The potential of smartphone apps in informing protobacco and antitobacco messaging efforts among underserved communities : longitudinal observational study
People from underserved communities such as those from lower socioeconomic positions or racial and ethnic minority groups are often disproportionately targeted by the tobacco industry, through the relatively high levels of tobacco retail outlets (TROs) located in their neighborhood or protobacco mar...
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| author | Lee, Edmund Wei Jian Bekalu, Mesfin Awoke McCloud, Rachel Vallone, Donna Arya, Monisha Osgood, Nathaniel Li, Xiaoyan Minsky, Sara Viswanath, Kasisomayajula |
| author2 | Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information |
| author_facet | Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information Lee, Edmund Wei Jian Bekalu, Mesfin Awoke McCloud, Rachel Vallone, Donna Arya, Monisha Osgood, Nathaniel Li, Xiaoyan Minsky, Sara Viswanath, Kasisomayajula |
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| description | People from underserved communities such as those from lower socioeconomic positions or racial and ethnic minority groups are often disproportionately targeted by the tobacco industry, through the relatively high levels of tobacco retail outlets (TROs) located in their neighborhood or protobacco marketing and promotional strategies. It is difficult to capture the smoking behaviors of individuals in actual locations as well as the extent of exposure to tobacco promotional efforts. With the high ownership of smartphones in the United States-when used alongside data sources on TRO locations-apps could potentially improve tobacco control efforts. Health apps could be used to assess individual-level exposure to tobacco marketing, particularly in relation to the locations of TROs as well as locations where they were most likely to smoke. To date, it remains unclear how health apps could be used practically by health promotion organizations to better reach underserved communities in their tobacco control efforts. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1463692023-03-05T15:59:01Z The potential of smartphone apps in informing protobacco and antitobacco messaging efforts among underserved communities : longitudinal observational study Lee, Edmund Wei Jian Bekalu, Mesfin Awoke McCloud, Rachel Vallone, Donna Arya, Monisha Osgood, Nathaniel Li, Xiaoyan Minsky, Sara Viswanath, Kasisomayajula Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information Science::Medicine Mobile Health Mobile Phone People from underserved communities such as those from lower socioeconomic positions or racial and ethnic minority groups are often disproportionately targeted by the tobacco industry, through the relatively high levels of tobacco retail outlets (TROs) located in their neighborhood or protobacco marketing and promotional strategies. It is difficult to capture the smoking behaviors of individuals in actual locations as well as the extent of exposure to tobacco promotional efforts. With the high ownership of smartphones in the United States-when used alongside data sources on TRO locations-apps could potentially improve tobacco control efforts. Health apps could be used to assess individual-level exposure to tobacco marketing, particularly in relation to the locations of TROs as well as locations where they were most likely to smoke. To date, it remains unclear how health apps could be used practically by health promotion organizations to better reach underserved communities in their tobacco control efforts. Published version 2021-02-11T03:01:28Z 2021-02-11T03:01:28Z 2020 Journal Article Lee, E. W. J., Bekalu, M. A., McCloud, R., Vallone, D., Arya, M., Osgood, N., . . . Viswanath, K. (2020). The Potential of Smartphone Apps in Informing Protobacco and Antitobacco Messaging Efforts Among Underserved Communities: Longitudinal Observational Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22(7), e17451-. doi:10.2196/17451 1438-8871 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/146369 10.2196/17451 32673252 2-s2.0-85088155520 7 22 en Journal of medical Internet research © Edmund WJ Lee, Mesfin Awoke Bekalu, Rachel McCloud, Donna Vallone, Monisha Arya, Nathaniel Osgood, Xiaoyan Li,Sara Minsky, Kasisomayajula Viswanath. Originally published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (http://www.jmir.org),07.07.2020. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium,provided the original work, first published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, is properly cited. The complete bibliographicinformation, a link to the original publication on http://www.jmir.org/, as well as this copyright and license information must beincluded application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Science::Medicine Mobile Health Mobile Phone Lee, Edmund Wei Jian Bekalu, Mesfin Awoke McCloud, Rachel Vallone, Donna Arya, Monisha Osgood, Nathaniel Li, Xiaoyan Minsky, Sara Viswanath, Kasisomayajula The potential of smartphone apps in informing protobacco and antitobacco messaging efforts among underserved communities : longitudinal observational study |
| title | The potential of smartphone apps in informing protobacco and antitobacco messaging efforts among underserved communities : longitudinal observational study |
| title_full | The potential of smartphone apps in informing protobacco and antitobacco messaging efforts among underserved communities : longitudinal observational study |
| title_fullStr | The potential of smartphone apps in informing protobacco and antitobacco messaging efforts among underserved communities : longitudinal observational study |
| title_full_unstemmed | The potential of smartphone apps in informing protobacco and antitobacco messaging efforts among underserved communities : longitudinal observational study |
| title_short | The potential of smartphone apps in informing protobacco and antitobacco messaging efforts among underserved communities : longitudinal observational study |
| title_sort | potential of smartphone apps in informing protobacco and antitobacco messaging efforts among underserved communities longitudinal observational study |
| topic | Science::Medicine Mobile Health Mobile Phone |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/146369 |
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