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Using Health and Well-Being Apps for Behavior Change: A Systematic Search and Rating of Apps.

Fiona Helen McKayAnnemarie WrightJane ShillHugh StephensMary Uccellini
Published in: JMIR mHealth and uHealth (2019)
The wide variety of apps included in this 2018 study and the limited number of behavior change techniques found in many apps suggest an opportunity for improvement in app design that will promote sustained and significant lifestyle behavior change and, therefore, better health. The use of the 2 scales for the review and rating of the apps was successful and provided a method that could be replicated and tested in other behavior change areas.
Keyphrases
  • healthcare
  • public health
  • mental health
  • cardiovascular disease
  • health information
  • physical activity