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Contradictions in digital health engagement: An activity tracker's ambiguous influence on vulnerable young adults' engagement in own health.

Anne Marie KanstrupPernille BertelsenMartin Bach B Jensen
Published in: Digital health (2018)
The ambiguous results identify a need for (1) developing strategies for health professionals to provide supervised use of activity trackers and support the target groups' abilities to convert health information about physical activity into positive health strategies, and (2) designing alternatives for health promoting IT targeted users who face challenges and need motivation beyond self-tracking and competition.
Keyphrases
  • health information
  • social media
  • healthcare
  • public health
  • mental health
  • young adults
  • physical activity
  • body mass index
  • drug delivery