LEADER 02704nam 22004091 450 001 9910774901003321 005 20200514202323.0 024 7 $a10.5040/9781780932798 035 $a(CKB)2670000000415380 035 $a(OCoLC)944224505 035 $a(UkLoBP)bpp09257349 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000415380 100 $a20140929d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun|---uuuua 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$amHealth in practice $emobile technology for health promotion in the developing world /$fedited by Jonathan Donner and Patricia Mechael 210 1$aLondon :$cBloomsbury Academic,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (xiv, 194 pages) 311 $a1-78093-279-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $a"There has recently been an explosion of interest around the application of mobile communication technologies to support health initiatives in developing countries (mHealth). As a result, there is a need to promote and share rigorous research for better informed policy, programming, and investment. There are, however, few platforms for the exchange of information and proven practice between practitioners and researchers. The subtopic of prevention, well-being, and health promotion within mHealth is particularly ripe for deeper exploration. While many reports tout the potential of mobiles to influence behaviour change for health, there is limited knowledge about what works (and what does not work), and about how to evaluate current and future programs. This is a focused edited volume with contributions from leading researchers and practitioners to identify best practices in using mobile technologies to promote healthy behaviours (and reduce unhealthy ones) in resource-constrained settings with a special focus on developing countries. This topic is inherently interdisciplinary. Though the opportunities to leverage mobile phones for health are new, the challenges confronting researchers and practitioners are well-established and theoretically complex, with roots in decades of work on mediated behaviour change campaigns and theories."--Bloomsbury Publishing. 606 $aWireless communication systems in medical care$zDeveloping countries 606 $aHealth promotion$zDeveloping countries 615 0$aWireless communication systems in medical care 615 0$aHealth promotion 702 $aDonner$b Jonathan 702 $aMechael$b Patricia 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 801 2$bUkLoBP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910774901003321 996 $aMHealth in practice$92424509 997 $aUNINA