TY  - JOUR
AU  - Brewer, LaPrincess C
AU  - Kumbamu, Ashok
AU  - Smith, Christina
AU  - Jenkins, Sarah
AU  - Jones, Clarence
AU  - Hayes, Sharonne N
AU  - Burke, Lora
AU  - Cooper, Lisa A
AU  - Patten, Christi A
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/11/17
TI  - A Cardiovascular Health and Wellness Mobile Health Intervention Among Church-Going African Americans: Formative Evaluation of the FAITH! App
JO  - JMIR Form Res
SP  - e21450
VL  - 4
IS  - 11
KW  - mobile health
KW  - eHealth
KW  - community-based participatory research
KW  - health promotion
KW  - African Americans
KW  - mobile phone
AB  - 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. 
SN  - 2561-326X
UR  - http://formative.jmir.org/2020/11/e21450/
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2196/21450
UR  - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33200999
DO  - 10.2196/21450
ID  - info:doi/10.2196/21450
ER  -