User preferences for content, features, and style for an app to reduce harmful drinking in young adults: Analysis of user feedback in app stores and focus group interviews

JMIR mHealth and uHealth

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Milward, Joanna ^a   Khadjesari, Zarnie ^a   Fincham Campbell, Stephanie ^a   Deluca, Paolo ^a   Watson, Rod ^b   Drummond, Colin ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Clinical Nurse Specialist Bladder and Bowel Dysfunction   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Apps; Brief intervention; Digital; Drinking; Focus group; mhealth; Smartphone; Young adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 85017635534     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22915222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mhealth.5242     Document Type: Article

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