Improving the public health impact of eHealth and mHealth interventions

With more than three billion internet users worldwide, it is hard to overstate the potential benefits for public health of electronic and mobile technologies. These technologies offer the opportunity to deliver tailored interventions to the population with high fidelity at low cost, and can provide...

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Published in:Australian and New Zealand journal of public health 2018-04, Vol.42 (2), p.118-119
Main Authors: Grady, Alice, Yoong, Serene, Sutherland, Rachel, Lee, Hopin, Nathan, Nicole, Wolfenden, Luke
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavior
Consumers
Health behavior
Health care
Health disparities
Health education
Health services
Innovations
Intervention
Literature reviews
Public health
Smartphones
Technology
Technology assessment
Telemedicine
Tracking devices
Wearable technology
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Summary:With more than three billion internet users worldwide, it is hard to overstate the potential benefits for public health of electronic and mobile technologies. These technologies offer the opportunity to deliver tailored interventions to the population with high fidelity at low cost, and can provide a means of addressing health inequities by enabling the delivery of sophisticated public health services to communities that find traditional forms of healthcare inaccessible. Harnessing electronic health (eHealth) and mobile health (mHealth) technologies to advance public health, however, has proven challenging.
ISSN:1326-0200
1753-6405
DOI:10.1111/1753-6405.12771