Panel on Adapting MHealth Interventions for New Contexts & Countries
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Abstract
Particularly in the field of smoking cessation, text messaging (SMS) has been proven as an effective method for supporting healthy behaviour change. Most of the research and development to date has taken place in developed countries with well supported tobacco control policies, regulation, education and media campaigns. More recently, researchers have been investigating the potential to transfer these proven effective SMS interventions to other countries with very different tobacco control and cultural contexts.
Our panel consists of international experts in mHealth research, public health, and behaviour change programmes. Panellists will explore their experiences in attempting to transfer, adapt and translate proven effective text message interventions from one context to another. Panellists will discuss the challenges, identify common success factors, and draw out lessons learned.
Dr Robyn Whittaker is a public health physician and mHealth researcher from the National Institute for Health Innovation, University of Auckland. She and Enid Dorey have been exploring the feasibility of transferring the proven effective STOMP (New Zealand) programme to a number of different contexts, including as a workplace wellness initiative with a large multinational company in Argentina and the Philippines.
Drs Erik Augustson and Heather Patrick are behavioural scientists at the U.S. National Cancer Institute leading the Smokefree.gov Initiative (SFGI) – a large multiplatform mHealth programme targeting a variety of health behaviours associated with NCDs. In addition, they are responsible for a number of international mHealth projects. They will present outcome data from two projects in China based on NCI’s SmokeFree Txt programme. They will also discuss a new trial focused on reducing secondhand smoke in infants in China.
Dr Annette David, MD MPH, is a researcher at the University of Guam and consultant on tobacco control and NCD prevention on many international and national groups including the Guam Dept of Public Health. Dr David will report on formative research exploring the potential use of the U.S. NCI’s SmokeFreeTxt programme with indigenous and other ethnic groups in Guam.
Dr Jude McCool, University of Auckland, will present findings from key informant interviews exploring the issues, barriers and benefits of adapting existing mHealth interventions for the Pacific Islands region. Recent activities include research into adolescent’s use of media, tobacco promotions and tobacco industry interference in government policy. Dr McCool is a co-investigator on the Pacific MANA (Monitoring Alliance for NCD Action) regional initiative.
Dr Lorien Abroms is Associate Professor in the Department of Prevention and Community Health at George Washington University (Washington DC). Her research is in the application of mobile phones and communication technologies for smoking cessation and other health behaviours. Dr Abroms has developed, trialled and licensed Text2Quit – an interactive personalised SMS-based cessation programme. She will present her experiences in piloting text messaging cessation in Israel.
Dr Claudia Pagliari leads an interdisciplinary eHealth research programme and health informatics teaching at Edinburgh University in Scotland. She will sum up the panel session with key themes identified by the panellists from her perspective working in Global eHealth particularly in African contexts.
Our panel consists of international experts in mHealth research, public health, and behaviour change programmes. Panellists will explore their experiences in attempting to transfer, adapt and translate proven effective text message interventions from one context to another. Panellists will discuss the challenges, identify common success factors, and draw out lessons learned.
Dr Robyn Whittaker is a public health physician and mHealth researcher from the National Institute for Health Innovation, University of Auckland. She and Enid Dorey have been exploring the feasibility of transferring the proven effective STOMP (New Zealand) programme to a number of different contexts, including as a workplace wellness initiative with a large multinational company in Argentina and the Philippines.
Drs Erik Augustson and Heather Patrick are behavioural scientists at the U.S. National Cancer Institute leading the Smokefree.gov Initiative (SFGI) – a large multiplatform mHealth programme targeting a variety of health behaviours associated with NCDs. In addition, they are responsible for a number of international mHealth projects. They will present outcome data from two projects in China based on NCI’s SmokeFree Txt programme. They will also discuss a new trial focused on reducing secondhand smoke in infants in China.
Dr Annette David, MD MPH, is a researcher at the University of Guam and consultant on tobacco control and NCD prevention on many international and national groups including the Guam Dept of Public Health. Dr David will report on formative research exploring the potential use of the U.S. NCI’s SmokeFreeTxt programme with indigenous and other ethnic groups in Guam.
Dr Jude McCool, University of Auckland, will present findings from key informant interviews exploring the issues, barriers and benefits of adapting existing mHealth interventions for the Pacific Islands region. Recent activities include research into adolescent’s use of media, tobacco promotions and tobacco industry interference in government policy. Dr McCool is a co-investigator on the Pacific MANA (Monitoring Alliance for NCD Action) regional initiative.
Dr Lorien Abroms is Associate Professor in the Department of Prevention and Community Health at George Washington University (Washington DC). Her research is in the application of mobile phones and communication technologies for smoking cessation and other health behaviours. Dr Abroms has developed, trialled and licensed Text2Quit – an interactive personalised SMS-based cessation programme. She will present her experiences in piloting text messaging cessation in Israel.
Dr Claudia Pagliari leads an interdisciplinary eHealth research programme and health informatics teaching at Edinburgh University in Scotland. She will sum up the panel session with key themes identified by the panellists from her perspective working in Global eHealth particularly in African contexts.
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