Mobile Motivation for Health Promotion Among Adolescents

描述(由申请人提供)：此第一阶段SBIR应用程序建议为青少年(14-18岁)开发和试行健康促进手机应用程序www.BodiMojo.mobi。该产品旨在通过一个移动程序在较年长的青少年中促进健康饮食和体育活动，该程序可以通过任何手机访问，并作为一个基于理论、功能齐全的网站www.BodiMojo.com的配套程序。目前改善营养摄入和体力活动计划的努力在这个年龄段实施起来非常具有挑战性，特别是在计划摄取、坚持和社会污名化方面。移动技术为健康和教育打开了一个充满机会的世界。该项目旨在开发包括消息内容和短信语言翻译在内的移动程序“文本”提醒系统，旨在提高健康饮食和体力活动的速度。第二个目标是开发一个数据库，用于在移动电话上实施的行为目标跟踪系统。BodiMojo.mobi的目标是在当前技术创新的背景下满足青少年的独特需求，提供基于移动的个性化健康促进计划，允许青少年跟踪健康目标，获取基于经验的健康信息，并以及时和保密的方式接收个性化反馈，超出课堂和台式计算机的范围。一旦开发完成，将对移动应用程序进行可用性测试。此外，还将对青少年样本进行移动计划的试点测试，以评估自我效能、计划遵从性和接受度的初步指标。 与公共健康相关：BodiMojo.mobi通过使用移动电话和文本消息系统来个性化和定制健康目标，重点关注营养教育和体育活动动机，解决青少年肥胖预防的关键公共健康问题。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This Phase I SBIR application proposes the development and pilot testing of a health promotion mobile phone application, www.BodiMojo.mobi, for adolescents (ages 14-18). The product is designed to promote healthy eating and physical activity in older adolescents through a mobile program that can be accessed via any cell phone and to serve as a companion program to the theoretically-based, full- featured website, www.BodiMojo.com. Current efforts to improve nutrition intake and physical activity programs are very challenging to implement with this age group, particularly as related to program uptake, adherence, and social stigmatization. Mobile technology opens a world of opportunity for health and education. This project is designed to develop the mobile program "text" reminder system that includes both message content and translation to texting language geared toward improving healthy eating and rates of physical activity. A second aim will be to develop a database for a system of behavior goal tracking to be implemented on mobile phones. With the goal of addressing the unique needs of adolescents in the context of current technological innovations, BodiMojo.mobi offers a mobile-based personalized health promotion program that allows adolescents to track health goals, get empirically-based health information, and receive personalized feedback in a timely and confidential manner that extends beyond the reach of the classroom and the desktop computer. Once developed, usability testing of the mobile application will be conducted. Additionally, a pilot test of the mobile program with a sample of adolescents will be carried out to assess preliminary indicators of self-efficacy, program adherence, and acceptance. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: BodiMojo.mobi addresses the key public health issue of obesity prevention among adolescents by focusing on nutrition education and physical activity motivation through the use of mobile phones and a text messaging system to personalize and tailor health goals.