Development of a Secondary Prevention Smartphone App for Students With Unhealthy Alcohol Use: Results From a Qualitative Assessment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite considerable efforts devoted to the development of prevention interventions aiming at reducing unhealthy alcohol use in tertiary students, their delivery remains often challenging. Interventions including information technology are promising given their potential to reach large parts of the population.

Objective

This study aims to develop a secondary prevention smartphone app with an iterative qualitative design involving the target population.

Methods

The app development process included testing a first prototype and a second prototype, developed based on the results of 2 consecutive qualitative assessments. Participants (aged ≥18 years, screened positive for unhealthy alcohol use) were students from 4 tertiary education institutions in the French-

SUBMITTER: Bertholet N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10031438 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature