Bree Holtz, a researcher at Michigan State University, and her team are developing and testing an innovative mobile phone app, called <em>MyT1D</em>, to connect adolescents with type-1 diabetes (T1D) with their parents to help support the transition to self-management.

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This mobile app is unique because it links parents and kids in a way that existing technologies do not by creating two separate apps (one for the parent and one for the child) that work together to manage the care of the child.  The main goal of this research is to aid in the successful transition to self-care for the kid and increase positive health
outcomes. This research will also help us to further understand what types of messages, reward systems, and technology cues can improve adherence.

This research is supported by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) grant #1-16-ICTS-045. For more information on the ADA please visit their website: <a href="http://diabetes.org" target="_blank">http://diabetes.org.</a>

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<h2><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Team</span></strong></h2>
Dr. Holtz is working with a talented team of specialists in the field of diabetes and communication that includes: <strong><img class="size-medium wp-image-549 alignleft" src="http://myt1d.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/THE-MYT1D-HERO-TEAM-1-300x300.png" alt="the-myt1d-hero-team-1" width="300" height="300" />Shelia Cotten</strong>, Ph.D., <strong>Denise Hershey</strong>, Ph.D., RN, FNP-BC, <strong>Amanda Holmstrom</strong>, Ph.D., <strong>Amol Pavangad
kar</strong>, M.B.A., M.A. and <strong>Katharine Murray</strong>, M.A. from MSU. <strong>Julie Dunneback</strong>, MSN, APRN, BC, CPNP, CDE from Sparrow Health System. <strong>Arpita Vyas</strong>, M.D. from Texas Tech University. <strong>Michael Wood</strong>, M.D. from the Universi
ty of Michigan Medical School, and <strong>Joshua Richman</strong>, M.D., Ph.D. from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The team is also working with <strong>Bion Bilateral</strong> to develop the app. Please see the <a href="http://myt1d.org/wordpress/bio/">Team Biographies page</a> for more information.
<h2 style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Progress</span></strong></h2>
<p style="text-align: left;">We are in year 1 of our research now and beginning to develop the mobile app. We held<img class="wp-image-294 alignright" src="http://myt1d.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Document1-e1468428334874-279x300.jpg" alt="Document1" width="201" height="216" /> focus groups with kids age 10-15 with T1D and their parents in order to get their feedback on our ideas and design of the mobile app. We are now working with the app development team to create the app.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><em>Prototype testing will begin in January of 2017.</em></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">See the Study Progress page for detailed updates on our work.</p>
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<h2><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Research Participation</strong></span></h2>
If you are interested in participating in the prototype testing of this app, and you meet the
following criteria please contact us using the form below.
<ul>
 	<li><img class="wp-image-185 alignright" src="http://myt1d.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/IMG_0896-e1467057176165-300x244.jpg" alt="IMG_0896" width="287" height="234" />The adolescent must have a T1D diagnosis according to the ADA practice guidelines</li>
 	<li>The adolescent must be 10 to 15 years old</li>
 	<li>The adolescent must have had a diagnosis of T1D for at least six months</li>
 	<li>The adolescent must have an A1c &gt; 7</li>
 	<li>The adolescent must have had at least two outpatient visits in the past two years</li>
 	<li>The adolescent must be treated at Sparrow for diabetes</li>
 	<li>The adolescent must be fluent in English</li>
 	<li>The adolescent must have a parent/guardian willing to participate</li>
 	<li>The adolescent must be allowed to use a mobile phone for the study</li>
 	<li>The adolescent must have permission from their care team</li>
</ul>
<ul>
 	<li>The parent/guardian must have an adolescent with T1D who is 10 to 15 years old</li>
 	<li>The parent/guardian must be fluent in English</li>
 	<li>The parent/guardian must have daily access to email and the Internet (for appointment reminders and technical support).</li>
</ul>
Please contact us here:
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