Sun SafetyGSSGNCT06418672
Go Sun Smart Georgia Evaluation
A study testing Go Sun Smart Georgia (GSSG) in people with Sun Safety, run by Emory University at 1 site in United States.
Trial 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. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Sun Safety
- What is being tested?
- Go Sun Smart Georgia (GSSG)
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 312 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- 6 May 2024to 31 May 2025
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- 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
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- 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
Who cannot join
- 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
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
United States1 site
Rollins School of Public Health
Atlanta, Georgia, 30322
About this study
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
Read the detailed description
This project builds on the original Go Sun Smart at Work (GSSW) program-a sun safety educational program delivered to worksite leaders, managers, and workers-that was previously shown to be effective for employers adopting sun safety policies and implementing sun safety education and actions, and improved employees' sun protection behavior (e.g., use of protective clothing).
To successfully implement and scale up GSSW with outdoor workers in Southwest Georgia-predominantly African American and Hispanic-this intervention must be systematically adapted to ensure program fit to the population and setting while maintaining core program elements. A well-adapted and tailored occupational sun safety program with high dissemination potential will greatly impact this overlooked employee population, reduce health care costs, improve quality of life, and save lives. The adaptation process took place in 2022-2024, and the adapted Go Sun Smart Georgia (GSSG) program will be evaluated in 2024.
Go Sun Smart Georgia (GSSG) is an educational, train-the-trainer, and technical assistance program for Georgia worksites that employ outdoor workers. It will be implemented with worksites assigned to the intervention group in May-Aug 2024 and with worksites assigned to the comparison (delayed intervention) group in Aug - Dec. 2024. The study team will provide worksites with training for internal worksite coaches (the coach(es) will be employee(s) chosen by the worksite to serve as a champion for the program, not part of the study staff and paid by the worksite), training for other internal educators, technical assistance for conducting the program, and employee educational sessions, as needed.
- Conditions
- Sun Safety
- Being tested
- Go Sun Smart Georgia (GSSG)
- Keywords
- Sun Protection Behavior, Sun Safety Education
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Go Sun Smart Georgia (GSSG)Behavioural
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.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Early Intervention | Experimental | 6 worksites will be enrolled. GSSG implementation in May-August 2024 Receives: Behavioral: Go Sun Smart Georgia (GSSG) |
| Delayed Intervention | Active comparator | 6 worksites will be enrolled. GSSG implementation in August- December 2024. Receives: Behavioral: Go Sun Smart Georgia (GSSG) |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
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.
Measured: 16 weeks
Secondary outcomes (8)
Change in worksite policy adoption
Will be captured through manager survey, outdoor worker survey
Measured: Baseline, After 16 weeks
Worksite sun safety education
Will be captured through manager survey, outdoor worker survey
Measured: Baseline, After 16 weeks
Change in worksite sun safety actions
Will be captured through manager survey
Measured: Baseline, After 16 weeks
Appropriateness of program
Will be captured through manager survey, outdoor worker survey, semi-structured interviews
Measured: At 16 weeks
Feasibility of program
Will be captured through manager survey, outdoor worker survey, semi-structured interviews
Measured: At 16 weeks
Acceptability of program
Will be captured through manager survey, outdoor worker survey, semi-structured interviews
Measured: At 16 weeks
Fidelity of implementation
Will be captured through program logs.
Measured: 16 weeks
Representativeness of participants
Will be captured through outdoor worker survey
Measured: At 16 weeks
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted17 May 2024
- Study start6 May 2024
- Primary completion7 Mar 2025
- Study completion31 May 2025
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Sun SafetyStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Emory UniversityThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Investigator
- Enrolment
- 312 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Emory University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Klein Buendel, Inc.
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Alexandra Morshed, Emory University
- Investigators
- Alexandra Morshed, PhD, Principal investigator, Rollins School of Public Health
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06418672
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- STUDY00007062
- Other IDs
- 3U48DP006377-03S4, 2025P011585
- Acronym
- GSSG
- Status last verified
- Jul 2025
- First submitted
- 1 May 2024
- Last updated
- 27 Feb 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Yes: To enable interoperability of datasets and resources, we will provide a data codebook/dictionary for all variables included per dataset and documentation with the following elements: information about how the data were collected, sampling details, data cleaning details, related publications, and grant information. The team will make available platform-independent, character-based formats of datasets (e.g., CSV) that retain full detail and precision
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 27 Feb 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Go Sun Smart Georgia Evaluation
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06418672
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- GSSG / STUDY00007062
- Conditions
- Sun Safety
- Keywords
- Sun Protection Behavior, Sun Safety Education
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 312 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Emory UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Klein Buendel, Inc.
- Study start
- 6 May 2024 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 7 Mar 2025 (actual)
- Study completion
- 31 May 2025 (actual)
- First posted
- 17 May 2024 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
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
Detailed description
This project builds on the original Go Sun Smart at Work (GSSW) program-a sun safety educational program delivered to worksite leaders, managers, and workers-that was previously shown to be effective for employers adopting sun safety policies and implementing sun safety education and actions, and improved employees' sun protection behavior (e.g., use of protective clothing).
To successfully implement and scale up GSSW with outdoor workers in Southwest Georgia-predominantly African American and Hispanic-this intervention must be systematically adapted to ensure program fit to the population and setting while maintaining core program elements. A well-adapted and tailored occupational sun safety program with high dissemination potential will greatly impact this overlooked employee population, reduce health care costs, improve quality of life, and save lives. The adaptation process took place in 2022-2024, and the adapted Go Sun Smart Georgia (GSSG) program will be evaluated in 2024.
Go Sun Smart Georgia (GSSG) is an educational, train-the-trainer, and technical assistance program for Georgia worksites that employ outdoor workers. It will be implemented with worksites assigned to the intervention group in May-Aug 2024 and with worksites assigned to the comparison (delayed intervention) group in Aug - Dec. 2024. The study team will provide worksites with training for internal worksite coaches (the coach(es) will be employee(s) chosen by the worksite to serve as a champion for the program, not part of the study staff and paid by the worksite), training for other internal educators, technical assistance for conducting the program, and employee educational sessions, as needed.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind (investigator)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Early Intervention | Experimental | Behavioral: Go Sun Smart Georgia (GSSG)6 worksites will be enrolled. GSSG implementation in May-August 2024 |
| Delayed Intervention | Active comparator | Behavioral: Go Sun Smart Georgia (GSSG)6 worksites will be enrolled. GSSG implementation in August- December 2024. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (12 listed)
- Outdoor workers
- Employed at participating worksite
- Works at least 5 hours outdoors per week
- Can read and/or clearly understand English
- Managers
Key exclusion criteria (6 listed)
- 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
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Go Sun Smart Georgia (GSSG)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. | Behavioural | Delayed Intervention, Early Intervention |
Primary outcome
Change in outdoor worker sun safety behaviors
Time frame: 16 weeks
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.
8 secondary outcomes
Change in worksite policy adoption
Time frame: Baseline, After 16 weeks
Worksite sun safety education
Time frame: Baseline, After 16 weeks
Change in worksite sun safety actions
Time frame: Baseline, After 16 weeks
Appropriateness of program
Time frame: At 16 weeks
Feasibility of program
Time frame: At 16 weeks
Acceptability of program
Time frame: At 16 weeks
Fidelity of implementation
Time frame: 16 weeks
Representativeness of participants
Time frame: At 16 weeks
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 27 Feb 2026.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Yes. To enable interoperability of datasets and resources, we will provide a data codebook/dictionary for all variables included per dataset and documentation with the following elements: information about how the data were collected, sampling details, data cleaning details, related publications, and grant information. The team will make available platform-independent, character-based formats of datasets (e.g., CSV) that retain full detail and precision
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Alexandra Morshed, PhD principal investigator
Rollins School of Public Health
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Go Sun Smart Georgia (GSSG) in people with Sun Safety, run by Emory University at 1 site in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 12 inclusion and 6 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 27 Feb 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Change in outdoor worker sun safety behaviors (time frame: 16 weeks). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 27 Feb 2026.