Text Message Program to Improve Eating Behaviors Among African Americans in New Orleans

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Diet Habit, Health Behavior, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice

In brief

The purpose of this pilot study is to test the feasibility and effectiveness of a mobile phone-based text messaging intervention to change the attitudes and eating behaviors of African American women residing in New Orleans, LA.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03913871

Run by

Tulane University

People needed

44

Starts

2018-10-29

Expected to finish

2019-01-11

Last updated by the study team

2019-05-07

Who can join

Age: 25 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age range: 25 years of age or older
• Gender: Women
• Ethnic background: African American or Black
• Location: Orleans and Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
• Own a mobile phone
• Open to being assigned to either the intervention or control group.
• Willing and able to use their phone to read, receive and send text messages and phone calls.
• No overt cardiovascular disease or acute symptomatology. (self-reported).

You may not qualify if…

• Age range: under 25 years of age
• Ethnic background: not African American or Black
• Location: Live outside of Orleans and Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
• Does not own a mobile phone
• Not open to being assigned to either the intervention or control group.
• Unwilling and unable to use their phone to read, receive and send text messages and phone calls.
• Overt cardiovascular disease or acute symptomatology. (self-reported).

Where it is running

• Jylana L. Sheats — New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

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