Creating Healthy Actions Today (CHAT).
Project Overview
CHAT is a smartphone-based program to promote healthy eating and physical activity among African American breast cancer survivors.
Randomized controlled trial in which individually tailored, theory-based education to improve diet and physical activity with messages are delivered via a smartphone application along with accelerometer assessment to the intervention group. A control group receives assessment only.
The primary aim is to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness (relative to assessment-only control group) of a smartphone intervention designed to improve diet and increase physical activity through education, self-monitoring, and prompting among African American breast cancer survivors.
Project Details
PI: Marlyn Allicock, PhD
University of Texas Health Science Center School of Public Health
Co-Investigators:
Darla Kendzor, PhD
University of Oklahoma
Kelley Gabriel, PhD
University of Texas Health Science Center School of Public Health
Michael Swartz, PhD
University of Texas Health Science Center School of Public Health
Aeisha Rivers, MD
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Project Staff
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Mobile App Has Potential to Promote Healthier Lifestyle Changes Among African American Breast Cancer Survivors
Creating Healthy Actions through Technology (CHAT) is a mobile app-based pilot intervention designed to motivate and encourage physical activity and healthy diet among African American breast cancer survivors. This program has the potential to address disparities in the health outcomes and availability of resources for an underserved populations of cancer survivors.