Smartphone use and mental health among youth: it is time to develop smartphone-specific screen time guidelines

K Brodersen, N Hammami, TR Katapally - Youth, 2022 - mdpi.com
Smartphone use has become increasingly popular and almost all age cohorts engage in
smartphone usage for a wide variety of activities. This study aims to investigate the …

Traditional surveys versus ecological momentary assessments: digital citizen science approaches to improve ethical physical activity surveillance among youth

ST Ibrahim, N Hammami, TR Katapally - PLOS Digital Health, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The role of physical activity (PA) in minimizing non-communicable diseases is well
established. Measurement bias can be reduced via ecological momentary assessments …

Disco: novel rapid systems map** to inform digital transformation of health systems

TR Katapally, N Elsahli, J Bhawra - Frontiers in Public Health, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Background Global health systems are confronting challenges that intersect climate change
with evolving communicable and non-communicable public health risks. Addressing these …

Evaluation of a longitudinal digital citizen science initiative to understand the impact of culture on Indigenous youth mental health: Findings from a quasi-experimental …

S Walker, P Kannan, J Bhawra, TR Katapally - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background Indigenous youth in settler nations are susceptible to poor mental health due to
complex intergenerational systemic inequities. Research has shown benefits of cultural …

A Sustainable mHealth Intervention to Promote Physical Activity for Healthy Aging: A Pilot Study of the “Every Walk You Take” Citizen Science Initiative

P Naik, D Álamo-Junquera, L Igual, M Serrajordi… - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
The objective of the Every Walk You Take initiative was to co-design and test, in a pilot
study, a sustainable mHealth intervention prototype (mobile app) to promote physical …

The critical need for child and youth perceptions of active living in India: capturing context complexity in rural and urban regions

TR Katapally, J Patel, A Khadilkar, J Bhawra - PeerJ, 2024 - peerj.com
Background The physical inactivity pandemic not only has a negative impact on the physical
and mental health of children and youth, but it is also a key contributor to the non …

Preserving rural school health during the COVID-19 pandemic: Indigenous citizen scientist perspectives from a qualitative study

P Kannan, J Bhawra, P Patel… - AIMS public …, 2022 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This qualitative study is part of Smart Indigenous Youth, a digital health community trial
involving rural schools in Saskatchewan, Canada. Secondary school administrators and …

How can digital citizen science approaches improve ethical smartphone use surveillance among youth: Traditional surveys versus ecological momentary assessments

S Al-Akshar, S Tolulope Ibrahim… - PLOS Digital Health, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Ubiquitous use of smartphones among youth poses significant challenges related to non-
communicable diseases, including poor mental health. Although traditional survey …

An observational, multigenerational platform for health systems and population health interventions to minimise intergenerational transmission of non-communicable …

D Miriam, R Mandlik, V Patwardhan… - BMJ Public …, 2025 - bmjpublichealth.bmj.com
Introduction Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) pose a significant health burden in India,
with preventable risk factors contributing to their prevalence. In rural populations …

Digital citizen science for ethical surveillance of physical activity among youth: mobile ecological momentary assessments vs. retrospective recall

ST Ibrahim, J Patel, TR Katapally - arxiv preprint arxiv:2308.10626, 2023 - arxiv.org
Physical inactivity is the fourth leading risk factor of mortality globally. Hence, understanding
the physical activity (PA) patterns of youth is essential to manage and mitigate non …