TechTuesdayTalk
Date: Tuesday, March 14
Time: Noon
Place: Discovery 1, 915 Greene Street, Room 140
Speaker: Alicia Dahl, MS
"From Conception to Delivery: the Development of a Mobile Health Intervention for Targeting Weight, Stress, and Social Support among Pregnant Women"
Alicia Dahl, PhD candidate in HPEB, and recipient of the TecHealth Summer Sponsorship Award, will present the findings from a needs assessment of pregnant women living in the U.S. and the resulting development of a mobile health intervention targeting weight, stress, and social support during pregnancy. The presentation will highlight the challenges and successes of recruitment and data collection managed completely online and experiences implementing a remotely-delivered intervention.
Presented by:
TecHealth
Technology Center to Promote Healthy Lifestyles
A South Carolina SmartState Center at USC Arnold School of Public Health
Tech Tuesday Talks, is a free, monthly seminar series bringing together researchers from across the USC campus who share an interest in technology-assisted health promotion and disease prevention interventions and research. The series presents a forum to learn about one another’s work, spark collaborations, as well as introduce students to the ongoing research conducted on the USC campus which incorporates technology in health promotion. All interested faculty, staff, students and the general public are invited to attend. Tech Tuesday Talks are presented on the second Tuesday of the month in Discovery I Building, Room 140 at noon. To learn more, visit http://techealth.sc.edu/tech-tuesday-talks or contact magradey@mailbox.sc.edu.