Choosing between responsive-design websites versus mobile apps for your mobile behavioral intervention: presenting four case studies

Translational Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 224-232

  Turner McGrievy, Gabrielle M ^a   Hales, Sarah B ^a   Schoffman, Danielle E ^a   Valafar, Homay ^b   Brazendale, Keith ^a   Weaver, R Glenn ^a   Beets, Michael W ^a   Wirth, Michael D ^a,c   Shivappa, Nitin ^a,c   Mandes, Trisha ^a   Hébert, James R ^a,c   Wilcox, Sara ^a   Hester, Andrew ^a   McGrievy, Matthew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b The Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^c Department of Nutrition   (United States)

Author keywords

Health behavior; Interventions; mHealth; Mobile apps; Study design; Websites

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE; CASE STUDY; CHILD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERNET; MOBILE APPLICATION; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCHOOL CHILD; WEIGHT REDUCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SECURITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; EXERCISE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTHY DIET; INFLAMMATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENTAL STRESS; PARENT; PILOT STUDY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TELEMEDICINE; TIME FACTOR;

CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER SECURITY; DATA COLLECTION; EXERCISE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTHY DIET; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERNET; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; OVERWEIGHT; PARENTS; PILOT PROJECTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TELEMEDICINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85026645923     PISSN: 18696716     EISSN: 16139860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13142-016-0448-y     Document Type: Article

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