This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 - Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program) provides $599,146 to develop and validate a prototype of the "Digital Wellness Nurse (DWN)-FIT" platform. The DWN-FIT is an innovative, technology-enabled intervention that aims to increase access, adherence, and engagement in healthy behaviors for obese African American adolescents and their families.
The key objectives of this 1-year project are to: 1) develop and validate the DWN-FIT prototype; 2) evaluate the DWN-FIT intervention delivered by community healthcare workers with 16 obese African American adolescents and their families; 3) determine if social support enhances engagement and retention in the DWN-FIT treatment; and 4) conduct user-centered evaluations to ensure the DWN-FIT meets the needs of participating families and healthcare workers. The project will be implemented by Machine And Human Interaction LLC (doing business as Mahi Research Group).
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