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The Effect of a Coloring Prompt on Health Engagement

NCT01352390 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 8711

Last updated 2017-05-04

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

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

Conditions

  • In Need of a Pap Smear (Cervical Cancer Screening)
  • In Need of a Blood Pressure Check (Hypertension Screening)
  • In Need of a Cholesterol Test (Lipid Disorder Screening)
  • In Need of a Fasting Plasma Glucose Test (Diabetes)

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Planning Prompt

A prompt to have their child their health test reminder mailing to color

BEHAVIORAL

Control Condition

A basic reminder mailing will prompt each subject to get a health test as specified on the mailing

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Katherine L Milkman, Ph.D. · University of Pennsylvania

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-05-31
Primary Completion
2012-11-30
Completion
2012-11-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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