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Applying and advancing behavior change theories and techniques in the context of a digital health revolution: proposals for more effectively realizing untapped potential
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As more behavioral health interventions move from traditional to digital platforms, the application of evidence-based theories and techniques may be doubly advantageous. First, it can expedite digital health intervention development, improving efficacy, and increasing reach. Second, moving behavioral health interventions to digital platforms presents researchers with novel (potentially paradigm shifting) opportunities for advancing theories and techniques. In particular, the potential for technology to revolutionize theory refinement is made possible by leveraging the proliferation of "real-time" objective measurement and "big data" commonly generated and stored by digital platforms. Much more could be done to realize this potential. This paper offers proposals for better leveraging the potential advantages of digital health platforms, and reviews three of the cutting edge methods for doing so: optimization designs, dynamic systems modeling, and social network analysis.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Moller, A. C., Merchant, G., Conroy, D. E., West, R., Hekler, E., Kugler, K. C., & Michie, S.
- Affiliations
- Northwestern University (US)
- University of California San Diego (US)
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- University College London (GB)
- Arizona State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Moller, Arlen C.
- Venue
- Journal of Behavioral Medicine
- Published
- 2017-01-05
- Volume
- 40
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 85-98
- ISSN
- 0160-7715 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-3521
- PMC
- PMC5532801
- OpenAlex
- W2570133882
- Cited by
- 151
- References
- 114
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 18.78
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Journal of Behavioral Medicine (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Cancer Research UK (14135)
- National Institute for Health and Care Research (NF-SI-0512-10002)
- Medical Research Council (MR/K023195/1)
- Economic and Social Research Council (ES/G007489/1)
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (P50DA039838)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Keywords
- behaviour change theory, digital health interventions, behavioral health, theory refinement, big data, design optimization, dynamic system modeling, social network analysis, intervention development
- MeSH terms
- Behavior Therapy, Health Promotion, Health Services, Humans, Health Behavior, Behavioral Research
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