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ConferencesAttended Medicine 2.0'08 (Toronto, Canada) Attended Medicine 2.0'09 (Toronto, Canada) Attended Medicine 2.0'11 (Stanford University, USA) Is registered to attend Medicine 2.0'12 (Boston, USA) Accepted AbstractsMedicine 2.0'09 (Toronto, Canada)STUB IT: an RCT of a multimedia mobile phone smoking cessation intervention Background: While most young adults who smoke say they want to quit, few access cessation support services. Based on a previous successful text messaging smoking cessation intervention, we hypothesized that a multimedia mobile phone programme that utilises observational learning (from social cognitive theory) could help young adult smokers to quit smoking. Objective: To develop and test a multimedia smoking cessation intervention delivered solely by mobile phone. Methods: A role modelling... Facebook: An Innovative Influenza Pandemic Early Warning System Background: The common influenza virus imposes global monetary and productivity costs and cause mortality among the vulnerable. Novel influenza viruses like H5N1 can spread rapidly in an increasingly globalized world. Surveillance is crucial to identify and effectively contain outbreaks. In most developed countries traditional sentinel monitoring with virological sampling has a 1-2 week reporting lag. Developing countries are less well co-ordinated. Facebook an online social networking site w... Medicine 2.0'11 (Stanford University, USA)Issues in Mobile Health Panel Mobile phones have had the most rapid uptake of any technology to date. mHealth, and specifically the use of mobile phones for health interventions, is a relatively new field receiving a lot of attention. Research has shown some benefit with respect to smoking cessation, medication reminders, and the management of long-term conditions between clinic visits. Robyn Whittaker has been involved in developing, testing and implementing mobile phone population health interventions in New Zealand. In... Medicine 2.0'12 (Boston, USA)Lessons on Texting 4 Health from an Expert MHealth (Panel) The use of text messaging for health information and health interventions, particularly targeting behavior modification, is becoming more common around the world. There is a slowly growing body of evidence for their effectiveness in some fields, such as supporting smoking cessation. However there is little published information on how effective text messaging programmes were developed. This panel brings together international academic and practical expertise on developing and testing text mes... Full Paper PublicationsJournal of Medical Internet ResearchA Multimedia Mobile Phone–Based Youth Smoking Cessation Intervention: Findings From Content Development and Piloting Studies A Theory-Based Video Messaging Mobile Phone Intervention for Smoking Cessation: Randomized Controlled Trial MEMO—A Mobile Phone Depression Prevention Intervention for Adolescents: Development Process and Postprogram Findings on Acceptability From a Randomized Controlled Trial Published WithThis user's work may be related toUsers who said they have met Robyn WhittakerUsers who have said they have met Robyn Whittaker and who Robyn Whittaker says they have metUsers who want to meet Robyn Whittaker and who Robyn Whittaker wants to meetFans of Robyn Whittaker |
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