Mobile Web App for Cervical Cancer Screening
(wPap Trial)
What You Need to Know Before You Apply
What is the purpose of this trial?
The overarching goal of this study is to increase cervical cancer (CC) screening rates among Indigenous women in the U.S. Specifically, the study aims to develop and evaluate a culturally tailored, multilevel, multimedia mobile web app intervention (wPap) for women of the Yankton Sioux Tribe (YST) living on the YST Reservation in South Dakota.
The wPap intervention will be tested in a randomized clinical trial (RCT) involving 120 YST women aged 25-65. Participants will be randomly assigned to either: (a) the wPap intervention group (n = 60), receiving personalized, culturally tailored multilevel multimedia messages through a mobile web app along with health navigator support, or (b) a waitlist control group (n = 60), receiving printed educational materials on cervical cancer and screening guidelines along with health navigator support. The intervention will last seven days, with assessments conducted at baseline, one week post-intervention, and six months post-intervention via surveys and telephone follow-up.
The study tests the following hypotheses:
(H1) women in the wPap intervention group will achieve higher CC screening rates than the waitlist control group; (H2) the wPap group will demonstrate greater improvements in knowledge, attitudes/beliefs, self-efficacy, and intention to undergo CC screening; and (H3) the wPap group will report higher satisfaction and acceptance of the intervention compared with the waitlist control group. Findings will inform the feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy of mobile web app interventions tailored to Indigenous communities to improve CC screening.
Who Is on the Research Team?
Soonhee Roh, PhD
Principal Investigator
University of South Dakota
Are You a Good Fit for This Trial?
Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
Timeline for a Trial Participant
Screening
Participants are screened for eligibility to participate in the trial
Intervention
Participants receive a seven-day mobile web app intervention designed to promote cervical cancer screening, including daily educational modules and health navigator support.
Post-Intervention Assessment
Assessments conducted to evaluate knowledge, attitudes, self-efficacy, and intent to undergo screening.
Follow-up
Participants are monitored for cervical cancer screening completion and other secondary outcomes.
What Are the Treatments Tested in This Trial?
Interventions
- wPap Mobile Web App Intervention
How Is the Trial Designed?
2
Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Participants in this arm will receive a seven-day mobile web app intervention designed to promote cervical cancer (CC) screening. Participants are required to download the wPap mobile app and complete daily educational modules over the seven-day period. Each module includes information about CC risk factors, screening guidelines, and health promotion strategies tailored to the cultural context of the Yankton Sioux Tribe. Participants will complete pre- and post-tests to assess knowledge, attitudes, self-efficacy, and intent to undergo screening. The intervention encourages participants to increase awareness of CC screening needs and supports engagement with available health services.
Participants are randomized to control arm where they are give an education brochure. There are pre and post tests to complete.
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Who Is Running the Clinical Trial?
University of South Dakota
Lead Sponsor
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