Novel Digital Architecture of a "Low Carb Program" for Initiating and Maintaining Long-Term Sustainable Health-Promoting Behavior Change in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes.
Charlotte SummersKristina Elizabeth CurtisPublished in: JMIR diabetes (2020)
Globally, the burden of noncommunicable diseases such as type 2 diabetes is crippling health care systems. Type 2 diabetes, a disease linked with obesity, affects 1 in every 30 people today and is expected to affect 1 in 10 people by 2030. Current provisions are struggling to manage the trajectory of type 2 diabetes prevalence. Offline, face-to-face education for patients with type 2 diabetes has shown to lack long-term impact or the capacity for widespread democratized adoption. Digitally delivered interventions have been developed for patients with type 2 diabetes, and the evidence shows that some interventions provide the capacity to support hyperpersonalization and real-time continuous support to patients, which can result in significant engagement and health outcomes. However, digital health app engagement is notoriously difficult to achieve. This paper reviews the digital behavior change architecture of the Low Carb Program and the application of health behavioral theory underpinning its development and use in scaling novel methods of engaging the population with type 2 diabetes and supporting long-term behavior change.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- type diabetes
- public health
- mental health
- health information
- quality improvement
- insulin resistance
- end stage renal disease
- social media
- risk factors
- physical activity
- metabolic syndrome
- cardiovascular disease
- glycemic control
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- health promotion
- weight loss
- randomized controlled trial
- systematic review
- prognostic factors
- risk assessment
- weight gain
- adipose tissue
- electronic health record
- human health
- climate change