Conference proceedings article
Behavior Change Techniques in Digital Interventions for Health Behavior Change: A Taxonomy of Popular Mobile Applications
Publication Details
Authors: | Meywirth, S.; Söllner, M. |
Editor: | Bui, Tung X. |
Publisher: | University of Hawaii at Manoa |
Place: | Hawaii |
Publication year: | 2024 |
Pages range : | 3474-3482 |
Book title: | Proceedings of the 57th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) |
ISBN: | 978-0-9981331-7-1 |
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Abstract
Health behavior change interventions can support individuals in establishing habits beneficial to their health. Hence, they can help to prevent diseases and reduce mortality caused by unhealthy behaviors. The delivery of such interventions through mobile phones is promising. We developed a taxonomy of popular mobile applications for health behavior change, identifying the intervention's aim and applied behavior change techniques. We classified 63 popular mobile applications according to our taxonomy. Thereby identifying the most prevalent behavior change techniques and combinations of the application's aim and applied behavior change techniques. This result can be used to inform the design of future applications.
Health behavior change interventions can support individuals in establishing habits beneficial to their health. Hence, they can help to prevent diseases and reduce mortality caused by unhealthy behaviors. The delivery of such interventions through mobile phones is promising. We developed a taxonomy of popular mobile applications for health behavior change, identifying the intervention's aim and applied behavior change techniques. We classified 63 popular mobile applications according to our taxonomy. Thereby identifying the most prevalent behavior change techniques and combinations of the application's aim and applied behavior change techniques. This result can be used to inform the design of future applications.