[HTML][HTML] Usability challenges for health and wellness mobile apps: mixed-methods study among mHealth experts and consumers

MS Liew, J Zhang, J See, YL Ong - JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 2019 - mhealth.jmir.org
Background: By 2019, there will be an estimated 4.68 billion mobile phone users globally.
This increase comes with an unprecedented proliferation in mobile apps, a plug-and-play …

A systematic review of electronic and mobile health (e-and mHealth) physical activity interventions for African American and Hispanic women

RP Joseph, KE Royse… - Journal of Physical …, 2019 - journals.humankinetics.com
Background: The purpose of this systematic review was to evaluate the existing scientific
literature on e-and mHealth interventions promoting physical activity (PA) among African …

[HTML][HTML] The comparative effectiveness of mobile phone interventions in improving health outcomes: meta-analytic review

Q Yang, SK Van Stee - JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 2019 - mhealth.jmir.org
Background As mobile technology continues expanding, researchers have been using
mobile phones to conduct health interventions (mobile health—mHealth—interventions) …

[HTML][HTML] Using the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) to investigate the intention to use physical activity apps: cross-sectional survey

D Liu, R Maimaitijiang, J Gu, S Zhong… - JMIR mHealth and …, 2019 - mhealth.jmir.org
Background: Many university students are lacking adequate physical exercise and are
failing to develop physical activity (PA) behaviors in China. PA app use could improve this …

An mH ealth intervention programme to promote healthy behaviours and prevent adolescent obesity (TeenPower): a study protocol

P Sousa, E Duarte, R Ferreira… - Journal of Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Aim This paper describes the design and rationale of multicenter practice‐based research
that aims to develop and evaluate an innovative mobile health (mH ealth) intervention …

[HTML][HTML] A medication adherence app for children with sickle cell disease: qualitative study

K Curtis, A Lebedev, E Aguirre… - JMIR mHealth and …, 2019 - mhealth.jmir.org
Background: Young people with sickle cell disease (SCD) often demonstrate low medication
adherence and low motivation for effectively self-managing their condition. The growing …

[HTML][HTML] A mixed methods study to explore the effects of program design elements and participant characteristics on parents' engagement with an mHealth program to …

S Taki, CG Russell, S Lymer, R Laws… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Purpose: Mobile health (mHealth) interventions have great potential to promote health. To
increase consumer engagement in mHealth interventions it is necessary to address factors …

[HTML][HTML] Barriers and opportunities in the translation of mobile phone and social media interventions between research and health promotion practice in Australia: a …

CJC Wright, J Schwarzman, PM Dietze… - Health research policy …, 2019 - Springer
Background Newer technologies, such as smartphones and social networking sites, offer
new opportunities for health promotion interventions. There is evidence to show that these …

A social robot-based platform for prevention of childhood obesity

A Triantafyllidis, A Alexiadis, D Elmas… - 2019 IEEE 19th …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Childhood obesity is a major public health concern since it is associated with obesity during
adulthood and the occurrence of diseases such as diabetes and cancer. In this paper we …

[HTML][HTML] Consumer engagement in mobile application (app) interventions focused on supporting infant feeding practices for early prevention of childhood obesity

S Taki, CG Russell, LM Wen, RA Laws… - Frontiers in Public …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Background and Aims: There has been increasing interest in using mobile applications
(“apps”) for innovative health service delivery and public health interventions. This paper …