eHealth applications : promising strategies for behavior change / edited by Seth M. Noar and Nancy Grant Harrington.

Developed from a pre-conference at the 2010 Kentucky Conference on Health Communication.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

"This volume explores current use of interactive communication (or eHealth) applications to promote behavior change. It focuses on the use of these technology-based interventions for public health promotion and disease prevention, takinga population-based approach. The chapters included herein provide overviews of key interactive health communication applications; present research examining a variety of technology-based applications, including computer, Internet, and mobile; and offer observations and reflections on this growing area, including dissemination of programs and future directions for the study of interactive health communication.Providing a timely and comprehensive review of current tools for health communication, eHealth Applications is a must-read for scholars, students, and researchers in health communication, public health, and health education"-- Provided by publisher.

eHealth applications: an introduction and overview / Seth M. Noar and Nancy Grant Harrington -- The emergence of eHealth applications / Sheana Bull -- Interactivity: conceptualizations, effects, and implications / Deborah S. Chung -- Internet-based interventions for health behavior change / David B. Buller and Anna H. L. Floyd -- Virtual interactive interventions for reducing risky sex: adaptations, integrations, and innovations / Lynn Carol Miller ... [and others] -- Avatars for health behavior change / Jesse Fox -- Digital games for health behavior change: research, design, and future decisions / Seth M. Noar and Nancy Grant Harrington -- Mobile phones for health communication to promote behavior change / Lorien C. Abroms, Nalini Padmanabhan, and W. Douglas Evans -- Text messaging interventions for chronic disease management and health promotion / Brianna S. Fjeldsoe, Yvette D. Miller, and Alison L. Marshall -- Interactive voice response technology for chronic disease management / John D. Piette and Ashley J. Beard -- Using social media to enhance health communication campaigns / Ann M. Taubenheim ... [and others] -- Dissemination and implementation of eHealth interventions / Borsika A. Rabin and Russell E. Glasgow -- Health information technology policy issues: relevance and implications for eHealth applications / Cynthia Baur -- Building an evidence base for eHealth applications: research questions and practice implications / Nancy Grant Harrington and Seth M. Noar.