Striking the right balance: co-designing the Health4Me healthy lifestyle digital health intervention with adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adolescents are navigating a period of rapid growth and development within an era of digitalization. Mobile phone ownership among adolescents is nearly ubiquitous, and this provides an opportunity to harness text messaging to promote a healthy lifestyle and reduce chronic disease risk factors. Inclusion of adolescents throughout the design process has been recognized as essential for engagement and future implementation of such interventions. This study aimed to co-design a bank of text messages to promote a healthy lifestyle which are useful, acceptable, and engaging for adolescents aged 12-18 years old.

Methods

Iterative, mixed-methods design with consumer partnership. Co-design occurred over three stages: text message development, text message review and final

SUBMITTER: Raeside R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10702116 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature