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| Victor StrecherSummaryAffiliation: University of Michigan Country: USA Publications
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Web-based smoking-cessation programs: results of a randomized trialVictor J Strecher
Center for Health Communications Research, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 0471, USA
Am J Prev Med 34:373-81. 2008..This study aimed to (1) identify active psychosocial and communication components of a web-based smoking-cessation intervention and (2) examine the impact of increasing the tailoring depth on smoking cessation...- Integrating an internet-mediated walking program into family medicine clinical practice: a pilot feasibility studyDavid E Goodrich
Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan, 1018 Fuller St, Ann Arbor, 48104, USA
BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 11:47. 2011.... 
Moderators and mediators of a web-based computer-tailored smoking cessation program among nicotine patch usersVictor J Strecher
University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, 300 N Ingalls Room 5D 04 0471, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 0471, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 8:S95-101. 2006..Moderating variables may be particularly useful to address in tailored messaging. The mediating factor of perceived message relevance may provide a partial mechanism of effective program tailoring...- The role of engagement in a tailored web-based smoking cessation program: randomized controlled trialVictor J Strecher
Center for Health Communications Research, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 0471, USA
J Med Internet Res 10:e36. 2008..First, does engagement with program content predict long-term outcomes? Second, which users are most likely to drop out or disengage from the program? Third, do particular intervention strategies enhance engagement?.. - A randomized controlled trial of multiple tailored messages for smoking cessation among callers to the cancer information serviceVictor J Strecher
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 0471, USA
J Health Commun 10:105-18. 2005..The qualities of specific psychosocial and communication elements in tailored materials should receive attention in future research... - Randomized controlled trial of a web-based computer-tailored smoking cessation program as a supplement to nicotine patch therapyVictor J Strecher
University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor 48109 0471, USA
Addiction 100:682-8. 2005..To assess the efficacy of World Wide Web-based tailored behavioral smoking cessation materials among nicotine patch users... - Internet methods for delivering behavioral and health-related interventions (eHealth)Victor Strecher
Center for Health Communications Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 0471, USA
Annu Rev Clin Psychol 3:53-76. 2007..Also discussed are criteria relevant to the dissemination of eHealth programming in real-world settings. Finally, possible directions for future eHealth research are presented... - Tailoring a fruit and vegetable intervention on ethnic identity: results of a randomized studyKen Resnicow
University of Michigan, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 2029, USA
Health Psychol 28:394-403. 2009..One characteristic that varies across AAs is Ethnic Identity (EI). Little research has been conducted on how to incorporate EI into the design of health messages and programs... - Developing multicomponent interventions using fractional factorial designsBibhas Chakraborty
Department of Statistics and The Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Stat Med 28:2687-708. 2009..As an example, we consider the use of a screening study in the development of a multicomponent smoking cessation intervention. Simulation results are provided to support the discussions... - Tailored mobile phone text messages as an adjunct to obesity treatment for adolescentsSusan J Woolford
Pediatric Comprehensive Weight Management Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 5456, USA
J Telemed Telecare 16:458-61. 2010..Computerized tailored text messaging is a feasible adjunct to multidisciplinary obesity treatment and is acceptable to adolescents as an enjoyable means of improving their adherence to healthy lifestyle practices... - Neural correlates of message tailoring and self-relatedness in smoking cessation programmingHannah Faye Chua
Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan, 300 North Ingalls Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 0471, USA
Biol Psychiatry 65:165-8. 2009..However, little is known about the brain responses of smokers when they receive tailored smoking cessation messages... 
Physicians' perspectives on increasing the use of BMI charts for young childrenSusan J Woolford
Division of General Pediatrics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Clin Pediatr (Phila) 47:573-7. 2008..Efforts to increase physician use of BMI should address methods to simplify communication of BMI, such as with color-coded charts, and provision of management recommendations based on BMI findings...- An online community improves adherence in an internet-mediated walking program. Part 1: results of a randomized controlled trialCaroline R Richardson
Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 1213, United States
J Med Internet Res 12:e71. 2010..However, the impact of some Internet-mediated programs is limited by high attrition rates. Online communities that allow participants to communicate with each other by posting and reading messages may decrease participant attrition... - Tailoring a fruit and vegetable intervention on novel motivational constructs: results of a randomized studyKen Resnicow
School of Public Health, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan, 109 Observatory Street, Room 3867 SPH I, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 2029, USA
Ann Behav Med 35:159-69. 2008..Tailored health communications to date have been based on a rather narrow set of theoretical constructs... - Following up nonrespondents to an online weight management intervention: randomized trial comparing mail versus telephoneMick P Couper
Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
J Med Internet Res 9:e16. 2007..Attrition, or dropout, is a problem faced by many online health interventions, potentially threatening the inferential value of online randomized controlled trials... - Genetic counseling for BRCA1/2: a randomized controlled trial of two strategies to facilitate the education and counseling processCatharine Wang
Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan, School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, USA
Am J Med Genet A 134:66-73. 2005..No interaction effects of the two intervention arms were found. The study results support the importance of both strategies as valuable supplements to clinical BRCA1/2 counseling... - Patterns of Internet use and impact on patients with melanomaMichael S Sabel
Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Medical School and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
J Am Acad Dermatol 52:779-85. 2005..Our objective was to examine the use of the Internet and its impact among patients with melanoma... - The development of an Alzheimer's disease channel for the Michigan Interactive Health Kiosk ProjectCathleen M Connell
Michigan Alzheimer s Disease Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 2029, USA
J Health Commun 8:11-22. 2003..Finally, marketing and promotion of the channel and the implications of this initiative for disseminating information about AD are discussed... - The efficacy of two brief intervention strategies among injured, at-risk drinkers in the emergency department: impact of tailored messaging and brief adviceFrederic C Blow
Department of Veterans Affairs, Health Services Research and Development, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105, USA
J Stud Alcohol 67:568-78. 2006.... - Inference for non-regular parameters in optimal dynamic treatment regimesBibhas Chakraborty
Department of Statistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 1107, USA
Stat Methods Med Res 19:317-43. 2010..Analysis of a data set from a smoking cessation trial is provided as an illustration... - Screening experiments and the use of fractional factorial designs in behavioral intervention researchVijay Nair
Department of Statistics, University of Michigan, 439 West Hall, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Am J Public Health 98:1354-9. 2008..We then use 2 ongoing behavioral intervention projects to illustrate the usefulness of FFDs. FFDs should be supplemented with follow-up experiments in the refining phase so any critical assumptions about interactions can be verified... - Web-based weight management programs in an integrated health care setting: a randomized, controlled trialKendra Rothert
Kaiser Permanente Care Management Institute, Oakland, California, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 14:266-72. 2006..To assess the efficacy of a Web-based tailored behavioral weight management program compared with Web-based information-only weight management materials... - Measuring tobacco dependence treatment outcomes: a perspective from the behavior change consortiumGeoffrey C Williams
Department of Clinical and Social Sciences in Psychology, University of Rochester, NY 14627 0266, USA
Ann Behav Med 29:11-9. 2005..The workgroup concludes that trials should report both assessment of a prolonged period of abstinence of 6 months or longer, in addition to the traditional 7-day point prevalence outcome... - Reach, engagement, and retention in an Internet-based weight loss program in a multi-site randomized controlled trialRussell E Glasgow
Kaiser Permanente Colorado, Denver, CO, USA
J Med Internet Res 9:e11. 2007.... - Effect of incentives and mailing features on online health program enrollmentGwen L Alexander
Department of Biostatistics and Research Epidemiology, Henry Ford Hospital and Health System, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
Am J Prev Med 34:382-8. 2008..This study examined the effects of combinations of monetary incentives and mailing characteristics on enrollment, retention, and cost effectiveness for an online health program... - A strategy for optimizing and evaluating behavioral interventionsLinda M Collins
The Methodology Center, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park 16802, USA
Ann Behav Med 30:65-73. 2005..Purpose: This article suggests a multiphase optimization strategy (MOST) for achieving the dual goals of program optimization and program evaluation in the behavioral intervention field...