ArticleTranslational behavioral medicine2013
How behavioral science can advance digital health.
Article in Translational behavioral medicine, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 82 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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82 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Behaviorally Informed Interventions to Promote Activity in the Home and Community for Adults With Neurological Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Physical therapy · 2025Pooled it
- Effectiveness of eHealth Interventions in Improving Medication Adherence Among Patients With Cardiovascular Disease: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Pooled it
- Behavior Change Techniques and the Effects Associated With Digital Behavior Change Interventions in Sedentary Behavior in the Clinical Population: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in digital health · 2021Pooled it
- Digital health interventions for the prevention of cardiovascular disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Mayo Clinic proceedings · 2015Pooled it
- Impact of a Mobile Health Intervention on Long-term Nonadherence After Lung Transplantation: Follow-up After a Randomized Controlled Trial.Transplantation · 2020Trial
- Association Between User Engagement of a Mobile Health App for Gout and Improvements in Self-Care Behaviors: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2019Trial
- Increasing Physical Activity in Mothers Using Video Exercise Groups and Exercise Mobile Apps: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2018Trial
- Engagement of young adult cancer survivors within a Facebook-based physical activity intervention.Translational behavioral medicine · 2017Trial
- Long-Term Follow-up of a Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating a Mobile Health Intervention for Self-Management in Lung Transplant Recipients.American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons · 2017Trial
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- Determining how best to support overweight adults to adhere to lifestyle change: protocol for the SWIFT study.BMC public health · 2015Trial
- An Evaluation of the Usability and Feasibility of the 50K4Life Mobile App for Delivering Walking Challenges to Public School Administrative Employees: Beta Testing Study.JMIR formative research · 2026Article
- Economic evaluation of a digital symptom checker for endometriosis using a Markov decision process model.NPJ digital medicine · 2026Article
- Community Participatory Co-Design and Development of a Digital Diabetes Prevention Education Program for Hispanic Families With Obesity: Mixed Methods Study.JMIR formative research · 2026Article
- Bridging the divide in digital therapeutics (DTx): Partnership strategies for broader representation across DTx development and deployment.PLOS digital health · 2026Article
- Telemedicine and digital health: The future for pharmaceutical companies and health care.Indian journal of pharmacology · 2026Review
- Protocol for a randomized clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a technology-assisted motivational interviewing (TAMI) chatbot on smoking cessation.Contemporary clinical trials · 2025Article
- Determining the Feasibility and Usability of a Co-Designed Culturally Appropriate Conversational Agent (DESI-Heart) to Support Self-Care in People With Cardiovascular Diseases: Protocol for a Single-Arm Pilot Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Adaptation of Clinical Research Staff to Decentralized Clinical Trials and Impacts on the Patient-Centered Experience: Qualitative Interview Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Integrating a Mobile App to Enhance Atrial Fibrillation Care: Key Insights From an Implementation Study Guided by the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
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Abstract
The field of behavioral science has produced myriad data on health behavior change strategies and leveraged such data into effective human-delivered interventions to improve health. Unfortunately, the impact of traditional health behavior change interventions has been heavily constrained by patient and provider burden, limited ability to measure and intervene upon behavior in real time, variable adherence, low rates of implementation, and poor third-party coverage. Digital health technologies, including mobile phones, sensors, and online social networks, by being available in real time, are being explored as tools to increase our understanding of health behavior and to enhance the impact of behavioral interventions. The recent explosion of industry attention to the development of novel health technologies is exciting but has far outpaced research. This Special Section of Translational Behavioral Medicine, Smartphones, Sensors, and Social Networks: A New Age of Health Behavior Change features a collection of studies that leverage health technologies to measure, change, and/or understand health behavior. We propose five key areas in which behavioral science can improve the impact of digital health technologies on public health. First, research is needed to identify which health technologies actually impact behavior and health outcomes. Second, we need to understand how online social networks can be leveraged to impact health behavior on a large scale. Third, a team science approach is needed in the developmental process of health technologies. Fourth, behavioral scientists should identify how a balance can be struck between the fast pace of innovation and the much slower pace of research. Fifth, behavioral scientists have an integral role in informing the development of health technologies and facilitating the movement of health technologies into the healthcare system.
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