Feasibility and Acceptability
SAID
Retention rates were 91% (21/23) for the intervention arm and 100% (15/15) for the control arm, suggesting that the intervention is feasible. Regarding acceptability, 85% (18/21) of the intervention participants reported that the Hombres staff were helpful or very helpful and 90% (18/20) of the participants reported that the research study was at least somewhat helpful to very helpful. Overall, 75% (16/21) of the intervention group participants reported that they gained some to a lot of knowledge from the study website and 100% (20/20) reported that they were somewhat to very motivated from using the website. Overall, 95% (19/20) of the participants reported that the Hombres study was somewhat to very helpful in getting them to be more physically active. All the intervention participants (21/21, 100%) reported that they were somewhat to very satisfied with the Hombres study, and all (20/20, 100%) reported that they would recommend it to a friend.Participants completed follow-up surveys with open-ended qualitative questions; moreover, we conducted postintervention qualitative interviews with 76% (16/21) of the PA intervention participants and 53% (8/15) of the control group participants. The interview results indicated that participants were happy with the study enrollment process, but thought that the enrollment process was long, and a few of the men had language difficulties and would have preferred the intervention in English. For example, an interview participant said the following:Those surveys should be checked. They’re too long...Another participant said the following:...The language – because...those who are born here have difficulty speaking Spanish.In terms of the intervention, participants viewed the website and the SMS text messages favorably, but the Facebook intervention was used less often by participants. Participants in the PA group indicated that the intervention provided them with Because, if you don’t do it, the spouse or partner motivates you...I think that doing it alone is the difficult part of the program.Participants also wanted more interaction with other participants and group activities in future interventions. A PA group participant said the following:If for example, there were an opportunity to gather all of us...so that you can go out to walk or do activities together...that could’ve helped a lot...Participants also suggested having more personalized advice. Participants in the PA group expressed interest in future interventions that included nutrition. A participant said the following:I believe that exercise is an essential part of being healthy, but what is really important is to maintain a healthy diet and help yourself with exercise.