Go Sun Smart Georgia Evaluation

NCT06418672 | Completed

• 3 other identifiers: STUDY000070623U48DP006377-03S42025P011585
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 312
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

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

Conditions

Sun Safety

Keywords

Sun Protection Behavior; Sun Safety Education

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in outdoor worker sun safety behaviors

  Will be captured through outdoor worker survey (posttest). To evaluate the impact of GSSG on sun safety behaviors (primary outcome), employees will report a) frequency of sun protection at work (i.e., sunscreen with SPF 30+, long-sleeved shirts, long pants, hat with wide-brim, sunglasses, shade use, limit midday sun exposure, and have sunscreen, hat and eye protection at all times \[1=never, 5=always\]) and b) sunburn in past 3 months on the job (yes/no; number). Surveys will include questions about amount of times respondent works outdoors; the respondent's sun and heat protection behaviors; perceptions of their sun exposure risk and history of sunburn; presence and perception of workplace policies, procedures, standards, resources, and training for sun safety and heat at the organization; experience with the Go Sun Smart Georgia program; and respondent demographics.

  16 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (8)

• Change in worksite policy adoption

  Baseline, After 16 weeks

• Worksite sun safety education

  Baseline, After 16 weeks

• Change in worksite sun safety actions

  Baseline, After 16 weeks

• Appropriateness of program

  At 16 weeks

• Feasibility of program

  At 16 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Early Intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

6 worksites will be enrolled. GSSG implementation in May-August 2024

Behavioral: Go Sun Smart Georgia (GSSG)

Delayed Intervention

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

6 worksites will be enrolled. GSSG implementation in August- December 2024.

Behavioral: Go Sun Smart Georgia (GSSG)

Interventions

Go Sun Smart Georgia (GSSG) BEHAVIORAL

Go Sun Smart Georgia (GSSG) is an educational, train-the-trainer, and technical assistance program for Georgia worksites that employ outdoor workers. GSSG is delivered through personal contacts with senior worksite managers, employee training, and distribution of educational materials. In meetings with managers, trained coaches work to increase perceived need for workplace sun safety, cite advice from national authorities (e.g., CDC and NIOSH), plan for policy implementation, alter policies/education and/or workplace to improve fit, clarify changes to other managers/ employees, and bundle sun safety with worksite safety. The intervention period will last 12-16 weeks in each of the groups.

Delayed Intervention; Early Intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• 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

You may not qualify if:

• 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

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Emory University: lead
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: collaborator
• Klein Buendel, Inc.: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Rollins School of Public Health

Atlanta, Georgia, 30322, United States

Location

Study Officials

• Alexandra Morshed, PhD

  Rollins School of Public Health

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: INVESTIGATOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 1, 2024
• First Posted: May 17, 2024
• Study Start: May 6, 2024
• Primary Completion: March 7, 2025
• Study Completion: May 31, 2025
• Last Updated: February 27, 2026

Record last verified: 2025-07

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: SAP, CSR
• Time Frame: Data will be made available no later than the time of an associated publication or the end of the performance period of the SIP award that funds this project. Data will be made available for at least 5 years.
• Access Criteria: Scientific data will be preserved and shared using the Emory Dataverse Repository, sco.library.emory.edu/dataverse, where they will be publicly available to those interested in using them.

Locations

US (1)