By utilizing the mHealth format, the curriculum will reach and engage adolescents with content that classroom-based programs cannot or failed to in the past. For example, the curriculum includes a module about stress management that will cover goal setting, sleep hygiene, problem solving/ coping and more. Existing programs failed to discuss the importance of stress management despite adolescents admitting to vaping as a form of stress relief. Additionally, the program also includes a module surrounding disease knowledge with topics in self-management skills, lifestyle choices, cardiac defect education, cardiovascular risk factors, responding to symptoms, taking responsibility for health care and communicating with healthcare providers. When transitioning to adult care, many individuals with CHD do not have enough access to education about their cardiac defects, cardiovascular risk factors, symptoms of heart disease and the importance of cardiology follow-ups. With a lack of knowledge, adolescents with CHD may engage in riskier behaviors.

This program will fill in the knowledge gaps regarding vaping especially for adolescents with CHD who experience a heightened vulnerability to its effects.