Trial reportBMC public health2007
Measuring participant rurality in Web-based interventions.
Trial report in BMC public health, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.
- Internet-based interventions for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Interventions for smokeless tobacco use cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015Pooled it
- Randomized controlled trial of MyLastDip: a Web-based smokeless tobacco cessation program for chewers ages 14-25.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2013Trial
- Comparing two web-based smoking cessation programs: randomized controlled trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2008Trial
- Mediators of a successful web-based smokeless tobacco cessation program.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2008Trial
- The combined effect of air and transportation noise pollution on atherosclerotic inflammation and risk of cardiovascular disease events.Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology · 2023Article
- Risk Factors for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia Diagnoses in American Indians.Ethnicity & disease · 2020Article
- Geographic Representativeness of a Web-Based Smoking Cessation Intervention: Reach Equity Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2018Article
- Barriers to Parent Support for Physical Activity in Appalachia.Journal of physical activity & health · 2016Article
- Quality of diabetes mellitus care by rural primary care physicians.The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association · 2012Article
- Rurality and event-free survival in patients with heart failure.Heart & lung : the journal of critical careArticle
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Abstract
backgroundWeb-based health behavior change programs can reach large groups of disparate participants and thus they provide promise of becoming important public health tools. Data on participant rurality can complement other demographic measures to deepen our understanding of the success of these programs. Specifically, analysis of participant rurality can inform recruitment and social marketing efforts, and facilitate the targeting and tailoring of program content. Rurality analysis can also help evaluate the effectiveness of interventions across population groupings.
methodsWe describe how the RUCAs (Rural-Urban Commuting Area Codes) methodology can be used to examine results from two Randomized Controlled Trials of Web-based tobacco cessation programs: the ChewFree.com project for smokeless tobacco cessation and the Smokers' Health Improvement Program (SHIP) project for smoking cessation.
resultsUsing RUCAs methodology helped to highlight the extent to which both Web-based interventions reached a substantial percentage of rural participants. The ChewFree program was found to have more rural participation which is consistent with the greater prevalence of smokeless tobacco use in rural settings as well as ChewFree's multifaceted recruitment program that specifically targeted rural settings.
conclusionResearchers of Web-based health behavior change programs targeted to the US should routinely include RUCAs as a part of analyzing participant demographics. Researchers in other countries should examine rurality indices germane to their country.
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