Engaging adolescents in a computer-based weight management program: Avatars and virtual coaches could help

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 19-28

  LeRouge, Cynthia ^a   Dickhut, Kathryn ^b   Lisetti, Christine ^c   Sangameswaran, Savitha ^d   Malasanos, Toree ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e Pediatric Endocrinologist   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent overweight and obesity; Avatars; Chronic disease self management; Computer based health interventions; Consumer health informatics; Human centered design and evaluation methods; Human centered computing; Participatory design; Virtual coaches; Weight management

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT OBESITY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BODY WEIGHT MANAGEMENT; COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MANAGED CARE; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; SELF CARE; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER INTERFACE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PROCEDURES; VIDEO GAME;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; SELF CARE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84959454549     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocv078     Document Type: Article

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