Promoting Influenza Vaccination Among an ACA Health Plan Subscriber Population: A Randomized Trial.

Purpose: To assess the effectiveness of an intervention to promote influenza vaccination among members of an Affordable Care Act (ACA) insurance plan.

Design: Randomized controlled trial.

Setting: Messages were delivered by a community-based, nonprofit health insurance provider to its members in Central Texas.

Effect of Media Use on Adolescent Body Weight.

Introduction: Adolescents spend a substantial amount of time consuming media, including watching television, playing video games, and using electronic devices to access the internet. We examined the relationship between prolonged media use on screen devices and its potential association with obesity through several mechanisms.

Methods: We used data from 659,288 eighth and eleventh grade students who participated in the 2015-2016 School Physical Activity and Nutrition (SPAN) survey in Texas to examine the associations between hours of media use per day and 3 behaviors related to obesity: timing of last food intake, unhealthy eating behavior, and sleep hours.

Using a Mobile App to Promote Smoking Cessation in Hospitalized Patients.

Background: The potential of interactive health education for preventive health applications has been widely demonstrated. However, use of mobile apps to promote smoking cessation in hospitalized patients has not been systematically assessed.

Objective: This study was conducted to assess the feasibility of using a mobile app for the hazards of smoking education delivered via touch screen tablets to hospitalized smokers.