The Ku Ola Project: Health Promotion for Native Hawaiian Men
The Ku Ola Project is studying whether community-based discussion groups, called Kūkākūkā Discussion Sessions, can improve health awareness and behaviors in Native Hawaiian men. These sessions will combine health topics with Hawaiian cultural teachings. The study aims to see if these discussions improve your health knowledge, attitudes, and confidence in making healthy choices, and help build local support networks. You can join if you are a Native Hawaiian man, at least 18 years old, live in Hawaii, and can read English. The study plans to enroll 600 participants. The current recruitment status is unclear.
- Study design
- This is an interventional study that plans to enroll 600 male participants.
- What's involved
- You will attend a single 2-hour Kūkākūkā Discussion Session. You will complete surveys immediately before and after the session, and a commitment contract after the session.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- You will have a follow-up call six months after completing the commitment contract.
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The Ku Ola Project: Enhancing Health Promotion Among Native Hawaiian Men.
At a glance
Conditions
Where it's being run
1 sites across 1 statesStudy leadership
- Kevin Cassel, DrPH, MPH · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · University of Hawaii Cancer Research Center
Who to contact
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What this trial measures
- SurveysPretest 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 ContractFrom 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.
- ScreeningWithin 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.
- DiscussionAt 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 FacilitatorsFrom 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.