Design and Rationale for the Deep South Interactive Voice Response System–Supported Active Lifestyle Study: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Nashira I Brown   ^{1 *} , MS ;   Mary Anne Powell   ^{1 *} , BA ;   Monica Baskin   ^{2, 3 *} , PhD ;   Robert Oster   ^{2, 3 *} , PhD ;   Wendy Demark-Wahnefried   ^{3, 4 *} , PhD ;   Claudia Hardy   ^{3 *} , MHA ;   Maria Pisu   ^{2, 3 *} , PhD ;   Mohanraj Thirumalai   ^{5 *} , PhD ;   Sh'Nese Townsend   ¹ , MHA ;   Whitney N Neal   ¹ , MA ;   Laura Q Rogers   ^{2, 3 *} , MD ;   Dori Pekmezi   ^{1, 3 *} , PhD

¹ Department of Health Behavior, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States

² Department of Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States

³ O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB, Birmingham, AL, United States

⁴ Department of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States

⁵ Health Services Administration, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States

*these authors contributed equally