title: Willingness of African American Women to Participate in e-Health/m-Health Research.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Due to high rates of technology adoption, African American women are well positioned to benefit from e-health/mobile health (m-health) interventions; yet, there are limited data on understanding their use of technology and willingness to participate in e-health/m-health research.
  
  
  METHODS
  A self-administered survey was completed by 589 African American women. Survey items measured sociodemographics, technology use and access, and willingness to participate in e-health/m-health research. Multinomial logistic regression examined associations among three age groups (18-29, 30-50, and 51+years old) and technology access, as well as motivators and barriers to participating in e-health/m-health research.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Most participants were willing to receive text messages as part of a research study. Many reported using a health-related application in the past 30 days, with younger women more likely to do so than older women (p<0.0001). Younger women were more likely than older women to be motivated for the greater good (p<0.01) and for financial incentives (p=0.02), whereas older women were more likely than younger women to be motivated if referred by a healthcare provider (p=0.02). Younger women were more likely than older women to report concerns about data plans (p<0.01 for all), whereas older women were more likely to report a lack of a smartphone (p=0.048) and privacy concerns (p<0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Culturally tailored e-health/m-health research using smartphones may be of interest to African American women who are interested in risk reduction and chronic disease self-management. Barriers such as smartphone data plans and privacy will need to be addressed.
authors: 1 Department of Health Education and Behavior, University of Florida , Gainesville, Florida.
authors: Delores C S
authors: DC
authors: James
authors: 1 Department of Health Education and Behavior, University of Florida , Gainesville, Florida.
authors: Cedric
authors: C
authors: Harville
authors: 2 Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida , Gainesville, Florida.
authors: Nicole
authors: N
authors: Whitehead
authors: 1 Department of Health Education and Behavior, University of Florida , Gainesville, Florida.
authors: Michael
authors: M
authors: Stellefson
authors: 3 Department of Medicine, University of Florida , Jacksonville, Florida.
authors: Sunita
authors: S
authors: Dodani
authors: 1 Department of Health Education and Behavior, University of Florida , Gainesville, Florida.
authors: Cynthia
authors: C
authors: Sears
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000367:Age Factors; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology; D035843:Biomedical Research; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D005431:Florida; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D020407:Internet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016015:Logistic Models; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D010358:Patient Participation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000068997:Smartphone / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017216:Telemedicine; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: behavioral health; e-health; education; mobile health