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PREVENTING TYPE 2 DIABETES AMONG HISPANIC AMERICANS:
OPPORTUNITIES FOR OPTIMIZING MOBILE PHONE TECHNOLOGY
by
Stephanie Magdalena Lavayen
A Thesis Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
MASTER OF ARTS
(STRATEGIC PUBLIC RELATIONS)
May 2012
Copyright 2012 Stephanie Magdalena Lavayen
Object Description
| Title | Preventing type 2 diabetes among Hispanic Americans: opportunities for optimizing mobile phone technology |
| Author | Lavayen, Stephanie Magdalena |
| Author email | slavayen@usc.edu;stephanie.lavayen@gmail.com |
| Degree | Master of Arts |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Strategic Public Relations |
| School | Annenberg School for Communication |
| Date defended/completed | 2012-04-02 |
| Date submitted | 2012-05-04 |
| Date approved | 2012-05-04 |
| Restricted until | 2012-05-04 |
| Date published | 2012-05-04 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Floto, Jennifer |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Jackson, Laura Min Le Veque, Matthew |
| Abstract | The number of Americans diagnosed with diabetes is projected to double over the next fifty years (qtd. in Geiss and Cowie 25). The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimates that 90-95% of all diabetes cases are type 2. Ethnic populations, particularly Hispanic Americans, are disproportionately affected by diabetes. Numerous clinical trials have proven that the onset of type 2 diabetes can be prevented through moderate exercise and a balanced diet (qtd. in Dabelea et al. 39). Culturally relevant prevention strategies can improve the effectiveness of type 2 diabetes prevention campaigns attempting to reach Hispanic Americans. ❧ In 2010, 87% of English-speaking Hispanic Americans (Smith), 78% of bilingual Hispanic Americans and 68% of Spanish dominant Hispanic Americans reported having a cell phone (Livingston). Hispanic Americans have widely adopted mobile phone technology to access the Internet, SMS text messaging, videos, email and social networks (Smith). Mobile health communication strategies have the potential reach Hispanic Americans through a platform they have widely adopted for other communication purposes and provide them with information to make smart lifestyle decisions and hopefully prevent the onset of type 2 diabetes. |
| Keyword | type 2 diabetes; mobile phones; mHealth; health prevention; health communication; health public relations; public health; Hispanic Americans |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Lavayen, Stephanie Magdalena |
| Access conditions | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@usc.edu |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume4/etd-LavayenSte-745.pdf |
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| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Full text | PREVENTING TYPE 2 DIABETES AMONG HISPANIC AMERICANS: OPPORTUNITIES FOR OPTIMIZING MOBILE PHONE TECHNOLOGY by Stephanie Magdalena Lavayen A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF ARTS (STRATEGIC PUBLIC RELATIONS) May 2012 Copyright 2012 Stephanie Magdalena Lavayen |
