Conferences

Attended Medicine 2.0'14 Summit & World Congress (Maui, Hawaii, USA)
Thursday, November 13, 2014 to Friday, November 14, 2014
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Medicine 2.0'14 Summit & World Congress (Maui, Hawaii, USA)

Randomized Controlled Trial of an Online Diabetes Prevention Program
Gladys Block*, Kristen Azar, Torin Block*, Heather Carpenter, Clifford H. Block, Latha Palaniappan

Background: Worldwide, 300 million adults are estimated to have pre-diabetes. One-third of U.S. adults, 79 million, have pre-diabetes, many of whom will progress to diabetes. The annual U.S. cost of diagnosed diabetes is estimated to be $245 billion. Cost-effective strategies are needed to reach millions with assistance in changing their health behaviors. Objective: To test the effectiveness of Alive-PreventDiabetes (Alive-PD), a multichannel email-web-smartphone program to help pre-di...

The Nutritionquest “Alive-PD” Diabetes Prevention Program
Torin Block*, Gladys Block*, Clifford Block, Don Hopkins, Heather Carpenter, Latha Palaniappan, Kristen Azar

The Alive-PD (“Prevent Diabetes”) intervention program enables patients with diagnosed pre-diabetes to adopt the lifestyle changes that have been proven effective in reversing the progression to diabetes. The program features a highly individualized website, Android and iPhone apps, tailored emails, an interactive voice response coaching program, and tailored mailed newsletters. The program is completely automated, and is the first of its kind to focus specifically on diabetes prevent...

Full Paper Publications

JMIR Research Protocols

A Fully Automated Diabetes Prevention Program, Alive-PD: Program Design and Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol
Gladys Block, Kristen MJ Azar, Torin J Block, Robert J Romanelli, Heather Carpenter, Donald Hopkins, Latha Palaniappan, Clifford H Block
JMIR Res Protoc 2015;4(1):e3

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Development of Alive! (A Lifestyle Intervention Via Email), and Its Effect on Health-related Quality of Life, Presenteeism, and Other Behavioral Outcomes: Randomized Controlled Trial
Gladys Block, Barbara Sternfeld, Clifford Block, Torin Block, Jean Norris, Donald Hopkins, Charles Quesenberry, Jr., Gail Husson, Heather Clancy
J Med Internet Res 2008;10(4):e43

Diabetes Prevention and Weight Loss with a Fully Automated Behavioral Intervention by Email, Web, and Mobile Phone: A Randomized Controlled Trial Among Persons with Prediabetes
Gladys Block, Kristen MJ Azar, Robert J Romanelli, Torin J Block, Donald Hopkins, Heather A Carpenter, Marina S Dolginsky, Mark L Hudes, Latha P Palaniappan, Clifford H Block
J Med Internet Res 2015;17(10):e240

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