Background Engaging patients in the delivery of health care has the potential to improve
health outcomes and patient satisfaction. Patient portals may enhance patient engagement …

Background Social networking platforms offer a wide reach for public health interventions
allowing communication with broad audiences using tools that are generally free and …

Background The success of a mobile phone app in changing health behavior is thought to
be contingent on engagement, commonly operationalized as frequency of use. Objective …

Introduction Appealing approaches to increasing physical activity levels are needed. This
study evaluated whether a social and gamified smartphone app (Active Team) could be one …

A global target of the World Health Organization (WHO) is to reduce physical inactivity
among all adults and adolescents by approximately fifteen percent by 2030. Social media …

Social isolation and loneliness are growing public health concerns in adults with obesity and
overweight. Social media-based interventions may be a promising approach. This …

Background Social media are an increasingly commonly used platform for delivering health
promotion interventions. Although recent research has focused on the effectiveness of social …

Background Although e-health potentials for improving health systems in their safety, quality
and efficiency has been acknowledged, a large gap between the postulated and empirically …

Background Digital health interventions (DHIs) are effective in improving poor nutrition,
physical inactivity, overweight and obesity. There is evidence suggesting that the impact of …

Technology-based physical activity programs are a novel solution to the major public health
issue of physical inactivity. However, to be successful, there must be a large and population …