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245	0	0	_amHealth in practice : _bmobile technology for health promotion in the developing world / _cedited by Jonathan Donner and Patricia Mechael.
264		1	_aLondon : _bBloomsbury, _c2013.
300			_axiv, 194 pages : _billustrations (black and white)
336			_atext _2rdacontent
336			_astill image _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
366			_b20121122
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520	8		_aLeading researchers and practitioners identify the best practices in using mobile technologies to promote healthy behaviours and reduce unhealthy ones, placing a special focus on developing countries. _bThere has recently been an explosion of interest around the application of mobile communication technologies to support health initiatives in developing countries (mHealth). As a result, there is a need to promote and share rigorous research for better informed policy, programming, and investment. There are, however, few platforms for the exchange of information and proven practice between practitioners and researchers. The subtopic of prevention, well-being, and health promotion within mHealth is particularly ripe for deeper exploration. While many reports tout the potential of mobiles to influence behaviour change for health, there is limited knowledge about what works (and what does not work), and about how to evaluate current and future programs. This is a focused edited volume with contributions from leading researchers and practitioners to identify best practices in using mobile technologies to promote healthy behaviours (and reduce unhealthy ones) in resource-constrained settings with a special focus on developing countries. This topic is inherently interdisciplinary. Though the opportunities to leverage mobile phones for health are new, the challenges confronting researchers and practitioners are well-established and theoretically complex, with roots in decades of work on mediated behaviour change campaigns and theories.
530			_aAlso available in printed form ISBN 9781780932293
533			_aElectronic reproduction. _cAskews and Holts. _nMode of access: World Wide Web.
650		0	_aHealth promotion _xTechnological innovations _zDeveloping countries.
650		0	_aHealth promotion _xTechnological innovations.
650		0	_aCell phones _xHealth aspects.
650		0	_aMedical instruments and apparatus.
650		7	_aHealth and Wellbeing. _2ukslc
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700	1		_aDonner, Jonathan, _eeditor of compilation.
700	1		_aMechael, Patricia, _eeditor of compilation.
856	4	0	_uhttp://www.vlebooks.com/vleweb/product/openreader?id=WestLondon&isbn=9781780932811
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