Publications by authors named "Sophia Russell"
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- * The program has expanded to two additional Texas institutions, gathering insights from 116 Community Scientists and 64 researchers over 100 feedback sessions to evaluate its impact and effectiveness.
- * Findings show that Community Scientists gained a deeper understanding and shifted their views on research, while all participating researchers reported satisfaction with the program, indicating it positively influenced their research practices and aims to reduce health disparities.
Background: The use of new and emerging tobacco products (NETPs) and conventional tobacco products (CTPs) has been linked to several alarming medical conditions among young adults (YAs). Considering that 96% of YAs own mobile phones, SMS text messaging may be an effective strategy for tobacco risk communication.
Objective: Project Debunk is a community-based randomized trial aiming to identify specific types of messages that effectively improve perceived NETP and CTP risk among YAs in community colleges.
Background: Community-college students are at high risk for tobacco use. Because the use of mobile phone text messaging is nearly ubiquitous today, short message service (SMS) may be an effective strategy for tobacco risk communication in this population. Little is known, however, concerning the message structure significantly influencing perceived tobacco risk.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Engaging young adults for the purpose of communicating health risks associated with nicotine and tobacco use can be challenging since they comprise a population heavily targeted with appealing marketing by the evolving tobacco industry. The Food and Drug Administration seeks novel ways to effectively communicate risks to warn about using these products. This paper describes the first step in developing a text messaging program delivered by smartphones that manipulate three messaging characteristics (i.
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