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An SMS Text Message-Based Type 2 Diabetes Prevention Program for Hispanic Adolescents With Obesity: Qualitative Co-Design Process

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By Erica G. Soltero, Callie Lopez, Sandra Mihail, Ayleen Hernandez
| Texas Medical Center
BACKGROUND: SMS text message-based interventions are a promising approach for reaching and engaging high-risk youths, such as Hispanic adolescents with obesity, in health promotion and disease prevention opportunities. This is particularly relevant, given that SMS text messaging is widely accessible and available and that adolescents are frequent texters.
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Fit24, a Digital Health Intervention to Reduce Type 2 Diabetes Risk Among Hispanic Youth: Protocol for a Feasibility Pilot Study

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By Erica G. Soltero, Callie Lopez, Salma M Musaad, Teresia M O'Connor
| Texas Medical Center
BACKGROUND: Poor physical activity (PA) and sleep behaviors in Hispanic adolescents contributes to increased risk for type 2 diabetes. Commonly owned digital devices and services like smartphones and text-messaging are highly used among adolescents and are promising intervention tools for reaching this age group. Personal activity trackers assess activity and sleep, making them ideal tools for addressing these behaviors.
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