Quitty link: Using smartphones for personal counseling to help people quit smoking

MobileHCI 2015 - Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 98-104

  Paay, Jeni ^a   Kjeldskov, Jesper ^a   Skov, Mikael B ^a   Srikandarajah, Nirojan ^a   Brinthaparan, Umachanger ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Health behavior change; Interaction design; Mobile apps; Personal counseling; Self tracking; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISKS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MOBILE DEVICES; SIGNAL ENCODING; SMARTPHONES;

HEALTH BEHAVIORS; INTERACTION DESIGN; MOBILE APPS; PERSONAL COUNSELING; SELF-TRACKING; SMOKING CESSATIONS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84959422518     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2785830.2785877     Document Type: Conference Paper

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