Identification of Behavior Change Techniques and Engagement Strategies to Design a Smartphone App to Reduce Alcohol Consumption Using a Formal Consensus Method

JMIR mHealth and uHealth

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Garnett, Claire ^a   Crane, David ^a   West, Robert ^a   Brown, Jamie ^a   Michie, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Behavior change techniques; Consensus; Delphi technique; Smartphone apps

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940556698     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22915222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mhealth.3895     Document Type: Article

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