 Journal Article
%@ 2561-326X
%I JMIR Publications
%V 4
%N 11
%P e21450
%T A Cardiovascular Health and Wellness Mobile Health Intervention Among Church-Going African Americans: Formative Evaluation of the FAITH! App
%A Brewer,LaPrincess C
%A Kumbamu,Ashok
%A Smith,Christina
%A Jenkins,Sarah
%A Jones,Clarence
%A Hayes,Sharonne N
%A Burke,Lora
%A Cooper,Lisa A
%A Patten,Christi A
%+ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN, 55905, United States, 1 507 538 0325, brewer.laprincess@mayo.edu
%K mobile health
%K eHealth
%K community-based participatory research
%K health promotion
%K African Americans
%K mobile phone
%D 2020
%7 17.11.2020
%9 Original Paper
%J JMIR Form Res
%G English
%X Background: In light of the scarcity of culturally tailored mobile health (mHealth) lifestyle interventions for African Americans, we designed and pilot tested the Fostering African-American Improvement in Total Health (FAITH!) App in a community-based participatory research partnership with African American churches to promote cardiovascular health and wellness in this population. Objective: This report presents the results of a formative evaluation of the FAITH! App from participants in an intervention pilot study. Methods: We included 2 semistructured focus groups (n=4 and n=5) to explore participants’ views on app functionality, utility, and satisfaction as well as its impact on healthy lifestyle change. Sessions were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim, and qualitative data were analyzed by using general inductive analysis to generate themes. Results: In total, 6 overarching themes emerged among the 9 participants: overall impression, content usefulness, formatting, implementation, impact, and suggestions for improvement. Underpinning the themes was a high level of agreement that the intervention facilitated healthy behavioral change through cultural tailoring, multimedia education modules, and social networking. Suggestions for improvement were streamlining the app self-monitoring features, prompts to encourage app use, and personalization based on individuals’ cardiovascular risk. Conclusions: This formative evaluation found that the FAITH! App had high reported satisfaction and impact on the health-promoting behaviors of African Americans, thereby improving their overall cardiovascular health. Further development and testing of the app among African Americans is warranted. Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03084822; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03084822. 
%M 33200999
%R 10.2196/21450
%U http://formative.jmir.org/2020/11/e21450/
%U https://doi.org/10.2196/21450
%U http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33200999