The Effect of a Coloring Prompt on Health Engagement

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: In Need of a Pap Smear (Cervical Cancer Screening), In Need of a Blood Pressure Check (Hypertension Screening), In Need of a Cholesterol Test (Lipid Disorder Screening), In Need of a Fasting Plasma Glucose Test (Diabetes)

In brief

The goal of this project is to determine whether prompting the recipient of a health reminder mailing to ask his or her 4-9 year-old child to color on the reminder could increase engagement with the targeted health behavior

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01352390

Run by

University of Pennsylvania

People needed

8711

Starts

2011-05-01

Expected to finish

2012-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-05-04

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Indications according to Spring 2011 CDC criteria for a Pap smear
• Indications according to Spring 2011 CDC criteria for a blood pressure check
• Indications according to Spring 2011 CDC criteria for a cholesterol test
• Indications according to Spring 2011 CDC criteria for a fasting plasma glucose test
• Employee at partner corporation that implemented the study

Where it is running

• University of Pennsylvania — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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