ArticleAmerican heart journal2022
Community-based, cluster-randomized pilot trial of a cardiovascular mHealth intervention: Rationale, design, and baseline findings of the FAITH! Trial.
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- The effect of digital therapeutics intervention on improving hypertension management in adults: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trial.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2025Pooled it
- Mobile health (m-health) smartphone interventions for adolescents and adults with overweight or obesity.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Examining the Role of Community Engagement in Enhancing the Participation of Racial and Ethnic Minoritized Communities in Alzheimer's Disease Clinical Trials; A Rapid Review.The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease · 2024Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Internet-Based Interventions for the Prevention and Self-Management of Cardiovascular Diseases among People of African Descent.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Community-Based, Cluster-Randomized Pilot Trial of a Cardiovascular Mobile Health Intervention: Preliminary Findings of the FAITH! Trial.Circulation · 2022Trial
- Community-based participatory design of a decade: the FAITH! Cardiovascular Health and Wellness Program.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Rationale, design, and participant characteristics of the FAITH! Heart Health+ study: An exploration of the influence of the social determinants of health, stress, and structural racism on African American cardiovascular health.Contemporary clinical trials · 2024Article
- A Physical Activity and Diet Just-in-Time Adaptive Intervention to Reduce Blood Pressure: The myBPmyLife Study Rationale and Design.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2024Article
- Diabetic Kidney Disease Prevention Care Model Development.Clinical diabetes : a publication of the American Diabetes Association · 2024Article
- Application of telemedicine technology for cardiovascular diseases management during the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Article
- Leveraging Social Determinants of Health to Enhance Recruitment of Underrepresented Populations in Clinical Trials.Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal · 2024Review
- Digital Health for Migrants, Ethnic and Cultural Minorities and the Role of Participatory Development: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- mHealth Intervention for Promoting Hypertension Self-management Among African American Patients Receiving Care at a Community Health Center: Formative Evaluation of the FAITH! Hypertension App.JMIR formative research · 2023Article
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- Associations of Cardiometabolic Multimorbidity With All-Cause and Coronary Heart Disease Mortality Among Black Adults in the Jackson Heart Study.JAMA network open · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundCompared to whites, African-Americans have lower prevalence of ideal cardiovascular health (CVH) based on the American Heart Association Life's Simple 7 (LS7). These CVH inequities have worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic. Ideal LS7 health-promoting behaviors and biological risk factors (eg, diet, blood pressure) are associated with improved CVH outcomes. The FAITH! (Fostering African-American Improvement in Total Health) App, a community-informed, mobile health (mHealth) intervention, previously demonstrated significant improvements in LS7 components among African-Americans, suggesting that mHealth interventions may be effective in improving CVH. This paper presents the FAITH! Trial design, baseline findings, and pandemic-related lessons learned.
methodsUtilizing a community-based participatory research approach, this study assessed the feasibility/preliminary efficacy of a refined FAITH! App for promoting LS7 among African-Americans in faith communities using a cluster, randomized controlled trial. Participants received the FAITH! App (immediate intervention) or were assigned to a delayed intervention comparator group. Baseline data were collected via electronic surveys and health assessments. Primary outcomes are change in LS7 score from baseline to 6-months post-intervention and app engagement/usability.
resultsOf 85 enrolled individuals, 76 completed baseline surveys/health assessments, for a participation rate of 89% (N = 34 randomized to the immediate intervention, N = 42 to delayed intervention). At baseline, participants were predominantly female (54/76, 71%), employed (56/76, 78%) and of high cardiometabolic risk (72/76, 95% with hypertension and/or overweight/obesity) with mean LS7 scores in the poor range (6.8, SD = 1.9).
conclusionsThe FAITH! Trial recruitment was feasible, and its results may inform the use of mHealth tools to increase ideal CVH among African-Americans.
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