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SynthesisComprehensive child and adolescent nursing2020

mHealth Interventions to Reduce Alcohol Use in Young People: A Systematic Review of the Literature.

Alison Hutton, Ivanka Prichard, Dean Whitehead, Susan Thomas, Mark Rubin, Elizabeth Sloand, Terrinieka W Powell, Keri Frisch, Peter Newman, Tener Goodwin Veenema

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Comprehensive child and adolescent nursing, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06415357 (Adapting mHealth Interventions to Improve Self-management of HIV and Substance Use Among Emerging Adults in Zambia), which is not on this map. Cited by 42 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT06415357 naactive not recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2024, after this paper: background citation

Adapting mHealth Interventions to Improve Self-management of HIV and Substance Use Among Emerging Adults in Zambia

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of Massachusetts, WorcesterRan2024 to 2026Enrolled164ConditionsPre-Exposure ProphylaxisArmsMobile Healthy Choices (mHC), Motivational Text Messaging (MTM), Standard ART Counseling
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

42 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  2. Digital Help for Substance Users (SU): A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  3. Health goals, sex, and college enrollment: Impacts on young adult response to digital alcohol intervention.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2026
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  7. A randomized pilot trial of a mobile delivered brief motivational interviewing and behavioral economic alcohol intervention for emerging adults.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Alison HuttonSchool of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Newcastle , Callaghan, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0626-087X
Ivanka PrichardCollege of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University , Bedford Park, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8892-9129
Dean WhiteheadCollege of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University , Bedford Park, Australia.
Susan ThomasSchool of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle , Callaghan, Australia.
Mark RubinSchool of Psychology, University of Newcastle , Callaghan, Australia.
Elizabeth SloandSchool of Nursing, Center for Humanitarian Health, Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore, MD, USA.
Terrinieka W PowellBloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore, MD, USA.
Keri FrischSchool of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore, MD, USA.
Peter NewmanLibrary, Flinders University , Bedford Park, Australia.
Tener Goodwin VeenemaSchool of Nursing, Center for Humanitarian Health, Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore, MD, USA.

Funding

A library-based prevention intervention for adolescents affected by parental drug use K01DA042134 · NIDA · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI POWELL, TERRINIEKA WILLIAMS · 2017 to 2022
$1.0M
NIDA NIH HHS K01 DA042134
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Harmful use of alcohol has serious effects on public health and is considered a significant risk factor for poor health. mHealth technology promotes health behavior change and enhances health through increased social opportunities for encouragement and support. It remains unknown whether these types of applications directly influence the health status of young people in reducing harmful levels of alcohol consumption. The purpose of this systematic review is to examine current evidence on the effectiveness of mHealth technology use in positively influencing alcohol-related behaviors of young people without known alcohol addiction. Relevant articles published from 2005 to January 2017 were identified through electronic searches of eight databases. Studies with interventions delivered by mHealth (social networking sites, SMS and mobile phone applications) to young people aged 12-26 years were included. Outcome measures were alcohol use, reduction in alcohol consumption or behavior change. Eighteen studies met the inclusion criteria. Interventions varied in design, participant characteristics, settings, length and outcome measures. Ten studies reported some effectiveness related to interventions with nine reporting a reduction in alcohol consumption. Use of mHealth, particularly text messaging (documented as SMS), was found to be an acceptable, affordable and effective way to deliver messages about reducing alcohol consumption to young people. Further research using adequately powered sample sizes in varied settings, with adequate periods of intervention and follow-up, underpinned by theoretical perspectives incorporating behavior change in young people's use of alcohol, is needed.

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AdolescentAlcohol DrinkingAlcoholismChildFemaleHumansMaleTelemedicineYoung Adultalcoholbehavior changeMhealthtext messagesyoung people

Identifiers

PMID31192698
PMCPMC7244006

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