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Testing the Acceptability and Feasibility of a Gender-Informed Smoking Cessation mHealth App for Women: Mixed Methods Approach

Testing the Acceptability and Feasibility of a Gender-Informed Smoking Cessation mHealth App for Women: Mixed Methods Approach

Testing the Acceptability and Feasibility of a Gender-Informed Smoking Cessation mHealth App for Women: Mixed Methods Approach

Osnat C Melamed   1, 2, 3, 4 , MSc, MD ;   Kamna Mehra   3 , DNB, MSc, MBBS ;   Allison Gayapersad   3 , PhD ;   Roshni Panda   3 , PhD ;   Nadia Minian   1, 2, 3, 4, 5 , PhD ;   Laurie Zawertailo   2, 3, 4, 5 , PhD ;   Leslie Buckley   6, 7 , MD, MPH ;   Marta Maslej   7, 8 , PhD ;   Lorraine Greaves   9, 10 , PhD ;   Andreea C Brabete   9 , PhD ;   Jonathan Rose   11 , PhD ;   Matt Ratto   12, 13 , PhD ;   Peter Selby   1, 2, 3, 7, 14 , MBBS, MHSc

1 INTREPID Lab, Nicotine Dependence Service, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada

2 Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

3 Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada

4 Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

5 Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

6 Addictions Division, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada

7 Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

8 Krembil Centre for Neuroinformatics, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada

9 Centre of Excellence for Women's Health, Vancouver, BC, Canada

10 School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

11 Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

12 Faculty of Information, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

13 Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

14 Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Corresponding Author:

  • Osnat C Melamed, MSc, MD
  • INTREPID Lab, Nicotine Dependence Service
  • Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
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  • Toronto, ON M6J1H4
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