Design of a Mobile App for Nutrition Education (TreC-LifeStyle) and Formative Evaluation With Families of Overweight Children

Gabrielli, Silvia; Dianti, Marco; Maimone, Rosa; Betta, Marta; Filippi, Lorena; Ghezzi, Monica; Forti, Stefano

doi:10.2196/mhealth.7080

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“…Study include 18 behavior change techniques (BCTs) such as goal setting, feedback, social comparison, prompts/cues. (Gabrielli et al, 2017) Design sessions is hold with a team of Behavioral Change experts, working with 2 nutritionists and 3 pediatricians Content is derived from knowledge founded on the Food Pyramid and Mediterranean Diet Guidelines (López et al, 2017) App developed follows the ADDIE (analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation) model.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Other studies (Lubans et al, 2014;Zhu et al, 2017;Lau et al, 2018) create their own blended theoretical basis by making use of multiple frameworks. In addition, six studies use guidelines to create the intervention component or algorithm of the mHealth intervention (Gabrielli et al, 2017;López et al, 2017).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…There are several implications of this summary. Using clinical guidelines is a concrete way to develop evidence-based mHealth interventions as long as they correspond to intervention requirements (Gabrielli et al, 2017;López et al, 2017;Jeon and Park, 2015). However, single BCT or clinical guideline may not suffice all the requirements for an mHealth intervention thus blended approaches can also be adopted (Lin et al, 2015;Revenäs et al, 2015;Mummah et al, 2016).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Methodological Foundations of Mhealth Design Studies: A Content Analysis of Literature

Acar¹,

Yıldırım²

2019

12th IADIS International Conference Information Systems 2019

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Despite the pervasiveness of mobile devices and the number of available mobile health (mHealth) apps, a scaled nationwide mHealth solution for supporting continuous healthcare is lacking in many developing countries. Systematic reviews in mobile health field show various barriers to explain the lack of scalability and sustainability among mHealth interventions. However, little is known about the methodological soundness of mHealth app design studies. We conducted a literature review to investigate the theoretical foundations of mHealth design studies, which are essential to inform design and content of the solution. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate and classify the mHealth studies in terms of their methodological soundness for the design, development process of smartphone application (app) through content analysis.

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Methodological Foundations of Mhealth Design Studies: A Content Analysis of Literature

Acar¹,

Yıldırım²

2019

12th IADIS International Conference Information Systems 2019

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“…A huge variety of school-based obesity prevention and treatment programs have been introduced to increase healthy eating behaviours in childhood (Blom-Hoffman, Kelleher, Power & Leff, 2004;Burgermaster, Koroly, Contento, Koch & Gray, 2017;Drapeau, Savard, Gallant, Nadeau & Gagnon, 2016;DelgadoNoguera, Tort, Martinez-Zapata & Bonfill, 2011;Evans, Christian, Cleghorn, Greenwood & Cade, 2012;Han, Kim & Park, 1997;Howerton, Bell, Dodd, Berrigan, Stolzenberg-Solomon & Nebeling, 2007;Jones et al, 2012;Kim, Choi & Kim, 2011;Knai, Pomerleau, Lock & McKee M, 2006;Sahota, Rudolf, Dixey, Hill, Barth & Cade, 2001;Shannon, Graves & Hart, 1982;Silveira, Taddei, Guerra & Nobre, 2011;Van Cauwenberghe, Maes, Spittaels, van Lenthe, Brug & Oppert, 2010) including: curriculum-based activities (Graziose, Koch, Wang, Lee Gray & Contento, 2017;Lakin & Littledyke, 2008), behavioural interventions (Başkale & Bahar, 2011;Räsänen 2004;Tanas, Pedretti, Gilli, Gagnayre & Marcolongo, 2011), sensory education (Mustonen & Tuorila, 2010;Reverdy, Chesnel, Schlich, Köster & Lange, 2008;Reverdy, Schlich, Köster, Ginon & Lange, 2010), classroom cooking experiences or involvement in meal preparation (van der Horst, Ferrage & Rytz, 2014;Walters & Stacey, 2009), playful approaches such as videogames, card games and computer-based activities or educational videos/DVD (Cecchetto, Pena & Pellanda, 2017;Gabrielli et al, 2017;Lee et al, 2017), school gardening (Sarti, Dijkstra, Nury, Seidell & Dedding, 2017), motivational theatre and storytelling …”

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Narrative-based strategies to promote healthy eating behaviours in childhood: a systematic review

Pulimeno¹,

Piscitelli²,

Marco³

et al. 2018

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Obesity is becoming the global epidemic of the twenty-first century. Moreover, the number of obese or overweight children has increased during the last decades, resulting in negative physical and psychological health consequences during childhood, adolescence and in adults. Following the recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO), a huge variety of obesity prevention and treatment programs have been introduced in the school setting to encourage healthy eating behaviours in childhood. The aim of our systematic review was to explore the use and efficacy of narrative-based strategies in promoting healthy eating behaviours in schoolchildren. Materials and Methods. We have carried out an updated systematic review on the following databases (PubMed, Psychinfo, ERIC and EBSCO) to assess papers published from the year 2000 to January 2018, which addressed the issue of narrative-based interventions in schoolchildren for the adoption of healthy food habits. Results. Our initial search found out 169 and 50 studies on PubMed and Psychinfo databases, respectively; 24 and 12 articles were found on ERIC and EBSCO datasets, respectively. After the application of the predefined exclusion criteria, we selected a total of 15 papers from PubMed and 12 articles from Psychinfo. Among these 27 papers, only six articles (two Randomized Controlled Trials and * Manuela Pulimeno è Dottoranda di Ricerca in Scienze delle Relazioni Umane presso l'Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro" (Bari). Prisco Piscitelli è Medico epidemiologo del Dipartimento di Prevenzione ASL Lecce e Ricercatore ISBEM. Elisabetta De Marco è Dottore di Ricerca presso l'Università del Salento (Lecce). Salvatore Colazzo è Professore Ordinario di Pedagogia Sperimentale presso l'Università del Salento (Lecce). Narrative-based strategies 185four Cohort studies) met the inclusion criteria and were considered for our systematic review because explicitly presenting nutrition school-based interventions that used narrative pedagogy or storytelling to promote healthy eating behaviours among children. Conclusion. Nutrition education in school setting is a key element in promoting lifelong healthy eating behaviours and should start from the early stages of life. Among all the possible interventions, narrative-based approaches (i.e. storytelling) seem to be at least as effective as other different educational programmes in encouraging the adoption of healthy food habits during childhood, especially when active involvement of the children is ensured.

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“…Commercial mHealth apps have been reported to be more engaging than evidenceinformed mHealth apps [3], however the quality of the information given by the commercial apps is often rated as low [4,5]. It follows then, that a more comprehensive user-centered design approach [6] that is based on evidenceinformed practices as well as user expectations and experiences, is vital to ensuring the efficacy of mHealth interventions.…”

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Relationship Between Evidence Requirements, User Expectations, and Actual Experiences: Usability Evaluation of the Twazon Arabic Weight Loss App (Preprint)

Alnasser¹,

Kyle²,

Al‐Khalifa³

et al. 2018

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Background: Saudi Arabia has faced a steady growth in the prevalence of obesity. Implementation of Mobile health (mHealth) technology as a method of delivering behavioral interventions may be effective in lifestyle and diet modification. Despite this, there are few weight-loss apps available and a lack of robust interventions from the Gulf region. Objective: The current study examines the discourse between evidence requirements, user expectations and experiences. Methods: Usability of the Twazon app was evaluated by analyzing user opinions and experiences from participants of an app-based weight-loss intervention; this was completed using a System Usability Scale and Word Clouds. The results were triangulated with those obtained in a focus group discussion with potential users' expectations and an Arabic app screening for evidence-based practices. Results: The Twazon app was found to be 'more than satisfactory' with an average reported SUS score of 69.3. The most favored features were the calorie counter, step counter and physical activity calorie counter. The features in need of improvement were the social network, notifications, and the Saudi food database; a barcode feature was also recommended. Twazon users preferred and found the utility of seven of the thirteen evidence-informed weight-loss practices that were integrated into the features of the app. Conclusions: Triangulation identified the greatest discourse between user experience and two of the evidence-informed practices, namely a minimum weightloss goal of 1-2 lb per week and social networking; a strong discourse between evidence-informed weight-loss practices and the reported disparity in user experiences was highlighted. User expectations coincided with evidence-informed weight-loss practices and therefore did not provide any discourse.

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Design of a Mobile App for Nutrition Education (TreC-LifeStyle) and Formative Evaluation With Families of Overweight Children

Cited by 85 publications

References 42 publications

Methodological Foundations of Mhealth Design Studies: A Content Analysis of Literature

Methodological Foundations of Mhealth Design Studies: A Content Analysis of Literature

Narrative-based strategies to promote healthy eating behaviours in childhood: a systematic review

Relationship Between Evidence Requirements, User Expectations, and Actual Experiences: Usability Evaluation of the Twazon Arabic Weight Loss App (Preprint)

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