An mhealth intervention using a smartphone app to increase walking behavior in young adults: A pilot study

JMIR mHealth and uHealth

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Walsh, Jane C ^a   Corbett, Teresa ^a   Hogan, Michael ^a   Duggan, Jim ^a   McNamara, Abra ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Feasibility study; Health behavior change; Intervention; MHealth; Mobile phone app; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 85031651835     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22915222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mhealth.5227     Document Type: Article

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