Published on in Vol 8, No 1 (2019): January

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/12526, first published .
Understanding the Effect of Adding Automated and Human Coaching to a Mobile Health Physical Activity App for Afghanistan and Iraq Veterans: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial of the Stay Strong Intervention

Understanding the Effect of Adding Automated and Human Coaching to a Mobile Health Physical Activity App for Afghanistan and Iraq Veterans: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial of the Stay Strong Intervention

Understanding the Effect of Adding Automated and Human Coaching to a Mobile Health Physical Activity App for Afghanistan and Iraq Veterans: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial of the Stay Strong Intervention

Lorraine R Buis   1 , PhD ;   Felicia A McCant   2 , MSSW ;   Jennifer M Gierisch   2, 3, 4 , MPH, PhD ;   Lori A Bastian   5, 6 , MD, MPH ;   Eugene Z Oddone   2, 4 , MD, MHS ;   Caroline R Richardson   1 , MD ;   Hyungjin Myra Kim   7 , ScD ;   Richard Evans   7 , MS ;   Gwendolyn Hooks   7 , MA ;   Reema Kadri   1 , MLIS ;   Courtney White-Clark   2 , MS ;   Laura J Damschroder   7 , MPH, MSc

1 Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

2 Durham Center of Innovation to Accelerate Discover and Practice Transformation, Durham VA Health Care System, Durham, NC, United States

3 Department of Population Health Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States

4 Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States

5 Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States

6 Pain Research, Informatics, Multimorbidities, and Education Center, VA Connecticut, West Haven, CT, United States

7 VA Center for Clinical Management Research, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Laura J Damschroder, MPH, MSc
  • VA Center for Clinical Management Research
  • VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System
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  • Ann Arbor, MI, 48113
  • United States
  • Phone: 1 734 845 3603
  • Email: laura.damschroder@va.gov