American journal of preventive medicine
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Randomized Controlled Trial
A randomized trial of Text2Quit: a text messaging program for smoking cessation.
Text messaging programs on mobile phones have shown some promise in helping people quit smoking. Text2Quit is an automated, personalized, interactive mobile health program that sends text messages to offer advice, support, and reminders about quitting smoking. ⋯ These results provide initial support for the relative efficacy of the Text2Quit program.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Health literacy and injury prevention behaviors among caregivers of infants.
Unintentional injury is a leading cause of infant mortality. ⋯ Non-adherence to injury prevention guidelines was common. Low caregiver health literacy was significantly associated with some injury prevention behaviors. Future interventions should consider the role of health literacy in promoting injury prevention.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Mobile technology for obesity prevention: a randomized pilot study in racial- and ethnic-minority girls.
Mobile technologies have wide-scale reach and disseminability, but no known studies have examined mobile technologies as a stand-alone tool to improve obesity-related behaviors of at-risk youth. ⋯ A stand-alone mobile app may produce small to moderate effects for FVs and SSBs. Given the extensive reach of mobile devices, this pilot study demonstrates the need for larger-scale testing of similar programs to address obesity-related behaviors in high-risk youth.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Daily self-weighing and adverse psychological outcomes: a randomized controlled trial.
Despite evidence that daily self-weighing is an effective strategy for weight control, concerns remain regarding the potential for negative psychological consequences. ⋯ Results indicate that a weight-loss intervention that focuses on daily self-weighing does not cause adverse psychological outcomes. This suggests that daily self-weighing is an effective and safe weight-control strategy among overweight adults attempting to lose weight.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
Workplace sitting and height-adjustable workstations: a randomized controlled trial.
Desk-based office employees sit for most of their working day. To address excessive sitting as a newly identified health risk, best practice frameworks suggest a multi-component approach. However, these approaches are resource intensive and knowledge about their impact is limited. ⋯ Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry 00363297.