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Feasibility and Preliminary Efficacy of Co-Designed and Co-Created Healthy Lifestyle Social Media Intervention Programme the Daily Health Coach for Young Women: A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial.

Background: Young women spend 50 min daily on social media (SM); thus, SM platforms are promising for health interventions. This study tested the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of the co-designed SM intervention the Daily Health Coach (DHC). The DHC is a 3-month healthy lifestyles intervention...

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Published in:Nutrients Vol. 16; no. 24; pp. 4364 - 4382
Main Authors: Malloy, Jessica A., Partridge, Stephanie R., Kemper, Joya A., Braakhuis, Andrea, Roy, Rajshri
Format: research tables/charts randomized controlled trial Journal Article
Published: MDPI Dec2024
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        atl: Feasibility and Preliminary Efficacy of Co-Designed and Co-Created Healthy Lifestyle Social Media Intervention Programme the Daily Health Coach for Young Women: A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial.
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          Malloy, Jessica A.
          Partridge, Stephanie R.
          Kemper, Joya A.
          Braakhuis, Andrea
          Roy, Rajshri
        affil: Discipline of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, 85 Park Road Grafton, Auckland 1011, New Zealand
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          Social Media
          Internet-Based Intervention
          Life Style
          Program Evaluation
          Nutrition Education
          Implementation Science
          Women Psychosocial Factors
          Women Psychosocial Factors
          Health Promotion
          Physical Activity
          Treatment Outcomes
          Human
          Funding Source
          Randomized Controlled Trials
          Random Assignment
          Pilot Studies
          Female
          Adolescence
          Young Adult
          Questionnaires
          Descriptive Statistics
          Surveys
          T-Tests
          Chi Square Test
          Consumer Satisfaction
          Body Image
          Health Literacy
          Health Behavior
          Adolescent: 13-18 years
          Female
      ab: Background: Young women spend 50 min daily on social media (SM); thus, SM platforms are promising for health interventions. This study tested the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of the co-designed SM intervention the Daily Health Coach (DHC). The DHC is a 3-month healthy lifestyles intervention programme, targeting eating, physical activity, and social wellbeing behaviours in women aged 18–24, via the dissemination of health and nutrition content on social media platform Instagram. Methods: The programme was tested using an assessor-blinded, two-arm pilot randomised controlled trial with 46 participants over 12 weeks. Engagement was assessed via SM metrics; acceptability via post-programme questionnaires; and feasibility included retention, randomisation, recruitment, and data collection. Secondary outcomes—dietary quality, physical activity, social influence, disordered eating behaviours, body image, and digital health literacy—were assessed using validated surveys. Analyses included t-tests, chi-squared tests, and linear mixed models. The treatment effects were estimated by testing mean score differences from baseline to 3 months for intention-to-treat populations. Results: The DHC scored 83.6% for programme satisfaction. Over time, a significant decrease in body image disturbance was observed (p = 0.013). A significant group-by-time interaction for digital health literacy (p = 0.002) indicated increased ability to discern evidence-based nutrition information (p = 0.006). The waitlist control group showed increased social influence compared to the intervention group (p = 0.034). No other significant changes were observed. Conclusion: The DHC is a feasible and acceptable method for disseminating nutrition information. Larger studies are needed to determine efficacy.
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