1st Edition

eHealth Applications Promising Strategies for Behavior Change

Edited By Seth M. Noar, Nancy Grant Harrington Copyright 2012
    336 Pages
    by Routledge

    336 Pages
    by Routledge

    eHealth Applications: Promising Strategies for Behavior Change provides an overview of technological applications in contemporary health communication research, exploring the history and current uses of eHealth applications in disease prevention and management. This volume focuses on the use of these technology-based interventions for public health promotion and explores the rapid growth of an innovative interdisciplinary field.

    The chapters in this work discuss key eHealth applications by presenting research examining a variety of technology-based applications. Authors Seth M. Noar and Nancy Grant Harrington summarize the latest in eHealth research, including a range of computer, Internet, and mobile applications, and offer observations and reflections on this growing area, such as dissemination of programs and future directions for the study of interactive health communication and eHealth.

    Providing a timely and comprehensive review of current tools for health communication, eHealth Applications is a must-read for scholars, students, and researchers in health communication, public health, and health education.

    Foreword: Victor Strecher

    Historical and Conceptual Foundations


    1. eHealth applications: An Introduction and Overview: Seth M. Noar
    Nancy Grant Harrington

    2. The Emergence of eHealth Applications: Sheana Bull

    3. Interactivity: Conceptualizations, Effects, and Implications: Deborah Chung


    eHealth Applications

    4. Internet-Based Interventions For Health Behavior Change:David B. Buller
    Anna H. L. Floyd
    Klein Buendel, Inc.

    5. Virtual Interactive Interventions For Reducing Risky Sex: Adaptations, Integrations, Innovations:

    Lynn Carol Miller
    Paul Robert Appleby
    John L. Christensen
    Carlos Godoy
    Mei Si
    Charisse Corsbie-Massay
    Stephen J. Read
    Stacy Marsella
    Alexandra N. Anderson Jennifer Klatt

    6. Avatars For Health Behavior Change: Jesse Fox

    7. Digital Games For Health Behavior Change: Research, Design, And Future Directions: Debra A. Lieberman

    8. Computer-Tailored Interventions For Improving Health Behaviors: Seth M. Noar
    Nancy Grant Harrington

    9. Mobile Phones For Health Communication To Promote Behavior Change:
    Lorien C. Abroms
    Nalini Padmanabhan
    W. Douglas Evans

    10. Text Messaging Interventions For Chronic Disease Management And Health Promotion:

    Brianna S. Fjeldsoe
    Yvette D. Miller
    Alison L. Marshall11. Interactive Voice Response Technology For Chronic Disease Management
    JJohn D. Piette
    Ashley J. Beard

    Practice Implications and Future Directions


    12. Using Social Media To Enhance Health Communication Campaigns:

    Ann M. Taubenheim
    Terry Long
    Jennifer Wayman
    Sarah Temple
    Sally McDonough
    Ashley Duncan1

    13. Dissemination And Implementation Of  ehealth Interventions:

    Borsika A. Rabin
    Russell E. Glasgow

    14. Health Information Technology Policy Issues: Relevance And Implications For ehealth Applications: Cynthia Baur

    15. Building An Evidence Base For ehealth Applications: Research Questions And Practice Implications:
    Nancy Grant Harrington
    Seth M. Noar

    Biography

    Dr. Seth M. Noar is an Associate Professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication and a Member of the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His research addresses health behavior theories and message design, mass media campaigns, eHealth applications, and methodological topics, including meta-analysis and evaluation.

    Dr. Nancy Grant Harrington is a Professor in the Department of Communication and Associate Dean for Research in the College of Communications and Information Studies at the University of Kentucky. Her research focuses on persuasive message design in a health behavior change context, particularly as it relates to risk behavior prevention/health promotion and interactive health communication using computer technology.