Background Mobile health (mHealth) is often reputed to be cost-effective or cost-saving.
Despite optimism, the strength of the evidence supporting this assertion has been limited. In …

Mobile technologies are being used to deliver health behavior interventions. The study aims
to determine how health behavior theories are applied to mobile interventions. This is a …

Background This review is an update of the original Cochrane review published in July
2012. Missed appointments are a major cause of inefficiency in healthcare delivery with …

With more than 1 billion users having access to mobile broadband Internet and a rapidly
growing mobile app market, all stakeholders involved have high hopes that this technology …

Regular care and informational support are helpful in improving disease-related health
outcomes. Communication technologies can help in providing such care and support. The …

Brings the study of writing to the heart of sociolinguistic inquiryThis book puts writing at the
centre of sociolinguistic inquiry drawing on a range of academic fields including New …

Background Mobile phone‐based smoking cessation support (mCessation) offers the
opportunity to provide behavioural support to those who cannot or do not want face‐to‐face …

Poor engagement in child and adolescent mental health services is a significant public
health concern. The purpose of this study was to synthesize the engagement literature using …

Objective: The current paper reviews recent findings regarding how to conceptualize
engagement and factors influencing engagement, treatment attendance rates, and …

Background and Objectives In the last few years there has been a steady uptake of mobile
phone short message service (SMS) reminders to increase medical attendance rates. We …