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Using a gamified monitoring app to change adolescents’ snack intake: the development of the REWARD app and evaluation design

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Title
Using a gamified monitoring app to change adolescents’ snack intake: the development of the REWARD app and evaluation design
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BMC Public Health, August 2016
DOI 10.1186/s12889-016-3286-4
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W. Van Lippevelde, J. Vangeel, N. De Cock, C. Lachat, L. Goossens, K. Beullens, L. Vervoort, C. Braet, L. Maes, S. Eggermont, B. Deforche, J. Van Camp

Abstract

As the snacking pattern of European adolescents is of great concern, effective interventions are necessary. Till now health promotion efforts in children and adolescents have had only limited success in changing adolescents' eating patterns and anthropometrics. Therefore, the present study proposes an innovative approach to influence dietary behaviors in youth based on new insights on effective behavior change strategies and attractive intervention channels to engage adolescents. This article describes the rationale, the development, and evaluation design of the 'Snack Track School' app. The aim of the app is to improve the snacking patterns of Flemish 14- to 16-year olds. The development of the app was informed by the systematic, stepwise, iterative, and collaborative principles of the Intervention Mapping protocol. A four week mHealth intervention was developed based on the dual-system model with behavioral change strategies targeting both the reflective (i.e., active learning, advance organizers, mere exposure, goal-setting, monitoring, and feedback) and automatic processes (i.e., rewards and positive reinforcement). This intervention will be evaluated via a controlled pre-post design in Flemish schools among 1400 adolescents. When this intervention including strategies focused on both the reflective and automatic pathway proves to be effective, it will offer a new scientifically-based vision, guidelines and practical tools for public health and health promotion (i.e., incorporation of learning theories in intervention programs). NCT02622165 registrated November 15, 2015 on clinicaltrials.gov.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Spain 1 <1%
Unknown 314 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 47 15%
Student > Ph. D. Student 43 14%
Student > Bachelor 35 11%
Researcher 26 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 23 7%
Other 48 15%
Unknown 93 30%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 51 16%
Psychology 34 11%
Medicine and Dentistry 29 9%
Social Sciences 22 7%
Computer Science 15 5%
Other 51 16%
Unknown 113 36%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 August 2017.
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#13,986,547
of 22,882,389 outputs
Outputs from BMC Public Health
#10,098
of 14,924 outputs
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#210,247
of 366,891 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Public Health
#256
of 374 outputs
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