mHealth Intervention Promoting Cardiovascular Health Among African-Americans: Recruitment and Baseline Characteristics of a Pilot Study

LaPrincess C. Brewer   ^{1 *} , MD, MPH ;   Sarah Jenkins   ^{2 *} , MS ;   Kandace Lackore   ^{2 *} , BA ;   Jacqueline Johnson   ^{3 *} , MSW ;   Clarence Jones   ^{4 *} , MEd ;   Lisa A. Cooper   ^{5 *} , MD, MPH ;   Carmen Radecki Breitkopf   ^{6 *} , PhD ;   Sharonne N. Hayes   ^{1 *} , MD ;   Christi Patten   ^{7 *} , PhD

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, United States

² Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States

³ Christ's Church of the Jesus Hour, Rochester, MN, United States

⁴ Southside Community Health Services, Incorporated, Minneapolis, MN, United States

⁵ Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States

⁶ Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States

⁷ Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, United States

*all authors contributed equally