Mobile health plus community health worker support for weight management among public housing residents (Path to Health): A randomized controlled trial protocol.

ABSTRACT: Interventions delivered by mobile devices (mHealth interventions) have the potential to increase access to weight management treatment in low-income populations. However, little prior research has examined effects of mHealth programming plus phone-based community health worker (CHW) support for weight management among public housing residents. For our intervention, we first interacted with a community advisory board to collect feedback on proposed intervention components. Transcripts from 5 advisory board meetings were coded and qualitative data was organized into themes. We used these data to inform our ongoing trial, in which public housing residents are randomized to one of three different groups: phone text messaging and digital self-weighing (mHealth only); mHealth intervention plus C

SUBMITTER: Solar C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9673759 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature