RealLife Exp vs HMP LITE

The RealLife Exp app is part of a system designed to interact with you throughout the day. Use it to download LifePaks created by experts using the LifeData web application and then begin interacting with the content throughout your day. LifePaks are used for a variety of purposes. Some involve experience sampling so that researchers can better understand your daily experiences. Others gather patient reported outcomes for healthcare providers who want to track how you are doing. And in some cases, LifePaks are designed to help you grow in a particular area. The underlying technology for this app was designed by behavioral scientists, and opens up new possibilities for understanding and change.

LITE is a research study app designed to help engage and retain participants within the LITE HIV prevention study. It will support the overall study’s goal of supporting participants’ PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) adherence over time through sustained platform engagement, weekly messages highlighting key app features, a game-based economy that awards badges for activities and milestones within the app, and continued development of content and activities to ensure the platform remains dynamic and fresh. LITE is an adaptation of the app, HMP, which covers a range of health and lifestyle topics to support users’ diverse backgrounds and varying needs over time. HMP was created by Lisa Hightow-Weidman, MD, MPH, a public health scientist. The principal investigators for this study are Dr. Sybil Hosek at Cook County Health, Dr. Audrey French at Cook County Health and Dr. Lisa Hightow-Weidman at the Institute on Digital Health and Innovation at Florida State University’s College of Nursing.