Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Laura Martinengo, Ahmad Ishqi Jabir, Westin Wei Tin Goh, Nicholas Yong Wai Lo, Moon-Ho Ringo Ho, Tobias Kowatsch, Rifat Atun, Susan Michie, Lorainne Tudor Car
Summary: This review describes behavior change interventions delivered by CAs and identifies the BCTs and theories guiding their design. The study found a need for the more explicit use of behavior change theories and improved reporting of BCTs in CA interventions to enhance the analysis of intervention effectiveness and improve the reproducibility of research.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2022)
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Megumi Ichimiya, Raquel Gerard, Sarah Mills, Alexa Brodsky, Jennifer Cantrell, W. Douglas Evans
Summary: This study systematically reviewed digital smoking behavior change interventions and evaluated the consistency in measuring and reporting intervention contents, channels, and dose and response outcomes. The results showed a lack of studies assessing the effects of digital media interventions on smoking outcomes, and inconsistent measurement and reporting across studies.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Jennifer Cantrell, Jeffrey Bingenheimer, Shreya Tulsiani, Elizabeth Hair, Donna Vallone, Sarah Mills, Raquel Gerard, William D. Evans
Summary: This study develops a virtual experimental protocol to evaluate the dose-response effects of individual-level exposure to digital video ads in a naturalistic online browsing context. The results show that five consecutive exposures to non-skippable video ads improve ad recognition, but higher exposure levels may be needed to improve message knowledge.
Article
Development Studies
Christopher Grady, Alice Iannantuoni, Matthew S. Winters
Summary: As new information technologies enable the production and dissemination of broadcast media, entertainment-education interventions are increasingly used to influence audience attitudes on various issues. These interventions primarily work by observing behavior examples and linking desired behaviors with existing goals to catalyze behavior change. The effectiveness of broadcast media in behavior change lies in connecting desired behaviors with pre-existing goals, rather than persuading individuals to adopt new goals.
Article
Communication
Riie Heikkila, Adrian Leguina, Semi Purhonen
Summary: Over the last 10-15 years, Western societies have faced two interrelated social changes: the digitalization of media and the increase in socio-political polarization. In the context of Finland, a study shows that the ways in which media usage is socially stratified has changed from 2007 to 2018, and there is political polarization of media consumption.
NEW MEDIA & SOCIETY
(2022)
Article
Sport Sciences
Masamitsu Kamada, Hana Hayashi, Koichiro Shiba, Masataka Taguri, Naoki Kondo, I-Min Lee, Ichiro Kawachi
Summary: A study conducted among Japanese baseball fans found that using gamification techniques to encourage physical activity can have a large-scale impact, including on individuals with lower socioeconomic status who are underrepresented in traditional health programs.
MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS & EXERCISE
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Sundus Mahdi, Emily K. Michalik-Denny, Nicola J. Buckland
Summary: This study investigated the Behavior Change Techniques (BCTs) of two versions of the Change4Life Food Scanner app and found that the updated version was more intensive in terms of BCT content and occurrence compared to the outdated version. The app resembles other dietary apps and incorporates several BCTs that have been proven effective.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Ulrika Mussener
Summary: Digitalization and high mobile phone ownership have drastically altered communication in society, including healthcare. While mobile phone interventions have been shown to be effective, more research is needed to compare digital interventions with in-person interventions and understand the relationship between human interactions in digital interventions and outcomes. Suggestions for enhancing digital encounters in mHealth interventions and future research directions are provided.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Max Falkenberg, Alessandro Galeazzi, Maddalena Torricelli, Niccolo Di Marco, Francesca Larosa, Madalina Sas, Amin Mekacher, Warren Pearce, Fabiana Zollo, Walter Quattrociocchi, Andrea Baronchelli
Summary: This study examines the intersection of climate change and political polarization by analyzing Twitter data from the United Nations Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP) from 2014 to 2021. The findings reveal a significant increase in ideological polarization during COP26, driven by right-wing activity. Furthermore, a range of 'climate contrarian' views emerged during COP26, with the theme of political hypocrisy gaining cross-ideological appeal. These results highlight the importance of monitoring polarization and its impact on public climate discourse, especially considering future climate negotiations at COP27 and beyond.
NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Stuart Keel, Pirindha Govender-Poonsamy, Alarcos Cieza, Hannah Faal, Ian Flitcroft, Kate Gifford, Mingguang He, Rajiv Khandekar, Kovin Naidoo, Matt Oerding, Kyoko Ohno-Matsui, Silvio Mariotti, Christine Wildsoet, James S. Wolffsohn, Tien Y. Wong, Sangchul Yoon, Andreas Mueller, Rosie Dobson
Summary: This paper provides an overview of the MyopiaEd programme, a digital message programme developed by the World Health Organization - International Telecommunication Union to educate on myopia and its prevention. The programme aims to raise awareness of good eye care behaviors and address non-compliance to spectacle wear. It includes separate SMS-adapted message libraries for different target groups and is part of a comprehensive toolkit developed through consultation with digital health experts. The next steps involve adapting and evaluating the programme in selected settings.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Dahbia Agher, Karima Sedki, Sylvie Despres, Jean-Pierre Albinet, Marie-Christine Jaulent, Rosy Tsopra
Summary: This study aimed to design a mobile health app and assess its quality in evaluating cardiovascular disease risk factors among patients. The results showed that the app was of good quality and highly appreciated by the users.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Florence Carrouel, Benjamin du Sartz de Vigneulles, Denis Bourgeois, Bernard Kabuth, Nicolas Baltenneck, Fanny Nusbaum, Valerie Burge, Sylvain Roy, Sophie Buchheit, Marie-Line Carrion-Martinaud, Catherine Massoubre, Laurie Fraticelli, Claude Dussart
Summary: This study evaluated the quality of mental health mobile apps available on the French Apple App Store and Google Play Store. The findings showed that these apps were of good quality, but mental health professionals were reluctant to use them in their practice.
JMIR MHEALTH AND UHEALTH
(2022)
Article
Pediatrics
Shannon Y. Adams, Richard Tucker, Beatrice E. Lechner
Summary: This study aimed to identify the use of online health communities (OHCs) by NICU families and assess its impact on parent-provider relationships. Results showed that most NICU parents use OHCs to connect with other families and alleviate distress. Despite risks, the study found that OHC use does not have a harmful effect on the relationship between parents and their child's medical team.
PEDIATRIC RESEARCH
(2022)
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Cynthia Afedi Hazel, Sheana Bull, Elizabeth Greenwell, Maya Bunik, Jini Puma, Marcelo Perraillon
Summary: There is insufficient evidence to support the cost-effectiveness of behavior change communication apps, with significant study challenges reported for estimating program costs and outcomes. Main challenges include limited or lack of cost data, inappropriate cost measures, difficulty identifying and quantifying app effectiveness, representing app effects as Quality-adjusted Life Years, and aggregating cost and effects into a single quantitative measure like Incremental Cost Effectiveness Ratio.
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Jessie Seiler, Tanya E. Libby, Emahlea Jackson, J. R. Lingappa, W. D. Evans
Summary: This study identified gaps in social media-based behavior change interventions in low- and middle-income countries, including settings, types and sectors of interventions, length of follow-up, evaluation techniques, use of theoretical and conceptual models, and discussions on privacy implications of social media use.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Natalia M. Tulina, Amy G. Brown, Guillermo O. Barila, Michal A. Elovitz
REPRODUCTIVE SCIENCES
(2019)
Article
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Luis M. Gomez, Lauren Anton, Shindu K. Srinivas, Michal A. Elovitz, Samuel Parry
REPRODUCTIVE SCIENCES
(2019)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Michal A. Elovitz, Pawel Gajer, Valerie Riis, Amy G. Brown, Michael S. Humphrys, Johanna B. Holm, Jacques Ravel
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2019)
Article
Oncology
Ana Monteagudo-Sanchez, Marta Sanchez-Delgado, Jose Ramon Hernandez Mora, Nuria Tubio Santamaria, Eduard Gratacos, Manel Esteller, Miguel Lopez de Heredia, Virgina Nunes, Cecile Choux, Patricia Fauque, Guiomar Perez de Nanclares, Lauren Anton, Michal A. Elovitz, Isabel Iglesias-Platas, David Monk
CLINICAL EPIGENETICS
(2019)
Meeting Abstract
Neurosciences
Liisa Hantsoo, Ceylan Tanes, Brendan McGeehan, Stephanie Criniti, Michal Elovitz, Charlene Compher, Gary Wu, C. Epperson
BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY
(2019)
Article
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Lisa D. Levine, Jennifer Lewey, Nathanael Koelper, Katheryne L. Downes, Zolt Arany, Michal A. Elovitz, Mary D. Sammel, Bonnie Ky
PREGNANCY HYPERTENSION-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WOMENS CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH
(2019)
Article
Pediatrics
Mark W. Russell, Julie S. Moldenhauer, Jack Rychik, Nancy B. Burnham, Erin Zullo, Samuel Parry, Rebecca A. Simmons, Michal A. Elovitz, Susan C. Nicolson, Rebecca L. Linn, Mark P. Johnson, Sunkyung Yu, Matthew G. Sampson, Hakon Hakonarson, J. William Gaynor
JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
(2019)
Review
Pediatrics
Heather H. Burris, Clyde J. Wright, Haresh Kirpalani, James W. Collins, Scott A. Lorch, Michal A. Elovitz, Sunah S. Hwang
PEDIATRIC RESEARCH
(2020)
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
S. He, Z. Zhang, Y. Sun, T. Ren, W. Li, X. Zhou, J. J. Michal, Z. Jiang, M. Liu
Article
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Jennifer Lewey, Lisa D. Levine, Michal A. Elovitz, Olga C. Irizarry, Zoltan Arany
Letter
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Diana Montoya-Williams, Anne M. Mullin, Sara C. Handley, Dustin D. Flannery, Scott A. Lorch, Michal A. Elovitz, Heather H. Burris
JOURNAL OF PERINATOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Sara L. Kornfield, Valerie M. Riis, Clare McCarthy, Michal A. Elovitz, Heather H. Burris
Summary: The study found a significant association between high perceived stress and preterm birth, suggesting that stress during pregnancy could increase the risk of preterm birth, especially among non-Hispanic Black women.
JOURNAL OF PERINATOLOGY
(2022)
Letter
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Katherine M. Kennedy, Christian J. Bellissimo, Jessica A. Breznik, Jon Barrett, Thorsten Braun, Frederic D. Bushman, Marcus De Goffau, Michal A. Elovitz, Markus M. Heimesaat, Liza Konnikova, Omry Koren, Samuel Parry, Laura Rossi, Nicola Segata, Rebecca A. Simmons, Michael G. Surette, Jens Walter, Deborah M. Sloboda
Article
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Anne M. Mullin, Sara C. Handley, Lisbet Lundsberg, Michal A. Elovitz, Scott A. Lorch, Elias J. McComb, Diana Montoya-Williams, Nancy Yang, Kevin Dysart, Moeun Son, Jay Greenspan, Jennifer F. Culhane, Heather H. Burris
Summary: The objective of this study was to determine the association between COVID-19 pandemic exposure duration and preterm birth (PTB), and whether the pandemic modified racial disparities. The study analyzed births in Philadelphia and replicated the findings in New Haven. Overall, the study found no significant overall effect of the pandemic on PTB, but there were potential indirect benefits for some patients and a widening of the Black-White disparity during the pandemic.
JOURNAL OF PERINATOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Mark W. Russell, Julie S. Moldenhauer, Jack Rychik, Nancy B. Burnham, Erin Zullo, Samuel I. Parry, Rebecca A. Simmons, Michal A. Elovitz, Susan C. Nicolson, Rebecca L. Linn, Mark P. Johnson, Sunkyung Yu, Matthew G. Sampson, Hakon Hakonarson, J. William Gaynor