Culturally Appropriate Nutrition Communication for Mexican American Women

University of California, Merced

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chronic Disease; Lifestyle Risk Reduction; Cancer, Breast; Obesity; Nutrition Poor

Treatments: Other: Health Communication

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT04352530

K01CA190659 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

A randomized controlled trial to test the effects of culturally appropriate nutrition communication for Mexican American women.

Full description

An unbalanced randomized controlled trial with pre-test and immediate post-test was employed to test the effects of different types of message features and appeals. The study was conducted online with Mexican American women aged 18-29 years old. Messages focused on sugary beverage consumption and the main outcomes were acceptance and receptivity to the message (i.e., perceived effectiveness), perceptions of social norms, and knowledge. The investigators also measured a number of hypothesized mediators and moderators of the effects.

Enrollment: 881 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 29 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Self-identify as Latina/x or Hispanic
• Self-identify as a woman
• Self-reported as being of age between 18-29 years
• Undergraduate students enrolled in SONA at UC Merced

Exclusion criteria

• Not Mexican American

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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881 participants in 8 patient groups

Rewind the Future

Active Comparator group

Description:

Fear appeal, video message to reduce sugar consumption or risk death

Treatment:

Other: Health Communication

Hear No

Experimental group

Description:

Video of spoken word poem from The Bigger Picture project, "Hear No" by Joshua Merchant; images of African-American male poet interspersed with images of environment

Treatment:

Other: Health Communication

The Longest Mile

Experimental group

Description:

Video of spoken word poem from The Bigger Picture Project, "The Longest Mile" by Tassiana Willis; images of African-American female poet interspersed with images of environment

Treatment:

Other: Health Communication

A Taste of Home

Experimental group

Description:

Video of spoken word poem from The Bigger Picture Project, "A Taste of Home" by Monica Mendoza; images of Hispanic female poet interspersed with images of environment

Treatment:

Other: Health Communication

Lost in Translation

Experimental group

Description:

Video of spoken word poem from The Bigger Picture Project, "Lost in Translation" by Yosimar Reyes; images of Hispanic male poet interspersed with images of environment

Treatment:

Other: Health Communication

Bottled Up

Experimental group

Description:

Video of spoken word poem from The Bigger Picture Project, "Bottled Up" by Eileen Torrez; images of Hispanic female poet interspersed with images of environment

Treatment:

Other: Health Communication

The Corner

Experimental group

Description:

Video of spoken word poem from The Bigger Picture Project, "The Corner" by Jose Vadi; images of Hispanic male poet interspersed with images of environment

Treatment:

Other: Health Communication

Thin Line

Experimental group

Description:

Video of spoken word poem from The Bigger Picture Project, "Thin Line" by Ivori Holson; images of African-American female poet interspersed with images of environment

Treatment:

Other: Health Communication