Title:
eHealth applications : promising strategies for health behavior change
Author:
Noar, Seth M.
ISBN:
9780415888172
9780415888189
9780203149096
Publication Information:
New York : Routledge, 2012.
Physical Description:
xx, p.315 : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series:
Routledge communication series
Applied communication
Communication series. Applied communication.
General Note:
Developed from a pre-conference at the 2010 Kentucky Conference on Health Communication.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Historical and Conceptual Foundations -- 1.eHealth Applications: An Introduction and Overview / Nancy Grant Harrington -- 2.The Emergence of eHealth Applications / Sheana Bull -- 3.Interactivity: Conceptualizations, Effects, and Implications / Deborah S. Chung -- eHealth Applications -- 4.Internet---Based Interventions for Health Behavior Change / Anna H. L. Floyd -- 5.Virtual Interactive Interventions for Reducing Risky Sex: Adaptations, Integrations, and Innovations / Jennifer Klatt -- 6.Avatars for Health Behavior Change / Jesse Fox -- 7.Digital Games for Health Behavior Change: Research, Design, and Future Directions / Debra A. Lieberman -- 8.Computer-Tailored Interventions for Improving Health Behaviors / Nancy Grant Harrington -- 9.Mobile Phones for Health Communication to Promote Behavior Change / W. Douglas Evans -- 10.Text Messaging Interventions for Chronic Disease Management and Health Promotion / Alison L. Marshall --
Contents note continued: 11.Interactive Voice Response Technology for Chronic Disease Management / Ashley J. Beard -- Practice Implications and Future Directions -- 12.Using Social Media to Enhance Health Communication Campaigns / Ashley Duncan -- 13.Dissemination and Implementation of eHealth Interventions / Russell E. Glasgow -- 14.Health Information Technology Policy Issues: Relevance and Implications for eHealth Applications / Cynthia Baur -- 15.Building an Evidence Base for eHealth Applications: Research Questions and Practice Implications / Seth M. Noar.
Abstract:
"This volume explores current use of interactive communication (or eHealth) applications to promote behavior change. It focuses on the use of these technology-based interventions for public health promotion and disease prevention, takinga population-based approach. The chapters included herein provide overviews of key interactive health communication applications; present research examining a variety of technology-based applications, including computer, Internet, and mobile; and offer observations and reflections on this growing area, including dissemination of programs and future directions for the study of interactive health communication.Providing a timely and comprehensive review of current tools for health communication, eHealth Applications is a must-read for scholars, students, and researchers in health communication, public health, and health education"--Provided by publisher.
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