Abstract
Face-to-face health educational and intervention programs are helpful in addressing mental and physical illness challenges in focused groups. However, these programs are expensive, resource-intensive and struggle with scalability and reachability, leading to limited take-up and short-term impact. Digital Health Intervention (DHI) programs incorporate the use of technology - mobile, web, wearables, virtual and augmented reality - to address these limitations while being more cost-effective. DHIs have shown major success in improving physical and mental health outcomes for the general public as well as reducing adverse outcomes or high-risk groups. However, it is still very challenging and expensive to design and run high quality mobile-based DHI programs, in part due to the lack of technical skills of researchers in this field. Our proposed mobile eHealth Learning and Intervention Platform (eHeLP) aims to address these challenges with a novel approach that allows health researchers to focus on their studies, and participants to have access to multiple health programs that meet their needs. The platform caters for identified stakeholders in the DHI field and encourages the development of a new health-tech industry. We present our vision eHeLP, why this idea is worth further research, risks we perceive, and next steps.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings - 2018 ACM/IEEE 5th International Conference on Mobile Software Engineering and Systems, MOBILESoft 2018 |
Subtitle of host publication | Gothenburg, Sweden 27-28 May 2018 |
Editors | Grace Lewis , Itai Segall |
Place of Publication | New York NY USA |
Publisher | IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
Pages | 252-256 |
Number of pages | 5 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781450357128 |
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Publication status | Published - 2018 |
Event | International Conference on Mobile Software Engineering and Systems 2018 - Gothenburg, Sweden Duration: 27 May 2018 → 28 May 2018 Conference number: 5th https://mobilesoftconf.org/2018/ (conference website) |
Conference
Conference | International Conference on Mobile Software Engineering and Systems 2018 |
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Abbreviated title | MOBILESoft 2018 |
Country | Sweden |
City | Gothenburg |
Period | 27/05/18 → 28/05/18 |
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Keywords
- Digital Health Intervention
- eHealth Marketplace
- Health Analytics
- mHealth