mHealth Improved Fruit and Vegetable Accessibility and Intake in Young Children.

Objective: To explore the potential of mHealth using smartphones to improve fruit and vegetable intake in children.

Design: A 10-week randomized control and intervention pilot study.

Setting: Story time sessions at local libraries.

Improving Cancer Risk Awareness Including Obesity as a Risk Factor for Cancer in a Small U.S. Community.

Obesity is a risk for certain types of cancer; however, awareness of obesity as a risk factor for cancer is low. This study evaluated increases in cancer risk awareness, including obesity as a risk factor for cancer, from a quasi-experimental intervention that provided educational materials and community reinforcement for healthy living. The study uses data on participant's awareness of cancer risk factors along with sociodemographic variables collected from in-person surveys (N = 863) at baseline (June 2011) and post intervention (June 2012).

Military Parents' Personal Technology Usage and Interest in e-Health Information for Obesity Prevention.

Background: U.S. military families are experiencing high obesity rates similar to the civilian population.

Reducing cancer risk in rural communities through supermarket interventions.

Cancer risk is high, and prevention efforts are often minimal in rural communities. Feasible means of encouraging lifestyles that will reduce cancer risk for residents of rural communities are needed. This project developed and tested a model that could be feasibly adopted by rural communities to reduce cancer risk.