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2019 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Evidence-Based Tobacco Control Mobile Apps Based on Federally Funded Research Projects
Authors : Alexander V. Prokhorov, Salma K. Marani, Mario R. Luca
Published in: Creative Business and Social Innovations for a Sustainable Future
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
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Abstract
Tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke remain worldwide public health problems. We report results from three studies. Project ASPIRE and Project CASA are for bilingual participants (English and Spanish) utilizing interactive-computer-technologies and printed fotonovelas. Project Team utilized a continuing education training for physicians’ and pharmacists’ tobacco cessation counseling. Once a health-related research project is complete one of the challenges is to find a way to successfully disseminate this health information to the general public. The increasing popularity of health-related apps and the successful results of our research studies encouraged us to develop a group of evidence-based mobile apps. We developed three mobile apps corresponding to these studies: Tobacco Free Teens, Tobacco Free Family, and QuitMedKit. A fourth mobile app, Vaper Chase, was developed from evidence based data from various sources reflecting the increasing use of e-cigarettes and hookah in the USA and worldwide.