EHealth Applications Promising Strategies for Behavior Change

Name: EHealth Applications Promising Strategies for Behavior Change
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ISBN: 9780415888189

ISBN-10: 0415888182

ISBN-13: 9780415888189

Edition: 2012

Authors: Seth M. Noar, Nancy Grant Harrington

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Description:

This volume delves into the use of interactive communication applications to promote health behavior change. Providing a timely and comprehensive review of current tools for health communication, eHealth Applicationsis a must-read for scholars, students and researchers in health communication, public health, and health education.

Book details

List price: $63.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 3/8/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.02" wide x 8.98" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Foreword



Acknowledgments


Preface


Historical and Conceptual Foundations



eHealth Applications: An Introduction and Overview




The Emergence of eHealth Applications




Interactivity: Conceptualizations, Effects, and Implications



eHealth Applications



Internet-Based Interventions for Health Behavior Change




Virtual Interactive Interventions for Reducing Risky Sex: Adaptations, Integrations, and Innovations




Avatars for Health Behavior Change




Digital Games for Health Behavior Change: Research, Design, and Future Directions




Computer-Tailored Interventions for Improving Health Behaviors




Mobile Phones for Health Communication to Promote Behavior Change




Text Messaging Interventions for Chronic Disease Management and Health Promotion




Interactive Voice Response Technology for Chronic Disease Management



Practice Implications and Future Directions



Using Social Media to Enhance Health Communication Campaigns




Dissemination and Implementation of eHealth Interventions




Health Information Technology Policy Issues: Relevance and Implications for eHealth Applications




Building an Evidence Base for eHealth Applications: Research Questions and Practice Implications



Contributors


Index