Building a Tailored Text Messaging System for Smoking Cessation in Native American Populations

Drew Williams; Golam Mushih Tanimul Ahsan; Ivor Addo; Sheikh Iqbal Ahamed; Daniel Petereit; Linda Burhansstipanov; Linda Krebs; Mark Dignan

doi:10.1109/COMPSAC.2018.00150

Building a Tailored Text Messaging System for Smoking Cessation in Native American Populations

Drew Williams, Golam Mushih Tanimul Ahsan, Ivor Addo, Sheikh Iqbal Ahamed, Daniel Petereit, Linda Burhansstipanov, Linda Krebs, Mark Dignan

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Abstract

When starting new and healthy habits or encouraging vigilance against returning to poor habits, a simple text message can be beneficial. Text messages also have the advantage of being easily accessible for lower-income populations spread over a rural area, who may not be able to afford smartphones with apps or data plans. Users benefit the most from text messages that are customized for them, but personalization requires time and effort on part of the user and the counselor. However, personalization that focuses on the cultural background of a pool of recipients, in addition to general personal preferences, can be a low-cost method of ensuring the best experience for patients interested in taking up new habits. In this paper, we discuss the development of a system for motivating users to quit smoking designed for Native American users in South Dakota, using text messaging as a daily intervention method for patients. Our results show that focusing on modular message customization options and messages with a conversational tone best helps our goal of providing users with customization options that help motivate them to live happy and healthy lifestyles.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2018 IEEE 42nd Annual Computer Software and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2018
Editors	Chung-Horng Lung, Thomas Conte, Ling Liu, Toyokazu Akiyama, Kamrul Hasan, Edmundo Tovar, Hiroki Takakura, William Claycomb, Stelvio Cimato, Ji-Jiang Yang, Zhiyong Zhang, Sheikh Iqbal Ahamed, Sorel Reisman, Claudio Demartini, Motonori Nakamura
Pages	866-874
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538626665
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/COMPSAC.2018.00150
State	Published - Jun 8 2018
Event	42nd IEEE Computer Software and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2018 - Tokyo, Japan Duration: Jul 23 2018 → Jul 27 2018

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Name	Proceedings - International Computer Software and Applications Conference
Volume	1
ISSN (Print)	0730-3157

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Conference	42nd IEEE Computer Software and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2018
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Tokyo
Period	7/23/18 → 7/27/18

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was partially supported by a NIH R01 grant for Smoking Cessation.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 IEEE.

Keywords

Behavior motivation
Mhealth
Mobile computing
Smoking cessation
Systems

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Software
Computer Science Applications

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Williams, D., Tanimul Ahsan, G. M., Addo, I., Ahamed, S. I., Petereit, D., Burhansstipanov, L., Krebs, L., & Dignan, M. (2018). Building a Tailored Text Messaging System for Smoking Cessation in Native American Populations. In C-H. Lung, T. Conte, L. Liu, T. Akiyama, K. Hasan, E. Tovar, H. Takakura, W. Claycomb, S. Cimato, J-J. Yang, Z. Zhang, S. I. Ahamed, S. Reisman, C. Demartini, & M. Nakamura (Eds.), Proceedings - 2018 IEEE 42nd Annual Computer Software and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2018 (pp. 866-874). [8377775] (Proceedings - International Computer Software and Applications Conference; Vol. 1). https://doi.org/10.1109/COMPSAC.2018.00150

Williams, Drew ; Tanimul Ahsan, Golam Mushih ; Addo, Ivor et al. / Building a Tailored Text Messaging System for Smoking Cessation in Native American Populations. Proceedings - 2018 IEEE 42nd Annual Computer Software and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2018. editor / Chung-Horng Lung ; Thomas Conte ; Ling Liu ; Toyokazu Akiyama ; Kamrul Hasan ; Edmundo Tovar ; Hiroki Takakura ; William Claycomb ; Stelvio Cimato ; Ji-Jiang Yang ; Zhiyong Zhang ; Sheikh Iqbal Ahamed ; Sorel Reisman ; Claudio Demartini ; Motonori Nakamura. 2018. pp. 866-874 (Proceedings - International Computer Software and Applications Conference).

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Williams, D, Tanimul Ahsan, GM, Addo, I, Ahamed, SI, Petereit, D, Burhansstipanov, L, Krebs, L & Dignan, M 2018, Building a Tailored Text Messaging System for Smoking Cessation in Native American Populations. in C-H Lung, T Conte, L Liu, T Akiyama, K Hasan, E Tovar, H Takakura, W Claycomb, S Cimato, J-J Yang, Z Zhang, SI Ahamed, S Reisman, C Demartini & M Nakamura (eds), Proceedings - 2018 IEEE 42nd Annual Computer Software and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2018., 8377775, Proceedings - International Computer Software and Applications Conference, vol. 1, pp. 866-874, 42nd IEEE Computer Software and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2018, Tokyo, Japan, 7/23/18. https://doi.org/10.1109/COMPSAC.2018.00150

Building a Tailored Text Messaging System for Smoking Cessation in Native American Populations. / Williams, Drew; Tanimul Ahsan, Golam Mushih; Addo, Ivor et al.

Proceedings - 2018 IEEE 42nd Annual Computer Software and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2018. ed. / Chung-Horng Lung; Thomas Conte; Ling Liu; Toyokazu Akiyama; Kamrul Hasan; Edmundo Tovar; Hiroki Takakura; William Claycomb; Stelvio Cimato; Ji-Jiang Yang; Zhiyong Zhang; Sheikh Iqbal Ahamed; Sorel Reisman; Claudio Demartini; Motonori Nakamura. 2018. p. 866-874 8377775 (Proceedings - International Computer Software and Applications Conference; Vol. 1).

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