Smart Walk: An Efficacy Trial of a Culturally Tailored Smartphone-Delivered Physical Activity Intervention for African American Women
The purpose of this study is to test a culturally tailored, smartphone-delivered intervention designed to increase physical activity and reduce risk for heart disease and type 2 diabetes among African American women.
• Self-reported African American/Black female
• Aged of 24-65 years
• Insufficiently Active (\< 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity per week as measured by Exercise Vital Sign Questionnaire)
• BMI \> 30 kg/m2
• English speaking and reading
• Ownership of a smartphone with the ability to download applications (i.e., apps)
• Ownership of a smartphone with the ability to receive text messages
• Willingness to receive a physical activity intervention delivered through their smartphone
• Willingness to include their first name or create an alias to be used on their profile page on the Smart Walk app