Publications by authors named "W R Woodall"
Developing a smartphone web app to help DWI offenders and their families.
J Subst Use Addict Treat
January 2025
Article Synopsis
- The study focused on developing a smartphone-web app aimed at supporting DWI offenders and their concerned family members (CFMs) during and after the use of ignition interlock devices (IIDs).
- Key findings from interviews and focus groups revealed that both DWI offenders and CFMs face challenges such as a lack of information, financial strain, and the importance of supportive communication, leading to the creation of four app modules.
- Usability testing showed that the app was user-friendly and met the needs of its target audience, highlighting the need for further research to assess its effectiveness.
Objective: The Open Payments Program (OPP) was a database started in 2013 by the US government to report payments made by the medical device and pharmaceutical industry to physicians. Neurosurgery is a technologically advanced field that relies heavily on the latest innovations for complex treatment of its patient population. This study sought to explore the financial relationship between academic neurosurgeons and the industry.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Many emerging adults (EAs) are prone to making unhealthy choices, which increase their risk of premature cancer morbidity and mortality. In the era of social media, rigorous research on interventions to promote health behaviors for cancer risk reduction among EAs delivered over social media is limited. Cancer prevention information and recommendations may reach EAs more effectively over social media than in settings such as health care, schools, and workplaces, particularly for EAs residing in rural areas.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Improved interventions are needed to reduce the rate of driving while intoxicated. Responsible beverage service (RBS) training has reduced service to intoxicated patrons in licensed premises in several studies. Its efficacy might be improved by increasing the proper application and continued use of RBS with a professional development program in the 3 to 5 years between the required RBS retraining.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: The use of extended reality (XR) technologies, including virtual, augmented, and mixed reality, has increased within surgical and procedural training programs. Few studies have assessed experiential learning- and patient-based outcomes using XR compared with standard training methods.
Methods: As a working group for the Society for Simulation in Healthcare, we used Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines and a PICO strategy to perform a systematic review of 4238 articles to assess the effectiveness of XR technologies compared with standard training methods.