Whiteboard-based video provides hispanic patients with melanoma knowledge and retention at 3-month follow-up

Summary: Abstract Body: While Caucasians have the highest incidence of melanoma, Hispanics present with higher stage melanoma and have worse survival. Therefore, we aimed to create a whiteboard-based bilingual melanoma educational video and evaluate melanoma knowledge retention at 3 months post-education. Hispanic or Latino individuals identified through Mayo Data Explorer were emailed a link to a five-and-a-half-minute video on melanoma, including risk factors, self-skin examinations, and sun-protective behaviors. The email response rate was 2.2%, and the survey completion rate was 69.6%. Of 1,274 individuals who completed the baseline survey, 813 (63.8%) completed the 3-month follow-up survey. Improvements were seen in melanoma knowledge score between pre-intervention and directly after the intervention (9.50 vs 12.17, p<0.001) and at three-month follow-up (9.50 vs 11.28, p<0.001). However, there was a decrease in knowledge from directly post-intervention to 3 months post-intervention (12.17 vs. 11.28, p<0.001). Improvements were also seen in sun-protective behaviors, including confidence in performing self-skin examinations, wearing protective clothing when outside, and wearing sunscreen when outside at post-intervention and three-month follow-up compared to baseline (p<0.001). To the best of our knowledge, this is the largest whiteboard-based bilingual melanoma education developed and shown to improve melanoma knowledge and behaviors in Hispanic patients. Patients were more likely to report wearing sunscreen and sun-protective clothing when outside and conducting self-skin examinations after the intervention. However, these behaviors decreased at three months compared to directly after the intervention, suggesting that ongoing education may be necessary to impact melanoma outcomes long-term. Sarah Amjad⁴, Andy Ho⁴, Adina Greene^{1, 3}, Richard Butterfield², Nan Zhang², Aaron R. Mangold³, Collin Costello³ 1. The University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, United States. 2. Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ, United States. 3. Department of Dermatology, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ, United States. 4. Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine Phoenix, AZ, Phoenix, AZ, United States. Minoritized Populations and Health Disparities Research