Using mHealth to Deliver Behavior Change Interventions Within Prenatal Care at Community Health Centers.

Purpose: To test an iPad-delivered multiple behavior tailored intervention (Healthy Pregnancy: Step by Step) for pregnant women that addresses smoking cessation, stress management, and fruit and vegetable consumption.

Design: A randomized 2 × 5 factorial repeated measures design was employed with randomization on the individual level stratified on behavior risk. Women completed three sessions during pregnancy and two postpartum at postdelivery months 1 and 4.

Randomized trial of a computer-tailored intervention for patients with depression.

PURPOSE. Examine the efficacy of a computer-tailored intervention (CTI) based on the transtheoretical model (TTM) for reducing depression, an increasingly important component of health promotion programs. DESIGN.

An Internet-Based Computer-Tailored Intervention to Promote Responsible Drinking: Findings from a Pilot Test with Employed Adults.

This paper describes pilot test findings of an Internet-based, Transtheoretical Model-based, computer tailored intervention for adults who exceed national guidelines for low-risk drinking. In a pilot test, 166 adults recruited from worksites completed one session and evaluated the program. Pre and post assessments indicate intention to make behavioral changes.

Prevention profiles: Understanding youth who do not use substances.

This study replicates innovative profiles of prevention among students not using substances but who may be at different risks for acquisition. Using the Transtheoretical Model constructs of Decisional Balance and Temptations, cluster analyses were performed on four independent samples of students (n=1240) in the USA, England and Israel. For each sample, the same four distinct profiles emerged.

An assessment of the HIV/AIDS knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of adolescents living in a large metropolitan area.

This article assesses the HIV/AIDS knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of a predominately African-American sample of adolescents (N=1503) attending 8th grade in a major Southeastern metropolitan area. Although their knowledge about human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission was high, respondents held several misconceptions about HIV and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), and not all students knew which type of condom effectively blocks HIV transmission. Respondents in general felt confident that they could resist pressure to smoke marijuana or drink alcohol, but were less confident of their ability to resist pressure to have sex.

Keepin' it R.E.A.L.!: program description and results of baseline assessment.

In this article, the authors present the results of the analysis of the baseline data from Keepin' it R.E.A.