eHealth Applications: Promising Strategies for Behavior Change

by Noar; Seth

• ISBN13: 9780415888189
• ISBN10: 0415888182
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2012-03-08
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

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.

Author Biography

Dr. Seth M. Noar is an Associate Professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication and a Member of the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His research addresses health behavior theories and message design, mass media campaigns, eHealth applications, and methodological topics, including meta-analysis and evaluation. Dr. Nancy Grant Harrington is a Professor in the Department of Communication and Associate Dean for Research in the College of Communications and Information Studies at the University of Kentucky. Her research Incuses on persuasive message design in a health behavior change context, particularly as it relates to risk behavior prevention/health promotion and interactive health communication using computer technology.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Preface	p. xvii
Historical and Conceptual Foundations	p. 1
eHealth Applications: An Introduction and Overview	p. 3
The Emergence of eHealth Applications	p. 17
Interactivity: Conceptualizations, Effects, and Implications	p. 37
eHealth Applications	p. 57
Internet-Based Interventions for Health Behavior Change	p. 59
Virtual Interactive Interventions for Reducing Risky Sex: Adaptations, Integrations, and Innovations	p. 79
Avatars for Health Behavior Change	p. 96
Digital Games for Health Behavior Change: Research, Design, and Future Directions	p. 110
Computer-Tailored Interventions for Improving Health Behaviors	p. 128
Mobile Phones for Health Communication to Promote Behavior Change	p. 147
Text Messaging Interventions for Chronic Disease Management and Health Promotion	p. 167
Interactive Voice Response Technology for Chronic Disease Management	p. 187
Practice Implications and Future Directions	p. 203
Using Social Media to Enhance Health Communication Campaigns	p. 205
Dissemination and Implementation of eHealth Interventions	p. 221
Health Information Technology Policy Issues: Relevance and Implications for eHealth Applications	p. 246
Building an Evidence Base for eHealth Applications: Research Questions and Practice Implications	p. 263
Contributors	p. 275
Index	p. 285
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