The Pace of Technologic Change: Implications for Digital Health Behavior Intervention Research

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 816-824

  Patrick, Kevin ^a   Hekler, Eric B ^b   Estrin, Deborah ^c   Mohr, David C ^d   Riper, Heleen ^e   Crane, David ^f   Godino, Job ^a   Riley, William T ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CHANGE MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EARLY INTERVENTION; EDITORIAL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SCIENCE; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; HEALTH PROMOTION; TELECOMMUNICATION;

HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 84994158331     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2016.05.001     Document Type: Editorial

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