Lung cancer screening provider recommendation and completion in black and White patients with a smoking history in two healthcare systems: a survey study.

Background: Annual lung cancer screening (LCS) with low dose CT reduces lung cancer mortality. LCS is underutilized. Black people who smoke tobacco have high risk of lung cancer but are less likely to be screened than are White people.

Mind Your Heart: Exploring Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Effects of Phone-Delivered Mindfulness Training on Medication Adherence in Outpatients With Chronic Heart Failure.

Background: Mindfulness training (MT) may promote medication adherence in outpatients with heart failure.

Objective: The aims of this study were to determine the feasibility and acceptability of MT (primary outcomes) and explore effects on medication adherence, functional capacity, cognitive function, depression, and mindfulness skills (secondary outcomes).

Methods: In this pre/post-design study, participants received a 30-minute phone-delivered MT session weekly for 8 weeks.

Exploring Effects of Aerobic Exercise and Mindfulness Training on Cognitive Function in Older Adults at Risk of Dementia: A Feasibility, Proof-of-Concept Study.

Objectives: This study sought to explore feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of aerobic training (AT), mindfulness training (MT), or both (MT + AT) on cognitive function in older individuals at risk of dementia.

Method: Participants were randomized to AT, MT, both, or usual care (UC). Z-scores of attention, verbal fluency, and episodic memory for non-demented adults (ZAVEN) were computed at baseline, end of treatment (EOT), and 6 months since baseline.

C.A.R.E.S: A mobile health program for alcohol risk reduction in community college students.

Background: Compared to students at four-year residential colleges, Community College Students (CCS) are at greater risk for binge drinking and alcohol related risks, however few interventions have been developed specifically for the needs of CCS.

Methods And Design: This study design tests the efficacy of a smartphone app (CARES) compared to an existing online alcohol education (AE) program. CCS (n = 250) will be recruited using a nationwide social media campaign and randomly assigned to either arm, stratified by sex and age (over/under 21).

A qualitative examination of drinking patterns among community college students.

The purpose of this study was to gain insight about patterns of alcohol use and related consequences among heavy drinking community college students. About 26 community college students (Mean age 22.3 years, 46% men, 69% White) participated in this study between January and April 2013.

A text message delivered smoking cessation intervention: Design and rationale of the Text My Quit Study.

Introduction: Smoking cessation interventions delivered through mobile technologies offer promise as an effective intervention tool. However, most existing programs have not been empirically tested, were not developed with end-user participation, and/or do not address evidence-based cognitive and behavioral variables shown to enhance smoking cessation in clinical trials. In addition, many programs tested in research trials have required users to access the internet and/or a smartphone app to access all program features, limiting the potential reach of those programs.

Exercise Videogames, Physical Activity, and Health: Wii Heart Fitness: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Introduction: Adults who engage in regular physical activity have lower rates of morbidity and mortality than those who do not. Exercise videogames may offer an attractive, sustainable alternative or supplement to traditional modes of exercise. This study compared exercise videogames with standard exercise modalities for improving uptake and maintenance of moderate to vigorous physical activity, and health risk indices.

The Mobile Phone Affinity Scale: Enhancement and Refinement.

Background: Existing instruments that assess individuals' relationships with mobile phones tend to focus on negative constructs such as addiction or dependence, and appear to assume that high mobile phone use reflects pathology. Mobile phones can be beneficial for health behavior change, disease management, work productivity, and social connections, so there is a need for an instrument that provides a more balanced assessment of the various aspects of individuals' relationships with mobile phones.

Objective: The purpose of this research was to develop, revise, and validate the Mobile Phone Affinity Scale, a multi-scale instrument designed to assess key factors associated with mobile phone use.

A text message intervention for alcohol risk reduction among community college students: TMAP.

Background: Students at community colleges comprise nearly half of all U.S. college students and show higher risk of heavy drinking and related consequences compared to students at 4-year colleges, but no alcohol safety programs currently target this population.

Development of the Mobile Phone Attachment Scale.

Existing instruments that assess the individual's relationship with technology tend to focus on negative constructs and assume that a high use of technology reflects pathology. Since technology use can be beneficial, there is a need for a more balanced instrument. An initial survey to assess the individual's relationship with their mobile phone was developed, checked for face validity and the resulting survey was administered online to students at local colleges.

Translating Behavioral Interventions Onto mHealth Platforms: Developing Text Message Interventions for Smoking and Alcohol.

The development of mHealth applications is often driven by the investigators and developers with relatively little input from the targeted population. User input is commonly limited to "like/dislike" post- intervention consumer satisfaction ratings or device or application specific user analytics such as usability. However, to produce successful mHealth applications with lasting effects on health behaviors it is crucial to obtain user input from the start of each project and throughout development.

Building an Evidence Base Using Qualitative Data for mHealth Development.

To be successful mHealth applications must be consistent with the way individuals use technology. Using qualitative methods and an iterative approach that blends consumer-driven and investigator-driven aims can produce paradigm-shifting, novel intervention applications that maximize the likelihood of use by the target audience and their potential impact on health behaviors. In behavioral health the development of mHealth applications often takes a top-down approach driven by the investigators and programmers, with relatively little input from the targeted population.

Feasibility of a portable pedal exercise machine for reducing sedentary time in the workplace.

Background: Sedentary time is independently associated with an increased risk of metabolic disease. Worksite interventions designed to decrease sedentary time may serve to improve employee health.

Objective: The purpose of this study is to test the feasibility and use of a pedal exercise machine for reducing workplace sedentary time.