| Pubbl/distr/stampa |
London, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , [2013]
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| Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (209 p.)
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| Disciplina |
613.091724
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| Soggetto topico |
Wireless communication systems in medical care - Developing countries
Cell phones - Developing countries
Health promotion - Technological innovations - Developing countries
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| ISBN |
1-283-85357-4
1-78093-281-2
1-78093-280-4
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| Formato |
Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Notes on Contributors; 1 mHealthy Behaviors: Engaging Researchers and Practitioners in a Facilitated Dialogue on Mobile-mediated Health Behavior Change; Introduction; The mHealthy behaviors sessions; mHealthy behavioral themes; Designing for patients is different from designing for caregivers; Technology-supported behavior change and support requires a multidisciplinary team; Calibrate for the low end versus the high end of the technical landscape; Organizations matter. Ensure buy-in and openness
Start with scale in mind. Decide if failure is an optionLocal context matters; Link theory to practice via behavior change models; The elusive art of measuring change; Conclusion; Notes; References; 2 State of Behavior Change Initiatives and How Mobile Phones are Transforming It; Introduction; Snapshot of mHealth behavior change interventions; What kinds of mHealth behavior change projects exist in LMICs?; How do social, cultural, and political contexts play a role?; What can mobile phones provide?; How are mobile phones utilized to change behavior?
How do these projects begin and to whom do they target?Health promotion and disease prevention; Disease management, treatment compliance, and appointment reminders; Theory in mHealth behavior change initiatives; Reflection on what 'Mobile' brings to the behavior change world - reach, access, and mobility; There is more to understand on what 'Mobile' can bring to behavior change; Closing; Bibliography; 3 mHealthy Behavior Studies: Lessons from a Systematic Review; Background; Conducting the systematic review; Lessons learned for mHealth research; So where should we go from here?
Scenario 1: Patient-level mHealth InterventionScenario 2: Provider-level mHealth intervention; Scenario 3: Population-level mHealth Intervention; Conclusion; References; 4 Developing and Adapting a Text Messaging Intervention for Smoking Cessation from New Zealand for the United Kingdom; Background; Development; Modifying the existing text messages; Generating new messages; Psychological theories of health behavior and behavior change; Social cognition models; Dynamic theories of behavior; Salience of attitudes and spontaneous processing models
Techniques and approaches used in existing behavior change interventionsContextual evidence; Theory regarding doctor-patient relationships and interactions; Fine tuning new messages; Feasibility and piloting; The process evaluation for the pilot trial; Development; Evaluation; Summary; References; 5 mHealth Hope or Hype: Experiences from Cell-Life; Introduction; Cell-Life beginnings; Cellphones for HIV; mHealth grows up; Great - so what?; What's different about mobile?; References
6 Tele-self-management Support for Type 2 Diabetes Care: Working Through Public Primary Care Centers in Santiago, Chile
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| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910597159203321 |
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mHealth in practice : mobile technology for health promotion in the developing world / / edited by Jonathan Donner and Patricia Mechael