The Effect of a Coloring Prompt on Health Engagement

University of Pennsylvania

Status

Completed

Conditions

In Need of a Pap Smear (Cervical Cancer Screening)

In Need of a Cholesterol Test (Lipid Disorder Screening)

In Need of a Fasting Plasma Glucose Test (Diabetes)

In Need of a Blood Pressure Check (Hypertension Screening)

Treatments

Behavioral: Control Condition

Behavioral: Planning Prompt

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT01352390

813606

Details and patient eligibility

About

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

Full description

The investigators will randomly assign some individuals with 4-9 year old children to receive colorful reminders to engage in a given health behavior. Others will receive identical reminders along with a prompt to share the reminder sheet with their child so it can be turned into a piece of art. The investigators are interested in whether the coloring prompt will lead the reminder to stay in the home for longer, be placed on the refrigerator, etc. and thus result in an increase in compliance with the recommended health behavior.

Enrollment

8,711 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

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