Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Research Protocols
Date Submitted: Jun 18, 2019
Date Accepted: Oct 22, 2019
Using mobile devices to deliver multiple lifestyle interventions targeting at risk high school students: protocol for a participatory design study
ABSTRACT
Background:
Unhealthy lifestyle behaviors, such as insufficient physical activity, unhealthy diets, smoking and harmful use of alcohol, tend to cluster, i.e., individuals may be at risk from more than one lifestyle behavior and are established in early childhood and adolescence and track into adulthood. Previous research has underlined the potential of lifestyle interventions delivered via mobile phones. However, there is a need of deepened knowledge on how to design mHealth interventions taking end-users views into consideration in order to optimize the effectiveness of such interventions. Adolescents are early adopters of technology and frequent users of mobile phones, still, research on interventions that use mobile devices to deliver multiple lifestyle interventions targeting at risk high school students are lacking.
Objective:
This protocol describes a participatory design study with the aim to develop a mHealth multiple lifestyle behavior intervention to promote healthy lifestyle among high school students.
Methods:
Through an iterative process, using participatory design, user-requirements are investigated in terms of technical features and content. The procedures around the design and development of the intervention, including heuristic evaluations, focus group interviews, and usability tests are described.
Results:
Recruitment started in May 2019. Data collection, analysis and scientific reporting is expected to be completed in October 2019.
Conclusions:
The study is expected to add knowledge in order to develop a novel, evidence-based, low-cost and scalable mHealth intervention that high school students want to use in order to achieve a healthier lifestyle. Clinical Trial: -
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