ABSTRACT

eHealth Applications: Promising Strategies for Behavior Change provides an overview of technological applications in contemporary health communication research, exploring the history and current uses of eHealth applications in disease prevention and management. This volume focuses on the use of these technology-based interventions for public health promotion and explores the rapid growth of an innovative interdisciplinary field.

The chapters in this work discuss key eHealth applications by presenting research examining a variety of technology-based applications. Authors Seth M. Noar and Nancy Grant Harrington summarize the latest in eHealth research, including a range of computer, Internet, and mobile applications, and offer observations and reflections on this growing area, such as dissemination of programs and future directions for the study of interactive health communication and eHealth.

Providing a timely and comprehensive review of current tools for health communication, eHealth Applications is a must-read for scholars, students, and researchers in health communication, public health, and health education.

part |55 pages

Historical and Conceptual Foundations

chapter 1|14 pages

eHealth Applications

An Introduction and Overview

chapter 3|19 pages

Interactivity

Conceptualizations, Effects, and Implications

part |146 pages

eHealth Applications

chapter 6|14 pages

Avatars for Health Behavior Change

chapter 7|18 pages

Digital Games for Health Behavior Change

Research, Design, and Future Directions

part |72 pages

Practice Implications and Future Directions