Not just a Barbie in hijab: participant perspectives on culturally tailoring a virtual health assistant for Bangladeshi immigrants in the US promoting colorectal cancer screening.

Background: Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening uptake among South Asian immigrants in the US is the lowest (61.1%) of all immigrant groups (e.g.

Evaluating the SEND eHealth Application to Improve Patients' Secure Message Writing.

Secure messaging (SM) is an important aspect of communication for patients with cancer. SM fosters patient-clinician communication and helps patients with symptom management and treatment support. However, patients are uncertain about how to phrase messages appropriately and have expressed the need for guidance.

Identifying barriers and facilitators for using a smartwatch to monitor health among older adults.

Smartwatches are a type of wearable device that enable continuous monitoring of an individual's activities and critical health metrics. As the number of older adults age 65+ continues to grow in the U.S.

Understanding the Design of Fear Appeals by Applying the Extended Parallel Process Model: A Qualitative Analysis of COVID-19 Public Service Announcements.

Purpose: Identify how early COVID-19 public health messages incorporated in the tenets of the extended parallel process model (EPPM).

Setting: YouTube videos developed by governmental departments, medical institutions, news organizations, and non-profit organizations in the United States were aggregated.

Method: This qualitative study conducted a keyword search to identify public service announcements (PSAs).

Identifying the mechanisms of patient-centred communication in secure messages between clinicians and cancer patients.

Objective: Identify how patients and clinicians incorporate patient-centered communication (PCC) within secure messaging.

Methods: A random sample of 199 secure messages from patient portal communication between patients and clinicians were collected and analyzed. Via manual annotation, the task of tagging target words/phrases in text, we identified five components of PCC: information giving, information seeking, emotional support, partnership, and shared decision-making.

Feasibility of a Smartwatch Platform to Assess Ecological Mobility: Real-Time Online Assessment and Mobility Monitor.

Background: Early detection of mobility decline is critical to prevent subsequent reductions in quality of life, disability, and mortality. However, traditional approaches to mobility assessment are limited in their ability to capture daily fluctuations that align with sporadic health events. We aim to describe findings from a pilot study of our Real-time Online Assessment and Mobility Monitor (ROAMM) smartwatch application, which uniquely captures multiple streams of data in real time in ecological settings.

Integrating patient-centeredness into online patient-clinician communication: a qualitative analysis of clinicians' secure messaging usage.

Purpose: Patient-centered communication (PCC) in cancer care is helpful to nurture the patient-clinician relationship and respond to patients' emotions. However, it is unknown how PCC is incorporated into electronic patient-clinician communication.

Methods: In-depth, semi-structured qualitative interviews with clinicians were conducted to understand how PCC was integrated into asynchronous communication between patients and clinicians; otherwise, known as secure messaging.

Clinicians' Attitudes and Behaviors Towards Communicating Electronically with Patients: A Grounded Practical Theory Approach.

Secure messaging (SM), asynchronous communication between patients and clinicians, is an increasingly popular tool among patients to contact clinicians about their care. Despite patients' enthusiasm, clinicians have been hesitant to embrace the technology to communicate with patients. Using the theoretical and methodological framework of Grounded Practical Theory (GPT), we analyzed and interpreted clinicians' perceptions, attitudes, and approaches toward SM to communicate with patients.

Practicing Mindfulness through mHealth Applications: Emerging Adults' Health-Enhancing and Inhibiting Experiences.

Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) and practices (MBPs) can promote better health outcomes. Although MBIs and MBPs were developed to be delivered in-person, mobile health (mHealth) tools such as apps have made these more accessible. Mindfulness apps (MAs) are popular among emerging adults (EAs) who have the highest ownership of smartphones and who are also at risk for distress.

Clinicians' Perceptions of the Benefits and Challenges of Teleoncology as Experienced Through the COVID-19 Pandemic: Qualitative Study.

Background: COVID-19 thrust both patients and clinicians to use telemedicine in place of traditional in-person visits. Prepandemic, limited research had examined clinician-patient communication in telemedicine visits. The shift to telemedicine in oncology, or teleoncology, has placed attention on how the technology can be utilized to provide care for patients with cancer.

Secure Messaging and COVID-19: A Content Analysis of Patient-Clinician Communication During the Pandemic.

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) immediately impacted patientclinician communication, particularly in the oncology setting. Relatedly, secure messaging (SM) usage greatly increased, yet it is unknown what was discussed and whether the technology was utilized to disseminate information. This study aimed at identifying the most frequently discussed topics using SM as well as at understanding how the communication process transpired during the early stages of the pandemic.

Vaping and Instagram: A Content Analysis of e-Cigarette Posts Using the Content Appealing to Youth (CAY) Index.

The promotion of flavors, perceptions of "coolness," and general curiosity are characteristics of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) that have appealed to young adults. However, little is known about the characteristics of popular social media posts related to ENDS on the social media network, Instagram. : Content analysis was performed using the Content Appealing to Youth (CAY) index.

The Causal Relationship Between Portal Usage and Self-Efficacious Health Information-Seeking Behaviors: Secondary Analysis of the Health Information National Trends Survey Data.

Background: Patient portals have drawn much attention, as they are considered an important tool for health providers in facilitating patient engagement. However, little is known about whether the intensive use of patient portals contributes to improved management of patients' health in terms of their confidence in acquiring health information and exercising self-care. There is a lack of randomized trials with these outcomes measured both pre- and postadoption of patient portals.

Improving secure messaging: A framework for support, partnership & information-giving communicating electronically (SPICE).

Background: Patient-centered communication benefits patients and is widely endorsed. However, it is primarily associated with face-to-face contexts, although patients are increasingly using electronic platforms, such as secure messaging in patient portals, to communicate with providers.

Purpose: Given the popularity of secure messaging and its ability to impact the patient-provider relationship, this study aimed to determine which attributes of patient-centered communication are most desired by cancer patients using secure messaging.

A Simulated Graphical Interface for Integrating Patient-Generated Health Data From Smartwatches With Electronic Health Records: Usability Study.

Background: Wearable technology, such as smartwatches, can capture valuable patient-generated data and help inform patient care. Electronic health records provide logical and practical platforms for including such data, but it is necessary to evaluate the way the data are presented and visualized.

Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate a graphical interface that displays patients' health data from smartwatches, mimicking the integration within the environment of electronic health records.

Fatalistic Cancer Beliefs Across Generations and Geographic Classifications: Examining the Role of Health Information Seeking Challenges and Confidence.

Information seeking is an active health behavior that influences cancer fatalism; however, people commonly experience challenges in accessing high-quality and actionable health information that is personally relevant. This is especially common among older and rural adults who have a high cancer risk. The purpose of this study was to examine the theoretical assumption that enhancing perceived confidence to overcome health information seeking challenges will alleviate cancer fatalism.

Secondary care provider attitudes towards patient generated health data from smartwatches.

Wearable devices, like smartwatches, are increasingly used for tracking physical activity, community mobility, and monitoring symptoms. Data generated from smartwatches (PGHD_SW) is a form of patient-generated health data, which can benefit providers by supplying frequent temporal information about patients. The goal of this study was to understand providers' perceptions towards PGHD_SW adoption and its integration with electronic medical records.

A content analysis of the promotional strategies employed by e-cigarette brands on Twitter.

Cigarette smoking in the U.S. is declining, but e-cigarette (e-cig) use is rapidly expanding.

Twenty-first Century Bedside Manner: Exploring Patient-Centered Communication in Secure Messaging with Cancer Patients.

Patient-centered communication (PCC) is integral to providing high-quality health care and is recommended to be incorporated during face-to-face consultations. Electronic communication, such as the use of secure messaging (SM) within patient portals, is a popular form of patient-provider communication, but preliminary studies have shown that PCC is rarely utilized by providers in SM. As a consequence, the patient-provider relationship can be negatively affected, especially for cancer patients who have greater electronic health information needs than the general population.

Patient access to clinical notes in oncology: A mixed method analysis of oncologists' attitudes and linguistic characteristics towards notes.

Background: Providers have expressed concern about patient access to clinical notes. There is the possibility that providers may linguistically censor notes knowing that patients have access.

Purpose: Qualitative interviews and a pre- and post- linguistic analysis of the implementation of OpenNotes was performed to determine whether oncologists changed the content and style of their notes.

Identifying How Patient Portals Impact Communication in Oncology.

Patient portals are becoming widespread throughout health-care systems. Initial research has demonstrated that they positively impact patient-provider communication and patients' health knowledge, but little is known about the impact of patient portals in the cancer setting, where highly complex and uncertain medical data are available for patients to view. To better understand communicative behaviors and perceptions of the patient portal and how it is utilized in oncology, in-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 48 participants: 35 patients and 13 oncologists.