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Our project is open-source and we believe in open-science. You are more than welcome to collaborate.


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Publications

  1. Gomide HP, Bernardino HS, Richter K, Martins LF, Ronzani TM. Development of an open-source web-based intervention for Brazilian smokers – Viva sem Tabaco. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making. 2016;16:103. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12911-016-0339-7

Rationale

  1. Tobacco use is related to 5 million deaths annually1.
  2. The use of internet is growing exponentially around the word2.
  3. Many web-based tobacco interventions show promise for helping people quit.3,4. However, no open-source intervention for smoking cessation is available, and many countries have not tested these interventions, including Brazil..
  4. Open source facilitates the spread of interventions. Live without tobacco was entirely developed with free software. So you will be able to contribute and build over it without any licensing costs.5: "The code is written mainly in Java, being Android-friendly.."

Our methodology

The content is based on "Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence - 2008 an update" and recent research by Cochrane Collaboration.

Throughout the development stages, former and current smokers were consulted by means of collective interviews and usability tests. After the first version was ready, its content was evaluated by specialists from the tobacco use field.

The content agrees with the Code of Conduct of the Health on the Net Foundation, the Medical Federal Council, and the Federal Council of Psychology/Brazil.

License

Except when stated otherwise, the website's content, including programs, design, texts and graphic, are licensed by the General Public License - GNU which ensures the freedom of using the program for any purpose, for changing it, and sharing it with neighbors and friends. See the complete GPL GNU license

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Source Code

The source code of the project may be accessed in the repository in the github.

Future studies

In the following years, we will evaluate the program's effectiveness. But first, we will improve the program using A/B Tests, Machine Learning and Data Mining.

We endorse open-science, so every research script and (unidentified) data will be available for everyone.

Help us!

If you are a researcher, web-developer, clinician or even a curious and got interested in helping the project, get in contact with us by the e-mail: henriquepgomide@gmail.com




References

1. World Health Organization. (2011). WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2011 warning about the dangers of tobacco. Geneva : World Health Organization.

2. Barbosa, A.F. (2009). Research on the use of Communication and Information Technologies in Brazil: TIC households and TIC Companies 2008. São Paulo: Internet Steering Committee In Brazil.

3. Rooke, S., Thorsteinsson, E., Karpin, A., Copeland, J., e Allsop, D. (2010). Computer-delivered interventions for alcohol and tobacco use: A meta-analysis. Addiction, 105(8), 1381–1390. doi:10.1111/j.1360-0443.2010.02975.x

4. Barak, A., Hen, L., Boniel-Nissim, M., e Shapira, N. (2008). A comprehensive review and a meta-analysis of the effectiveness of Internet-based psychotherapeutic interventions. Journal of Technology in Human Services, 26(2-4), 109–160. doi:10.1080/15228830802094429

5. Carlini, B. H., Ronzani, T. M., Martins, L. F., Gomide, H. P., e Souza, I. C. W. de. (2012). Demand for and availability of online support to stop smoking. Revista de Saúde Pública, 46(6), 1074–1081. doi:10.1590/S0034-89102012000600018

Last update: 09-26-2016.