Award
National Cancer Institute 3R33CA253600-05S1
Mobile Health Technology for Personalized Tobacco Cessation Support in Laos
Recipient
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Award Amount
$85,126.00
Ceiling
$85,126.00
Awarded
September 19, 2025
Identifier
3R33CA253600-05S1
A NIH-funded project to evaluate a personalized mobile health intervention for smoking cessation in Laos through a randomized controlled trial involving 500 adult smokers.
Description
This project is a collaborative initiative between US researchers and Lao public health officials to evaluate a mobile health (mHealth) intervention aimed at smoking cessation among Lao patients. The intervention involves a fully automated, personalized smartphone-delivered behavioral treatment using the Insight™ platform. The study will conduct a randomized controlled trial with 500 adult smokers recruited from hospitals in Vientiane and Champasak Province, comparing standard care with an automated treatment program.