Teen Lifestyle Balance
Background
The Group Lifestyle BalanceTM Program was developed as part of the Diabetes Prevention Program by the University of Pittsburg and originally designed for overweight adults 18 years and older with pre-diabetes at risk for developing type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, consists of multiple (weekly, bi-weekly, and monthly) sessions providing education and encouragement, as well as other tools necessary to help participants reach their own healthy lifestyle goals.
The goal of the Teen Lifestyle Balance program as piloted by the Palo Alto Medical Foundation Research Institute was to 1) adapt the curriculum from the evidence-based lifestyle intervention program, Group Lifestyle Balance, so that it could be used specifically with overweight and obese adolescent patients and 2) to identify the most effective method of delivering this new intervention to this patient population.
Skills Developed
Usability testing
Qualitative analysis
Product creation informed by qualitative data
Study Population
Pre-Diabetic Adolescent patients at Palo Alto Medical Foundation and their parents and legal guardians
Methods
Systematically conducted usability tests of multiple fitness tracking and food tracking mobile applications and website counterparts to understand ease of use on a day to day basis
Used Excel and Qualitative data analysis software Dedoose to code and identify recurring and cross-cutting themes across conversations between parents and at-risk teenagers from both focus groups and interviews
Adapted modules from the original Group Lifestyle Balance program manual to make it more relevant and relatable to pre-diabetic adolescents informed by data from usability tests, focus groups, interviews, and literature reviews.
