A user-centered model for designing consumer mobile health (mHealth) applications (apps)

Journal of Biomedical Informatics

Volumn 60, Issue , 2016, Pages 243-251

  Schnall, Rebecca ^a   Rojas, Marlene ^a   Bakken, Suzanne ^a   Brown, William ^a,b   Carballo Dieguez, Alex ^b   Carry, Monique ^c   Gelaude, Deborah ^c   Mosley, Jocelyn Patterson ^c   Travers, Jasmine ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Design science; HIV; MHealth; Mobile apps; MSM; User centered

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; HEALTH; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; ITERATIVE METHODS;

DESIGN SCIENCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR INTERVENTION; MHEALTH; MOBILE APPS; MOBILE HEALTH (M-HEALTH); USABILITY EVALUATION METHODS; USER-CENTERED; USER-CENTERED MODELING;

USER CENTERED DESIGN;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE HEALTH APPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; ADULT; ALGORITHM; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DEVICES; HIV INFECTIONS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MOBILE PHONE; PROCEDURES; SOFTWARE DESIGN; TELEMEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CELL PHONES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; FOCUS GROUPS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; SOFTWARE DESIGN; TELEMEDICINE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84959235459     PISSN: 15320464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2016.02.002     Document Type: Article

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