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mobile health intervention for suicide prevention in Australian Indigenous youth: a pilot randomised controlled trial
Their joint study — published on July 25, 2017 in JAMA — tested
a mobile health intervention with the potential to positively impact attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived control — those TPB variables that affect caregivers» adherence to safe sleep practices, as shown by Colson's research.
The researchers analyzed 37 unique studies of
mobile health interventions, looking for statistical evidence of changes in health behavior or disease control in participants 18 years old or younger.
«Given the ubiquity of mobile phones,
mobile health interventions offer promise in improving public health.»
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Mobile health interventions appear to be a viable health behavior change intervention modality for youth,» the study concludes.
Not exact matches
Digital
Interventions: A Tour of Approaches and Evidence Digital
health and the convergence of
mobile technologies, sensors, persuasive design of software and analytics has afforded providers the opportunity to leverage the «labor» of healthcare to achieve equal or better clinical outcomes than traditional care has afforded them.
«The information resulting from this study will be valuable for scientists and developers working cooperatively in the
mobile health domain as well as physicians and other practitioners who seek low - cost
interventions to increase their patients» physical activity,» concluded Dr. Conroy.
As the proliferation of smartphones and other
mobile devices continues, healthcare professionals — and patients — see promising vehicles for the delivery of
health - related
interventions to large segments of the population.
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Health interventions could be delivered through schools: by one estimation, delivering simple treatments such as micronutrient pills through schools would cost one tenth of the price of using mobile health
Health interventions could be delivered through schools: by one estimation, delivering simple treatments such as micronutrient pills through schools would cost one tenth of the price of using
mobile health health units.
His background includes working as a bilingual (English - Spanish) social worker in community mental
health; participating on a
mobile crisis
intervention unit for suicidal, homicidal, and actively psychotic youth; providing home - based individual and family therapy; facilitating experiential outdoor therapy groups for pre-adolescent youth with externalizing disorders; and running process - oriented parenting groups for parents trying to reunify with their children after removal for abuse and / or neglect.