The RealU

About

The RealU is a randomized trial to determine the efficacy of providing: 

1. individually tailored web-based messages 
2. individually tailored messages plus peer support email and video messages as part of an online program. 

The topics covered include smoking cessation, alcohol consumption, exercise, and eating breakfast.

Aims

Aim 1. To determine the efficacy of providing individually tailored smoking cessation messages as part of a general interest website for young adults.

Aim 2. To determine the efficacy of providing individually tailored smoking cessation messages plus peer email, phone and online support as part of a general interest website for young adults.

Participants

1680 young adult smokers ages 18-30

Publications

• A Randomized Trial of an Avatar-Hosted Multiple Behavior Change Intervention for Young Adult Smokers (Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Monographs)

People

• Lawrence C. An, MD
• Jasjit S. Ahluwalia, MD, MPH, MS
• John E. Connett, PhD
• Victor J. Strecher, PhD, MPH
• Colleen M. Klatt, PhD
• Xianghua Luo, PhD
• Janet L. Thomas, PhD, LP
• Theodore V. Cooper, PhD
• Osvaldo F. Morera, PhD
• Kenneth A. Resnicow, PhD