UTHealth goes mobile for behavioral sciences research
In an effort to increase cancer prevention education in the Hispanic population, researchers at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) will use mobile technology to provide information that encourages nutritious eating and physical activity.
Leading the project is Belinda Reininger, DrPH, associate professor of health promotion and behavioral sciences at the University of Texas School of Public Health Brownsville Regional Campus, part of UTHealth.
The goal of the project is to see how this mobile technology can be used and to what extent it can impact behavior change related to cancer and obesity, Reininger remarked in a statement. She will work with trained community health workers to disseminate messages focusing on preventive behaviors for colorectal and breast cancer.
Reininger and colleagues were recently awarded a $500,000 grant from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, which will help fund the training of the community health workers in five Texas counties including Webb, Galveston, Nueces, Hidalgo and Cameron.
Leading the project is Belinda Reininger, DrPH, associate professor of health promotion and behavioral sciences at the University of Texas School of Public Health Brownsville Regional Campus, part of UTHealth.
The goal of the project is to see how this mobile technology can be used and to what extent it can impact behavior change related to cancer and obesity, Reininger remarked in a statement. She will work with trained community health workers to disseminate messages focusing on preventive behaviors for colorectal and breast cancer.
Reininger and colleagues were recently awarded a $500,000 grant from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, which will help fund the training of the community health workers in five Texas counties including Webb, Galveston, Nueces, Hidalgo and Cameron.