Piloting a cancer awareness app across six European countries: a pre-post study
This pilot study demonstrates that the EU Mobile App for Cancer Prevention can enhance cancer awareness, while currently the usability was judged to be moderate. Targeted refinements in navigation, setup procedures, and content tailoring for low-DHL users are essential to improve engagement and ensure equitable reach.
Authors
- Carolina Espina (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6848-4687)
- Ana Molina‐Barceló (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5113-6475)
- Paula Romeo‐Cervera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5595-240X)
- Rebekka Wiersing
- Wendy Yared
- Maria Krini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8122-963X)
- Patricia Pinto
- Cristiana Fonseca
- Hajo Zeeb (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7509-242X)
- Silvana Melissa Romero Saletti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7252-8240)
- Tilman Brand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5140-7511)
- Marina Pinto‐Carbó (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9749-6094)
- Stephan Van den Broucke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9090-8877)
- Hermann Brenner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6129-1572)
- Furqan Ahmed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8949-5489)
- Teresa Seum (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-4475-0583)
- Helena Ros Comesana
- David Ritchie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4816-113X)
- Erica D’Souza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0744-665X)
- Diana Krivic
Institutions
- German Cancer Research Center (DE)
- University of Bremen (DE)
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- European CanCer Organisation (BE)
- University of Mediterranean Karpasia (CY)
- Portuguese League Against Epilepsy (PT)
- Ljubljana Passenger Transport (SI)
- Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de la Comunitat Valenciana (ES)
- Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS (DE)
- Centre international de recherche sur le cancer (FR)
- UCLouvain (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Public Health
- Published
- 2025-09-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1648212
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.82