作者
Jason Gilliland, Richard Sadler, Andrew Clark, Colleen O’Connor, Malgorzata Milczarek, Sean Doherty
发表日期
2015
期刊
BioMed research international
卷号
2015
期号
1
页码范围
841368
出版商
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
简介
Smartphone “apps” are a powerful tool for public health promotion, but unidimensional interventions have been ineffective at sustaining behavioural change. Various logistical issues exist in successful app development for health intervention programs and for sustaining behavioural change. This study reports on a smartphone application and messaging service, called “SmartAPPetite,” which uses validated behaviour change techniques and a behavioural economic approach to “nudge” users into healthy dietary behaviours. To help gauge participation in and influence of the program, data were collected using an upfront food survey, message uptake tracking, experience sampling interviews, and a follow‐up survey. Logistical and content‐based issues in the deployment of the messaging service were subsequently addressed to strengthen the effectiveness of the app in changing dietary behaviours. Challenges …
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