CONTEXT: The expansion and adoption of new methods of communication provide new
opportunities for delivering health behavior change interventions. This paper reviews the …

Background Interactive Health Communication Applications (IHCAs) are computer-based,
usually web-based, information packages for patients that combine health information with …

This paper discusses how persuasive technologies can be made adaptive to users. We
present persuasion profiling as a method to personalize the persuasive messages used by a …

The Intervention Mapping bible, updated with new theory, trends, and cases Planning
Health Promotion Programs is the" bible" of the field, guiding students and practitioners …

One common obstacle to the audience's embracing the persuader's advocated action or
viewpoint is the audience's current attitudes, that is, the audience's general evaluations (of …

Abstract 'Tailoring'refers to any of a number of methods for creating communications
individualized for their receivers, with the expectation that this individualization will lead to …

OBJECTIVE: This systematic review explores how computer-tailored, behavioral
interventions implemented and delivered via the Web have been operationalized in a variety …

The recommended amount of daily physical activity for youth is 60 minutes a day, most days
of the week. Youth with disabilities are not achieving this target and are significantly less …

Computer-tailored nutrition education is an innovative and promising tool to motivate people
to make healthy dietary changes. It provides respondents with individualized feedback about …

Millions of children undergo outpatient surgery in the United States each year; the
overwhelming majority will experience significant perioperative anxiety and pain. Behavioral …