Developing and evaluating digital interventions to promote behavior change in health and health care: Recommendations resulting from an international workshop

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2017, Pages

  Michie, Susan ^a   Yardley, Lucy ^b,c   West, Robert ^a   Patrick, Kevin ^d,e   Greaves, Felix ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^g IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioral medicine; eHealth; Health behavior; mHealth; Mobile applications; Psychological theory

Indexed keywords

HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERNET; PHYSIOLOGY; STANDARDS; TELEMEDICINE; UTILIZATION;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNET; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 85021779938     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.7126     Document Type: Review

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