Health, Health Promotion
Conditions
Brief summary
The Ku Ola Project: The goal of this study is to determine if community-based discussion groups and small educational sessions enhance health awareness and behaviors among Native Hawaiian men. The study will examine if these interventions improve participants' health knowledge, attitudes, and self-efficacy while fostering local networks to support ongoing health promotion. Participants will engage in group discussions and educational sessions designed to build capacity and encourage healthy lifestyle choices.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALKūkākūkā Discussion Sessions
Participants attend a single 2-hour, flip-chart-guided module that integrates a focused health topic (e.g., colorectal cancer screening) with Hawaiian cultural teachings-beginning with an 'ōlelo no'eau (proverb) and guided by trained facilitators-to foster peer discussion, deliver key health information, and assess knowledge via pre- and post-test surveys.
Sponsors
University of Hawaii
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
MALE
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Inclusion Criteria Self-identified as male At least 18 years of age Hawaii residency Able to read and understand English *
Exclusion criteria
Under 18 years of age Not proficient in English Any medical condition or situation that, in the investigator's judgment, would make continued participation not in the participant's best interest
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Surveys | Pretest immediately before each module and post-test immediately after completion (within the same day). | Participants complete pretest and post-test surveys gathering demographic data and module-specific health information and knowledge to evaluate program effectiveness. |
| Commitment Contract | From immediately after the post-test survey to the six-month follow-up call. | After completing the post-test survey, participants draft a commitment contract proposing a specific health behavior change and leave their contact information so Kū Ola staff can follow up six months later to offer support and collect outcome data. |
| Evaluation: | Immediately following each session. | After each session, participants complete short-answer and multiple-choice evaluation questions assessing how well the session fostered health-related communication and their perceived learning. |
| Screening | Within six months of the commitment contract. | The proportion of eligible participants who complete their committed cancer screening test (e.g., FIT or PSA) as recorded by the PI and communicated to primary care physicians. |
| Discussion | At the end of each module session (each session is 2 hours long) | One-sentence description: Thematic analysis of anonymized audio-recorded group discussions and facilitator notes from each module, capturing key insights and participant engagement. |
| Tracking Groups and Facilitators | From the date the first participant completes their initial module session through six months after the last participant completes their post-test survey (estimated up to 12 months). | Aggregate counts of men reached, number of modules delivered, and number of facilitators trained, tracked continuously in the Kū Ola database. |
Countries
United States
Contacts
CONTACTKevin Cassel, DrPH, MPH
CONTACTYoko Takahashi, MD
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORKevin Cassel, DrPH, MPH
University of Hawaii Cancer Research Center
Outcome results
None listed