A5004332083- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Behavioral and Psychological Studies
- Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
- Media Influence and Health
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Physical Activity and Health
- Memory and Neural Mechanisms
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Child and Animal Learning Development
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- School Health and Nursing Education
- Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Urban Transport and Accessibility
University of Florida
2016-2025
Dartmouth College
2019
National Development and Research Institutes
2009-2016
University of Vermont
2014
Youngstown State University
2010
California State University, Stanislaus
2010
Emory University
1999-2006
Florida State University
2005
Johns Hopkins University
2003
Morris Brown College
1999-2000
Technology-based interventions to promote health are expanding rapidly. Assessing the preliminary efficacy of these can be achieved by employing single-case experiments (sometimes referred as n-of-1 studies). Although often misunderstood, they offer excellent solutions address challenges associated with testing new technology-based interventions. This paper provides an introduction techniques and highlights advances in developing evaluating experiments, which help ensure that treatment...
Abstract Introduction Mindfulness training may reduce smoking rates and lessen the association between craving smoking. This trial tested efficacy of mindfulness via smartphone app to Experience sampling (ES) was used measure real-time craving, smoking, mindfulness. Methods A researcher-blind, parallel randomized controlled compared mobile with experience (MMT-ES; Craving Quit) versus only (1) increase 1-week point-prevalence abstinence at 6 months, (2) modified intent-to-treat approach for...
Despite the link between inactivity and premature mortality, most adults exercise less than Centers for Disease Control Prevention (2008) recommends; thus, interventions to increase are needed. The present study employed an Internet-based intervention walking in 12 sedentary over 50 years of age. In Experiment 1, participants received monetary consequences meeting increasing series step goals on at least 3 days during consecutive 5-day blocks. Across participants, steps increased 182% from...
We evaluated an Internet-based contingency management intervention to promote smoking cessation. Participants in the contingent group (n = 39) earned vouchers on video confirmation of breath carbon monoxide (CO) ≤ 4 parts per million (ppm). Earnings for participants noncontingent 38) were independent CO levels. Goals and feedback about status provided participants' homepages. The median percentages negative samples during groups 25% 66.7%, respectively. There no significant differences...
Contingency management (CM) is one of the most effective behavioral interventions to promote drug abstinence, but availability this treatment limited. We evaluated efficacy and acceptability internet-based CM relative an monitoring goal-setting control group in a nationwide sample cigarette smokers.Randomized controlled trial with 3- 6-month follow-ups.United States.Smokers (n = 94) from 26 states were enrolled (mean age 36, 56% female).Participants randomized earn financial incentives (up...
Over the past 70 years, single-case design (SCD) research has evolved to include a broad array of methodological and analytic advances. In this article, we describe some these advances discuss how SCDs can be used optimize behavioral health interventions. Specifically, parametric analysis, component systematic replications We also address other features optimization, which establishing generality enabling personalized medicine. Throughout, highlight during both development dissemination stages
Tobacco use is responsible for the death of about 1 in 10 individuals worldwide. Mindfulness training has shown preliminary efficacy as a behavioral treatment smoking cessation. Recent advances mobile health suggest advantages to smartphone-based cessation including mindfulness training. This study evaluates smartphone app-based program improving rates at 6-months follow-up.A two-group parallel-randomized clinical trial with allocation concealment will be conducted. Group assignment...
Social media technologies offer a novel opportunity for scalable health interventions that can facilitate user engagement and social support, which in turn may reinforce positive processes behavior change.By using principles from communication support literature, we implemented Facebook group-based intervention targeted smoking reduction cessation. This study hypothesized participants' with perceived our group would predict reduction.We recruited 16 regular smokers who live the United States...
Smoking, obesity, and insufficient physical activity are modifiable health risk behaviors. Self-regulation is one fundamental behavior change mechanism often incorporated within digital therapeutics as it varies momentarily across time contexts may play a causal role in improving these However, the of momentary self-regulation achieving has been infrequently examined. Using novel scale, this study examined how targeting through therapeutic impacts adherence to two different behavioral...
Impulsive choice, or preference for small immediate reinforcers over large delayed reinforcers, has been associated with cigarette smoking. The direct effects of nicotine on impulsive choice in laboratory animals are unknown. We examined the acute and chronic injections, termination rats. Five rats made choices between a one- three-pellet reinforcer discrete trials procedure. delay to smaller was always 1 s. A computer adjusted larger until pattern reflected indifference two alternatives....
The study tested a voucher-based abstinence reinforcement procedure for reducing opiate and cocaine use in population of treatment-resistant opiate- cocaine-abusing methadone patients. Vouchers exchangeable goods services were contingent on from both opiates cocaine. In two conditions, participants could earn up to $374 or $3,369 vouchers providing cocaine-free urine samples. Participants received daily 60-mg dose methadone. was increased second phase, the voucher conditions replicated....
The current study used Internet-based contingency management (CM) to increase adherence with blood glucose testing at least 4 times daily. Four teens diagnosed Type 1 diabetes earned vouchers for submitting videos over a Web site. Participants submitted mean of 1.7 and 3.1 tests per day during the 2 baseline conditions, respectively, compared 5.7 intervention. their guardians rated program favorably on number dimensions. results suggest that CM is feasible, acceptable, effective...
Information technology represents an excellent medium to deliver contingencies of reinforcement change behavior. Recently, we have linked the Internet with a science-based, behavioral treatment for cigarette smoking: abstinence therapy. Under interventions, incentives are provided objective evidence abstinence. Several studies suggest that intervention is effective in initiating The addresses limitations (access, cost, sustainability, and dissemination potential) inherent traditional...
Mobile phones hold considerable promise for delivering evidence-based smoking cessation interventions that require frequent and objective assessment of status via breath carbon monoxide (Breath CO) measurement. However, there are currently no commercially available mobile-phone-based Breath CO meters. We developed a meter prototype attaches to communicates with smartphone through an audio port. then evaluated the reliability validity measures collected mobile assessed usability acceptability...
Limited information exist on tobacco and e-cigarette use patterns in cancer survivors. The purpose of this study is to report survivors compared with non-cancer participants from the Population Assessment Tobacco Health (PATH) Study.Sociodemographic data product were analyzed for 32,244 adult PATH Study 2013-2014 by status age. Logistic regression examined factors associated status.Overall, represented 7.1% (n = 1,527) participants, older, had a higher proportion females non-Hispanic whites...