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2013 Presentations – Chicago, IL, USA

Opening Keynote


Session 1A: The MindSpot Clinic (Lecture)
Nickolai Titov, Britt Klein, James Bennett-Levy, Ron Rapee, Clare Shann, Blake Dear

Evaluation of a Web-Based Program to Improve Adherence to HIV Medications
Rebekah Hersch, Royer Cook, Douglas Billings, Seth Kaplan

Using Logdata to Make Web-based Interventions More Persuasive
Lisette van Gemert-Pijnen

My Road Ahead: Navigating life after prostate cancer. Preliminary results from an RCT examining the efficacy of an online psychological support program for men with prostate cancer.
Addie Wootten, Jo Abbott, David Austin, Britt Klein, Anthony Costello, Declan Murphy

Development and efficacy of web-based guided self-help targeting psychological distress in cancer survivors
Anne-Marie Krebber, Filip Smit, Birgit Witte, Remco de Bree, Pim Cuijper2, Annemieke van Straten, Guus Eeckhout, AartJan Beekman, C René Leemans, Irma Verdonck-de Leeuw

Impacting Health Behaviors in Cancer Survivors:  Translation of an Existing Internet Intervention
Erin Bantum, Cheryl Albright, Jeffrey Berenberg, Kami White, Gabriela Layi, Diana Laurent, Phil Ritter, Katy Plant, Kate Lorig

Remote Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Results from 3 Trials Demonstrating the Efficacy of Guided and Self-Guided Administration. 
Bethany Wootton, Nick Titov, Blake Dear, Luke Johnston

A Controlled Trial of Smartphone and Internet-Delivered CBT Versus Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Social Anxiety Disorder
Gerhard Andersson, Jesper Dagöö, Robert Persson-Asplund, Brjánn Ljótsson, Tomas Furmark, Per Carlbring

Social presence and use of Internet-delivered interventions: A multi-method approach
Rik Crutzen, Dianne Cyr, Hector Larios, Rob Ruiter, Nanne de Vries

Internet-based therapist-supported intervention for Binge Eating Disorder: A randomized controlled trial
Birgit Wagner, Ruth Dölemeyer, Jana Steinig, Grit Klinitzke, Anette Kersting

Efficacy and acceptability of a cognitive and behavioral treatment supported by a web platform (Etiobe) in children obesity: a pilot study
Rosa Baños, Elia Oliver, Ausiàs Cebolla, Marta Miragall, Patricia Escobar, Cristina Botella

Net-step :  a therapist-delivered internet psychotherapy for depression in primary care
Ulrich Sprick*, Martin Köhne

Adapting LifeGuide web-based interventions for multiple uses: the example of ‘POWeR’
Leanne Morrison, Laura Dennison, Katherine Bradbury, Richard Hobbs, Paul Little, Lucy Yardley

Promoting Skin Self-Examination for Early Detection of Melanoma with a Tablet-Based Intervention
Rikki Gaber, Hanz Blatt, Ashley Juengling, Yanina Guevara, Steve Eilers, Jennifer Duffecy, Mark Begale, Kimberely Mallett, Robert Turrisi, Brittany Hultegren, Karl Billamoria, Jeffrey Wayne, June Robinson

Efficacy of a Web-Based Intelligent Tutoring System on Genetic Testing For Breast Cancer Risk
Christopher Wolfe, Valerie Reyna, Colin Widmer, Elizabeth Cedillos, Christopher Fisher, Audrey Weil, Priscila Brust-Renck, Sharjeel Chaudhry, Isabella Damas Vannucchi

Intervening to change problematic alcohol use: Using online personalized feedback to encourage changes in behaviour
Bridgette Bewick

Comparison of Two Internet-Based Interventions for Problem Drinkers: Randomized Controlled Trial
John Cunningham

Clinical Outcomes and Economic Evaluation of Internet-based Interventions for Harmful Alcohol Use: A Pragmatic Randomized Trial
Matthijs Blankers, Udo Nabitz, Filip Smit, Maarten Koeter, Gerard Schippers

Realizing Just-in-Time mHealth Intervention via Mobile Assessment of Health, Behavior and Context – Opportunities and Challenges
Santosh Kumar

A Social and MobileWeight Control Program for Young Adults, project SMART
Evelyn Davila, Kevin Patrick, Simon Marshall, James Fowler, Anjali Kansagara, Christina Servetas, Gina Merchant, Julie Kolodziejczyk

Internet-based CBT as relapse prevention for partially remitted depression – results from a two-year follow-up and future directions for research
Fredrik Holländare, Maria Tillfors, Per Carlbring, Gerhard Andersson, Ingemar Engström

Extending online interventions across the lifespan: Using BRAVE-ONLINE to reach preschool children with anxiety
Caroline Donovan, Sonja March

Online interventions in a post-disaster context: Using BRAVE-ONLINE to treat anxiety and stress following the New Zealand earthquakes
Karolina Stasiak, Stephanie Moor, Sally Merry, Caroline Donovan, Sonja March

Examining a brief web-based information intervention (JoJo’s Place) for children who have been through an earthquake
Karolina Stasiak, Suneela Mehta, Shanthi Ameratunga, Justin Kenardy, Steph Moor, Sally Merry

Web-based Prevention of PTSD via an Interactive Game for School-Age Children
Nancy Kassam-Adams, Meghan Marsac, Kristen Kohser, Justin Kenardy, Sonja March, Flaura Winston

Computer Tailored Technology for eHealth programs: An overview of Dutch RCT’s
Hein de Vries

What happens online? Usage and user groups of a non-guided self-management website for breast cancer survivors.
Sanne Van den Berg, Esmee Peters, Marieke Gielissen, Nelleke Ottevanger, Judith Prins

Utilization and efficacy of an Internet intervention for insomnia among adults age 55 and older
Frances Thorndike, Lee Ritterband, Holly Lord, Nathaniel Mason, Katie Stone, Charles Morin

Effectiveness of a tailored vs. general feedback Web-based program as a tool to increase health knowledge and improve health behaviors among Arab college and university students in Israel
Jumanah Essa-Hadad, Shai Linn, Sheizaf Rafaeli

Moderators of outcomes in guided web-based interventions for depression: An individual patient meta analysis
Liesje Donkin, Pim Cuijpers

Can We Let the Patient Decide? A Pilot Preference Study of Internet-Based Psychodynamic Versus Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression
Gerhard Andersson, Robert Johansson, Anna Nyblom, Per Carlbring

Observance of the Superuser Effect in four web-based social networks designed to promote health behaviour change
Trevor van Mierlo

Expectancy and opinion about a CCBT program for the treatment of depression and the use of different sensors
Cristina Botella, Adriana Mira, Carla Soler, Antonio Riera López del Amo, Juana Bretón López, Inés Moragrega, Rosa María Baños, Azucena García Palacios, Soledad Quero

Improving Outcomes in Head and Neck Cancers:  The CYCORE Project
Susan Peterson, Eileen Shinn, Karen Basen-Engquist, Wendy Demark-Wahnefried, Alexandre Prokhorov, Chaitan Baru, Ingolf Krueger, Emilia Farcas, Phil Rios, Adam Garden, Beth Beadle, Kai Lin, Yan Yan, Stephanie Martch, Kevin Patrick

Using Google AdWords for International Multilingual Recruitment
Yan Leykin, Nancy Liu, Ricardo Muñoz, Omar Contreras, Margaret Gross

Comparing Sources of Recruitment into Internet Studies: Amazon’s Mechanical Turk vs. Google Adwords
Stephen Schueller, Ricardo Muñoz

Supportive Accountability via Text Messaging
Adrian Aguilera, Leandro Torres, Ricardo Muñoz

Using a peer network to promote supportive accountability and collaborative learning in an Internet depression prevention program for adolescents.
Joyce Ho, Marya Corden, Jennifer Duffecy, Elizabeth Stiles-Shields, Mark Begale, Benjamin Van Voorhees, David Mohr

Using online focus-groups to tailor a new text-message based HIV-prevention project to meet the needs of adolescent men who have sex with men (AMSM)
Brian Mustanski, L. Zachary DuBois, Michele Ybarra

In pursuit of a Behavior Intervention Technology to improve management of health-related self-care tasks for adolescents with spina bifida: Focus group data
Christina Holbein, Jennifer Duffecy, Rebecca Silton, Grayson Holmbeck

Developing and Fielding Primary Care Internet-Based Interventions to Prevent Adolescent Depression in Randomized Clinical Trials
Monika Marko-Holguin, Marya Corden, Mark Kaplan, Theodore (TJ) Crawford, Benjamin Van Voorhees, Tracy Gladstone

A National (US) Trial of an Internet Intervention for Insomnia (SHUTi): Pre-Post Findings
Lee Ritterband, Frances Thorndike, Holly Lord, Christina Frederick, Linda Gonder-Frederick, Karen Ingersoll1, Charles Morin

WEB-based distress management program for implantable CARdioverter dEfibrillator patients (WEBCARE)
Mirela Habibovic, Viola Spek, Krista van den Broek, Dominic Theuns, Marco Alings, Pepijn van der Voort, Luc Jordaens, Leon Bouwels, Suzanne Valk, Jean-Paul Herrman, Lisanne Warmerdam, Pim Cuijpers, Johan Denollet, Susanne Pedersen

Internet-delivered Healthy Lifestyles treatment (iHLT) among Smokers With Comorbid Mental Health Problems: Results of a Pilot Study
Frances Kay-Lambkin, Amanda Baker, Robyn Richmond, Bonnie Spring, Sally Hunt

Electronically-Enhanced Weight Control Intervention for Adolescents: Feasibility, Acceptability, and Effectiveness
Chad Jensen, Heather Heuston, Kristina Duncombe, Mark Lott, Sanita Hunsaker

Designing a Smartphone App for Health Promotion in Adolescents Cancer Survivors: Mila Celestial Bloom
Bernard Fuemmeler, Truls Ostbye, Julie Blatt, Ed Holzwarth, Landon Cox

Multi-Step Development of a Technology-Based Asthma Adherence Intervention for African American Emerging Adults
Karen MacDonell, Sylvie Naar-King, Wanda Gibson-Scipio, Phebe Lam

Motivational Enhancement System to Reduce Sexually Transmitted Infections in Youth with HIV
Nikki Cockern, Sylvie Naar-King, Angulique Outlaw

CBT MobileWork©: Development and Testing of a Smartphone Application to Promote Homework Adherence
Judith Callan, Greg Siegle, Anind Dey, Armando Rotondi, Michael Spring, Susan Sereika, Jacqueline Dunbar-Jacob

Video Behavior-Management Intervention for Dementia Caregivers
Kristine Williams, Anne Arthur, Michele Niedens, Lois Moushey, Lewis Hutfeldts, Phyllis Switzer

Televideo Support Groups with Rural Elders
Angela Banitt Duncan, Cathy Pendleton, Brooke Groneman, Moira Mulhern, Carol Bush

Using Technology to Disseminate Evidence-Based Practice Information to Rural Healthcare Providers
Linda Redford

Developing, Implementing, and Sustaining Behavioral Services Over Videoconferencing with Elders
Eve-Lynn Nelson, Elizabeth Penick

A Case Study for Mobile App Evaluation in a Clinical Setting
Adam Miner, Julia Hoffman, Eric Kuhn, Katherine Taylor, Mickey Trockel, Joseph Ruzek, Barr Taylor, Aimee Zhang

Application of “Startup” Methodologies to the Design and Implementation of a Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial
Nathan Cobb, Josée Poirier

Feasibility of an Internet intervention (iSHIFTup) to promote healthy skin behaviors and prevent pressure ulcers in adults with spinal cord injury
Michelle Hilgart, Lee Ritterband, Kate Baxter, Bridgett Bartley, Susan Garber, Holly Lord, Alan Alfano, Catherine Ratliff, Jane Schubart, Frances Thorndike, Mable Kinzie

Concepts, Definitions, and Applications: The Terminology Chaos of Internet-Supported Psychotherapeutic Interventions
Azy Barak

Advancing HIV Prevention through Universal, Selective, and Indicated Approaches: An Overview of Three Computer-Based HIV Behavioral Interventions
Douglas Billings, Samantha Leaf, Dana Schlossberg, Joy Spencer, Rebekah Hersch, Royer Cook

Reach and effectiveness of a ten-year international Spanish-language stop-smoking Internet site
Ricardo Muñoz, Ken Chen, Eliseo Pérez-Stable

A three year experience with an online intervention for depression in Mexico.
Ma. Asunción Lara, Marcela Tiburcio, Araceli Aguilar

Session 9A: Delivering Interventions for Depression and Anxiety to Communities (Panel)
Marie Chellingsworth, University of Nottingham, UK
Ann McCreath, Five Areas Limited, UK
Christopher Williams, University of Glasgow, UK

Internet Psycho-education Programs Improve Outcomes in Youth with Type 1 Diabetes: A Randomized, Crossover Study
Robin Whittemore, Ariana Chao, Margaret Grey, TeenCope Study Group

Improving Parental Competencies Through Web-based Programs
Christa C. Nieuwboer, Ruben G. Fukkink, Jo M.A. Hermanns

Using the web to support teachers in meeting the needs of children with ADHD in the classroom
Penny Corkum, Nezihe Elik, Pamela Blotnicky, Melissa McGonnell, Amy Russell

Therapist-supported Internet-based psychotherapy for posttraumatic stress disorder in war-traumatized Arab patients: a parallel group randomized controlled trial
Birgit Wagner, Janine Brand, Wassima Schulz, Christine Knaevelsrud

Predictors of treatment outcome in an Arabic Internet-based psychotherapy for post-traumatic stress disorders
Janine Brand, Wassima Schulz, Birgit Wagner, Christine Knaevelsrud

Reducing practical and cultural barriers to mental health treatment: Issues in the development of Internet-based CBT programs for depression for Chinese Australians
Nickolai Titov*, Sharon Lu, Blake Dear

Web-based guided self-help for Turkish migrants in the Netherlands with depressive complaints. Results from a randomized controlled trial.
Burcin Unlu, Heleen Riper, Pim Cuijpers

Provision of CBT based depression treatment on a smart phone – the ICT4Depression mobile system
Pepijn Van de Ven, Elaine McGovern, John J. Guiry, John Nelson

ICT4depression in Sweden
Gerhard Andersson, Robert Johansson, Hoa Ly

Artificial Intelligence techniques to enhance mobile therapy
Michel Klein

New ICT based tools for the prevention and treatment of depression
Cristina Botella

Tendrils: Sexual Renewal for Women after Cancer: Randomized trial of a multimedia, interactive intervention
Leslie Schover, Ying Yuan, Evan Odensky, Pamela Lewis, Paul Martinett

CancerChatCanada: Reflections On A Pan-Canadian Online Support Group Initiative
Joanne Stephen, Jill Taylor-Brown, Margaret Fitch, Michael Speca, Jill Turner, Karen Fergus, Scott Sellick, Deborah McLeod, Kate Collie

Lessons learned from 2 randomized pilots of internet-based intervention for cancer survivors: Survive and health-space.net
Jason Owen, Erin Bantum, Annette Stanton

A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Two Online Support Groups for Distressed Breast Cancer Survivors: The Benefits of “Me Time”
Stephen Lepore, Joanne Buzaglo, Morton Lieberman, Mitch Golant, Judy Greener, Adam Davey

Order from Chaos: Exploring An Architecture to Bring Order from the Chaos of Mobile Sensor Data
Evan Story, Evan Goulding

A Cochrane Systematic Review Of Computer-based Diabetes Self-management Interventions For Adults With Type 2 Diabetes
Kingshuk Pal, Sophie Eastwood, Susan Michie, Andrew Farmer, Maria Barnard, Richard Peacock, Bindie Wood, Joni Inniss, Elizabeth Murray

Developing an Internet Self-management Intervention for People with Type 2 Diabetes: What did Patients Tell Us?
Charlotte Dack, Jamie Ross, Kingshuk Pal, Fiona Stevenson, Elsa Gubert, Elizabeth Murray

Developing an Internet Self-Management Intervention for People with Type 2 Diabetes: What did Clinicians Tell Us?
Jamie Ross, Charlotte Dack, Kingshuk Pal, Fiona Stevenson, Elsa Gubert, Elizabeth Murray

Integrating theory, qualitative data and participatory design to develop HeLP-Diabetes: an internet self-management intervention for people with type 2 diabetes.
Kingshuk Pal, Charlotte Dack, Jamie Ross, Elizabeth Murray

A survey of attitudes towards online self-help for eating disorders
Christopher Williams, Ulrike Schmidt, Carrie-Anne McClay

A randomized controlled trial of an Internet-based cognitive-behavioural skills package for carers of people with anorexia nervosa
Louise Waters, Ulrike Schmidt, Chris Williams

Participant’s experiences of an online cognitive behavioural therapy package for bulimic type disorders: A community based study
Carrie-Anne McClay, Louise Waters, Ulrike Schmidt, Christopher Williams

Usability Testing for a Behavioral Intervention Technology for Increasing Antidepressant Medication Adherence
Colleen Stiles-Shields, Enid Montague, Jenna Duffecy, David C. Mohr

Session 11C: Text Messaging in the Management of Diabetes and Obesity (Panel)
Ben Gerber, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Shantanu Nundy, University of Chicago, USA
Karl Kochendorfer, University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System, USA

The Healthy Body Image Program: An Online Platform for Integrated Eating Disorder Screening and Prevention for College Students

Megan Jones, Andrea Kass, Mickey Trockel, Denise Wilfley, C. Barr Taylor

Mindfulness online: The feasibility of a web-based mindfulness course and its impact on stress, anxiety and depression.
Adele Krusche, Eva Cyhlarova, Scott King, J. Mark G. Willliams

PainCOACH: Designing, developing, and evaluating an automated web-based pain coping skills training program that mimics therapeutic aspects of in-person training
Christine Rini, Laura Porter, Robert DeVellis, Jamie Stiller, Tamara Somers, Daphne McKee, Francis Keefe

Session 13B: Measuring Engagement and Adherence to eHealth Interventions: Challenges and Opportunities Across the Healthcare Continuum from Prevention to Diagnosis and Treatment (Panel)
Linda Fleisher, Fox Chase Cancer Center, USA
Flaura Winston, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, USA
Kuang Yi Wen, Fox Chase Cancer Center, USA

A “SMART” Approach to Managing Concussion
Lynn Babcock, Brad Kurowski, Judith Dexheimer, Sunny Thakkar, Alexandra Talks, Stacey Raj, Nicole McClanahan, Shari Wade

Prior Computer Use  Moderates Treatment-Related Improvements in Caregiver Self-Efficacy Following a Family-Centered, Online Problem-Solving Intervention for Adolescents with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Shari Wade, Christine Karver, H. Gerry Taylor, Terry Stancin, Michael Kirkwood, Tanya Brown