Published on in Vol 7, No 2 (2022): Apr-Jun

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/33082, first published .
Text Messages and Financial Incentives to Increase Physical Activity in Adolescents With Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes: Web-Based Group Interviews to Inform Intervention Design

Text Messages and Financial Incentives to Increase Physical Activity in Adolescents With Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes: Web-Based Group Interviews to Inform Intervention Design

Text Messages and Financial Incentives to Increase Physical Activity in Adolescents With Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes: Web-Based Group Interviews to Inform Intervention Design

Mary Ellen Vajravelu   1, 2 , MSHP, MD ;   Talia Alyssa Hitt   3 , MPH, MSHP, MD ;   NaDea Mak   4 , MPH, CCRP, CIP ;   Aliya Edwards   5 , BS ;   Jonathan Mitchell   6, 7 , PhD ;   Lisa Schwartz   7, 8 , PhD ;   Andrea Kelly   4, 7 , MSCE, MD ;   Sandra Amaral   5, 7 , MHS, MD

1 Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

2 Center for Pediatric Research in Obesity and Metabolism, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

3 Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States

4 Division of Endocrinology & Diabetes, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States

5 Division of Nephrology, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States

6 Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States

7 Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States

8 Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Division of Oncology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Mary Ellen Vajravelu, MSHP, MD
  • Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism
  • Department of Pediatrics
  • University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
  • 4401 Penn Ave
  • Faculty Pavilion 6th Floor
  • Pittsburgh, PA, 15224
  • United States
  • Phone: 1 412 692 6533
  • Email: MaryEllen.Vajravelu@pitt.edu