Systematic and iterative development of a smartphone app to promote sun-protection among holidaymakers: Design of a prototype and results of usability and acceptability testing

JMIR Research Protocols

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2017, Pages

  Rodrigues, Angela M ^a   Sniehotta, Falko F ^a   Birch Machin, Mark A ^a   Olivier, Patrick ^b   Araújo Soares, Vera ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Formative research; Health behavior; Health promotion; Intervention; Sun protection; Sunbathing; Sunburn; Sunscreening agents

Indexed keywords

EID: 85031113552     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19290748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/resprot.7172     Document Type: Article

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