A Mobile-Based Mindfulness and Social Support Program for Adolescents and Young Adults With Sarcoma: Development and Pilot Testing.

Background: Approximately 70,000 adolescents and young adults (AYA) are diagnosed with cancer each year in the United States. Sarcomas carry a particularly high symptom burden and are some of the most common cancers among AYA. Recent work has documented significant levels of unmet needs among AYA with cancer, particularly the need for psychosocial support.

Feasibility and Acceptance Testing of a Mobile Application Providing Psychosocial Support for Parents of Children and Adolescents With Chronic Pain: Results of a Nonrandomized Trial.

Objective To conduct a single-arm pilot study assessing the feasibility and acceptability of a 30-day parent-focused mindfulness and psychosocial support mobile app intervention for parents of children with chronic pain. Methods Thirty parents completed the intervention, which included a mindfulness curriculum, peer support videos, and written psychoeducational content. Twelve healthcare providers also assessed the app and provided feedback.

Text messaging intervention for teens and young adults with diabetes.

Adolescents and young adults use text messaging as their primary mode of communication, thus providing an opportunity to use this mode of communication for mobile health (mHealth) interventions. Youth with diabetes are an important group for these mHealth initiatives, as diabetes management requires an enormous amount of daily effort and this population has difficulty achieving optimal diabetes management. Goal setting and self-efficacy are 2 factors in the management of diabetes.

Identifying the educational needs of menopausal women: a feasibility study.

Background: The goal of this project was to identify the educational needs of menopausal women and test the feasibility of an online self management program based on social learning theory.

Methods: The four stages included 1) a needs assessment using a) focus groups with 24 women ages 40 to 55 and b) phone interviews with eight health experts; 2) the use of concept mapping methodology for quantifying qualitative data from stage 1 to identify the core programmatic concepts; 3) development of a demonstration program; and 4) a pilot study with 35 women and 9 health experts to assess knowledge gained and program satisfaction.

Results: Results show that women desire more information about normalcy of menopause and symptom management and found the program to meet a need for menopausal education otherwise perceived as unavailable.

Teaching adolescents about changing bodies: Randomized controlled trial of an Internet puberty education and body dissatisfaction prevention program.

This study tested the efficacy of an Internet-based prevention program, Trouble on the Tightrope: In Search of Skateboard Sam, on pubertal knowledge, body esteem, and self-esteem. One hundred and ninety participants (mean age 11.6 years) were randomized to either an intervention or attention placebo control condition and were assessed at baseline, after three Internet-based sessions, and at 3-month follow-up.

Motivation, self-efficacy, physical activity and nutrition in college students: randomized controlled trial of an internet-based education program.

Objective: MyStudentBody.com-Nutrition (MSB-N) is an internet-based nutrition and physical activity education program for college students.

Method: Students from six universities (N=476) in the U.