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Health Behavior Change Support Systems as a research discipline; A viewpoint

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Kelders, Saskia M., Oinas-Kukkonen, Harri, Oörni, Anssi, van Gemert-Pijnen, Julia E.W.C.·2016·International Journal of Medical Informatics

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As research on Health Behavior Change Support Systems (HBCSS) proliferates, meaningful management of the different findings is becoming a challenge. We argue that for the field to evolve, it is important to establish the study of HBCSSs as an independent research area, which means that instead of only applying theories from related disciplines to HBCSSs, we need to significantly extend and adapt these theories, or develop new theories, to explain the phenomena that are encountered. Current research in HBCSSs is carried out in different disciplines, with a different approach in each of these disciplines. However, both the CeHRes roadmap and the Persuasive System Design Model show that HBCSSs are complex and the development and evaluation of these systems need to deal with this complexity to be successful. Therefore, an integrative approach is needed to study the combination of content, system, and context. Although research into the separate areas has yielded important findings that are discussed in this paper, we argue that an integrated approach of HBCSSs is useful. We discuss two examples to show how a truly integrative approach can be utilized to enhance the field involving tailoring, personalization, and support. In conclusion we present three practical and relatively easy-to-implement recommendations for researchers who want to contribute to this discipline: Avoid the black box, be specific about the terms used, and look past the borders of one's own discipline.

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Authors
Kelders, S. M., Oinas-Kukkonen, H., Oörni, A., & van Gemert-Pijnen, J. E. W. C.
Affiliations
University of Twente (NL)
Corresponding author
Kelders, Saskia M.
Venue
International Journal of Medical Informatics
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2016-12
Volume
96
Pages
3-10
ISSN
1386-5056 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2469765800
Cited by
32
References
86
Citations by year
2024: 2 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 1
FWCI
9.33
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • International Journal of Medical Informatics (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • University of Twente Research Information (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Åbo Akademi University Research Portal (submittedVersion)
  • University of Twente Research Information (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Human-Computer Interaction › Innovative Human-Technology Interaction
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Behavioral Health and Interventions
Keywords
integrated approach, theory development, persuasive technology, tailoring, personalization, health behavior change, research recommendations
MeSH terms
Communication, Humans, Social Support, Health Behavior, Biomedical Research

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