Clinical trial NCT06418672: Go Sun Smart Georgia Evaluation
Official title: Go Sun Smart Georgia Evaluation
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Sun Safety
Keywords: Sun Protection Behavior
Sun Safety Education
Lead sponsor: Emory University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
name: Klein Buendel, Inc.
First posted: 2024-05-17
Enrollment: 312
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the dissemination of the Go Sun Smart Georgia (GSSG) program with Georgia worksites and learn whether the intervention changes the employees' sun protection behavior in outdoor workers in Southwest Georgia.

The primary aim is to assess program effectiveness by comparing employee sun protection practices between the employers assigned to the GSSG intervention and the employers assigned to the wait-list control group (delayed intervention). The hypothesis that will be tested is that compared to the delayed intervention group, employees at intervention worksites will practice more sun protection during the post-test.

Worksites will be asked to complete internal coach training and participate in technical assistance around sun safety. Study participants will fill out surveys and participate in interviews

Detailed description: This project builds on the original Go Sun Smart at Work (GSSW) program-a sun safety educational program delivered to worksite leaders, managers, and workers-that was previously shown to be effective for employers adopting sun safety policies and implementing sun safety education and actions, and improved employees' sun protection behavior (e.g., use of protective clothing).

To successfully implement and scale up GSSW with outdoor workers in Southwest Georgia-predominantly African American and Hispanic-this intervention must be systematically adapted to ensure program fit to the population and setting while maintaining core program elements. A well-adapted and tailored occupational sun safety program with high dissemination potential will greatly impact this overlooked employee population, reduce health care costs, improve quality of life, and save lives. The adaptation process took place in 2022-2024, and the adapted Go Sun Smart Georgia (GSSG) program will be evaluated in 2024.

Go Sun Smart Georgia (GSSG) is an educational, train-the-trainer, and technical assistance program for Georgia worksites that employ outdoor workers. It will be implemented with worksites assigned to the intervention group in May-Aug 2024 and with worksites assigned to the comparison (delayed intervention) group in Aug - Dec. 2024. The study team will provide worksites with training for internal worksite coaches (the coach(es) will be employee(s) chosen by the worksite to serve as a champion for the program, not part of the study staff and paid by the worksite), training for other internal educators, technical assistance for conducting the program, and employee educational sessions, as needed.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

Outdoor workers

* Employed at participating worksite
* Works at least 5 hours outdoors per week
* Can read and/or clearly understand English

Managers

* Employed at participating worksite in supervisory position
* Responsible for worksite safety/health policy or training
* Can read and/or clearly understand English

Semi-structured interviews

* Employed by participating worksite
* Closely involved with GSSG implementation
* Can read and/or clearly understand English

Exclusion Criteria:

* Adults unable to consent
* Individuals who are not yet adults (infants, children, teenagers)
* Pregnant women
* Prisoners
* Cognitively impaired or Individuals with Impaired Decision-Making Capacity
* Individuals who are not able to clearly understand English

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in outdoor worker sun safety behaviors
timeFrame: 16 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change in worksite policy adoption
timeFrame: Baseline, After 16 weeks
measure: Worksite sun safety education
timeFrame: Baseline, After 16 weeks
measure: Change in worksite sun safety actions
timeFrame: Baseline, After 16 weeks
measure: Appropriateness of program
timeFrame: At 16 weeks
measure: Feasibility of program
timeFrame: At 16 weeks
measure: Acceptability of program
timeFrame: At 16 weeks
measure: Fidelity of implementation
timeFrame: 16 weeks
measure: Representativeness of participants
timeFrame: At 16 weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Atlanta
country: United States
facility: Rollins School of Public Health
state: Georgia
Study officials:
affiliation: Rollins School of Public Health
name: Alexandra Morshed, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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