TY - JOUR
T1 - Developing a Tailored Website for Promoting Awareness about Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) Among Blacks in Community-Based Settings
AU - Robbins, Rebecca
AU - Senathirajah, Yalini
AU - Williams, Natasha J.
AU - Hutchinson, Carly
AU - Rapoport, David M.
AU - Allegrante, John P.
AU - Cohall, Alwyn
AU - Rogers, April
AU - Ogedegbe, Olugbenga
AU - Jean-Louis, Girardin
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by funding from the NHLBI [grant number R25HL116378, K23HL125939, and K07AG052685].
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, © 2018 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2019/4/16
Y1 - 2019/4/16
N2 - Blacks are at greater risk for lower sleep quality and higher risk for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) than other racial groups. In this study, we summarize the development of a tailored website including visuals, key messages, and video narratives, to promote awareness about sleep apnea among community-dwelling blacks. We utilized mixed methods, including in-depth interviews, usability-testing procedures, and brief surveys (n = 9, 55% female, 100% black, average age 38.5 years). Themes from the qualitative analysis illuminated varied knowledge regarding OSA symptoms and prevalent self-reported experience with sleep disturbance and OSA symptoms (e.g., snoring). On a scale from 1 (not at all) to 5 (very high), participants provided favorable ratings of website usefulness (mean = 4.9), user friendliness (mean = 4.9) and attractiveness (mean = 4.3). Our findings suggest although tailored health communication has potential for serving as a tool for advancing health equity, usability-testing of health materials is critical to ensure that culturally and linguistically tailored messages are acceptable and actionable in the intended population.
AB - Blacks are at greater risk for lower sleep quality and higher risk for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) than other racial groups. In this study, we summarize the development of a tailored website including visuals, key messages, and video narratives, to promote awareness about sleep apnea among community-dwelling blacks. We utilized mixed methods, including in-depth interviews, usability-testing procedures, and brief surveys (n = 9, 55% female, 100% black, average age 38.5 years). Themes from the qualitative analysis illuminated varied knowledge regarding OSA symptoms and prevalent self-reported experience with sleep disturbance and OSA symptoms (e.g., snoring). On a scale from 1 (not at all) to 5 (very high), participants provided favorable ratings of website usefulness (mean = 4.9), user friendliness (mean = 4.9) and attractiveness (mean = 4.3). Our findings suggest although tailored health communication has potential for serving as a tool for advancing health equity, usability-testing of health materials is critical to ensure that culturally and linguistically tailored messages are acceptable and actionable in the intended population.
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U2 - 10.1080/10410236.2018.1423865
DO - 10.1080/10410236.2018.1423865
M3 - Article
C2 - 29338353
AN - SCOPUS:85040981771
SN - 1041-0236
VL - 34
SP - 567
EP - 575
JO - Health Communication
JF - Health Communication
IS - 5
ER -