eHealth applications
Subtitle: promising strategies for health behavior change
By: edited by Seth M. Noar and Nancy Grant Harrington
Contributors: Kentucky Conference on Health Communication (2010 : Lexington, Ky.)
Series: Routledge communication series; Routledge communication series
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
ISBN-13: 9780415888172; 9780415888189; 9780203149096
Subjects: Health Promotion; Cellular Phone; Methods; Video Games; Congresses; Internet; Health Communication; Medical Informatics
Description: "This volume explores current use of interactive communication (or eHealth) applications to promote behavior change. It focuses on the use of these technology-based interventions for public health promotion and disease prevention, takinga population-based approach. The chapters included herein provide overviews of key interactive health communication applications; present research examining a variety of technology-based applications, including computer, Internet, and mobile; and offer observations and reflections on this growing area, including dissemination of programs and future directions for the study of interactive health communication.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"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Developed from a pre-conference at the 2010 Kentucky Conference on Health Communication.

Includes bibliographical references.