Smartphone App to Increase and Maintain Physical Activity in African American Men (FitBrothers)

体力活动(PA)是一些可预防的慢性病的可改变的风险因素，包括 心血管疾病、中风、肥胖和糖尿病。这些情况构成了 非裔美国人。事实证明，行为干预在促进体力活动增加方面是有效的。 活动。虽然行为改变计划已经被证明可以帮助参与者维持行为 变化，很少有项目专门针对非裔美国人男性。使用mHealth，而不是 其他提供干预的途径，是基于发表的报告，记录了非洲裔美国人 将移动技术视为一种可接受的干预交付方式。此外，拥有 与其他族裔相比，非裔美国人使用智能手机和短信的比例最高 组。因此，针对非裔美国男性的移动健康干预似乎是可行的，也是潜在的 有效。我们的初步数据显示，一款针对非裔美国男性的PA维护智能手机应用程序 包含自我监控、目标设定、强化和行为方面的课程 人口。然而，定性数据显示，这些男性认为其他成分是 有必要为非裔美国人完全定制这款应用，包括个性化、慢性病健康 信息、饮食信息、竞争和激励。此外，我们将量身定制干预措施，以 非裔美国男性的社会文化需求。快速通道STTR的目的是将以下内容纳入 现有智能手机应用程序中的元素。FitBrothers应用程序将通过第一阶段开发，该阶段包括 (1)迭代焦点小组，(2)开发概念模型，以及(3)进行Beta测试和第二阶段 这将包括(1)开发一个全面的FitBrothers应用程序，(2)，进行可用性测试，以及(3) 进行有效性比较试验，以评估该应用程序的有效性，并与类似的 市场上已知的应用程序。据我们所知，还没有研究将手机作为一种 非裔美国男性的PA水平。FitBrothers将解决市场上未得到满足的需求，因为它将是 第一款针对非裔美国男性采用和维护PA的智能手机应用程序。事实是 MHealth是可以接受的--而且该应用程序将与非洲公司合作开发 使我们假设非裔美国男性会将移动健康干预视为 可接受的、可行的、有效的。快速通道STTR提案将由一个共同工作的团队领导 包括乔治敦Klein Buendel，Inc.(KB)的研究人员和多媒体开发人员 和彭宁顿生物医学研究中心。

Physical activity (PA) is a modifiable risk factor for a number of preventable chronic diseases, including cardiovascular disease, strokes, obesity, and diabetes. These conditions constitute health disparities for African American men. Behavioral interventions have proven to be effective in promoting increases in physical activity. While behavior change programs have been shown to assist participants in sustaining behavior change, very few programs have specifically targeted African American men. The use of mHealth, as opposed to other avenues of intervention delivery, is based on published reports documenting that African Americans perceive mobile technology as an acceptable means of intervention delivery. In addition, ownership of smartphones and the use of text messaging are highest among African Americans compared to other ethnic groups. Therefore, a mHealth intervention targeting African American men seems feasible and potentially effective. Our preliminary data show that a PA maintenance smartphone app for African American men that contains self-monitoring, goal-setting, reinforcement, and behavioral lessons was well received by this population. However, the qualitative data revealed that the men believed additional components were necessary to fully tailor the app for African American men, including personalization, chronic disease health information, dietary information, competition, and incentives. In addition, we will tailor the intervention to the sociocultural needs of African American men. The purpose of the Fast-Track STTR is to incorporate these elements within an existing smartphone app. The FitBrothers app will be developed through a Phase I consisting of (1) iterative focus groups, (2) developing a conceptual model, and (3) conducting beta testing and a Phase II which will consist of (1) developing a full-scale FitBrothers app, (2), conducting usability testing, and (3) conducting a comparative effectiveness trial to assess the effectiveness of the app compared to a similar, well- known app in the marketplace. To our knowledge, no study has utilized mobile phones as a means of effecting PA levels in African American men. FitBrothers will address an unmet need in the marketplace as it will be the first smartphone app that is targeted toward PA adoption and maintenance in African American men. The fact that mHealth is acceptable to- and the fact that the application will be developed in collaboration with African American men, leads us to hypothesize that African American men will view the mHealth intervention as acceptable, feasible, and effective. The Fast-Track STTR proposal will be led by a team that has worked together previously and includes researchers and multimedia developers from Klein Buendel, Inc. (KB), Georgetown University, and Pennington Biomedical Research Center.