Digital technologies improve health outcomes, access to education and health care. However, their application in the context of climate change is limited. This scoping review aimed to identify the use of digital technologies for…
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Physical inactivity contributes to chronic diseases globally. Digital behavior change interventions (DBCIs) offer scalable solutions, but previous meta-analyses often combined them with other interventions. This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated the standalone effects of…
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Integrating human support with chatbot-based behavior change interventions raises three challenges: (1) attuning the support to an individual’s state (e.g., motivation) for enhanced engagement, (2) limiting the use of the concerning human resources for…
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🎧 Subscribe to The Pulse by Wharton Digital Health on Apple, Spotify, Substack, or Twitter for more conversations with the leaders reshaping health tech.“Your muscle is your longevity organ.” — Dr. Rekha Kumar, Chief Medical Officer at FoundIn…
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Background: The adoption of protective behaviors represents a crucial measure to counter the spread of infectious diseases. The development of effective behavior change techniques therefore emerged as a public health priority during the COVID-19…
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Chronic disease prevention and management platform Lark Health announced it will be available through CVS Caremark’s Point Solutions Management program.CVS Caremark customers will have the ability to access Lark’s coaching programs, including the company’s…
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Background: Smoking cessation applications (Apps) are increasingly being used to assist smokers in quitting. In China, whether behavioral science has been incorporated into smoking cessation Apps remains unknown. Objective: The current study aims to…
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I do think there's a lot of impact as it relates to behavior change among decision-makers, providers within healthcare more broadly, greater interest and openness in innovation technology, adopting those types of solutions. It…
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The Midwest Health Purchasers Collaborative (MHPC), a nonprofit employer purchasing organization, has teamed up with Vida Health, a virtual obesity and metabolic health provider, to offer employers obesity care.
MHPC is part of the Midwest…
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Background: There has been a surge in the development of applications that aim to improve health, physical activity (PA), and well-being through behavior change. These apps often focus on creating a long-term and sustainable…
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