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Exploring the Black Box of an mHealth Intervention (LIFE4YOUth) : A Qualitative Process and Outcome Evaluation of End-User Engagement
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- Seiterö, Anna (author)
- Linköpings universitet,Avdelningen för samhälle och hälsa,Medicinska fakulteten
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- Thomas, Kristin (author)
- Linköpings universitet,Avdelningen för samhälle och hälsa,Medicinska fakulteten
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- Löf, Marie (author)
- Karolinska Institutet,Linköpings universitet,Avdelningen för samhälle och hälsa,Medicinska fakulteten,Karolinska Inst, Sweden
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- Müssener, Ulrika (author)
- Linköpings universitet,Avdelningen för samhälle och hälsa,Medicinska fakulteten
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- 2022-10-28
- 2022
- English.
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In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. - : MDPI. - 1661-7827 .- 1660-4601. ; 19:21
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- The effectiveness of mHealth interventions rely on whether the content successfully activate mechanisms necessary for behavior change. These mechanisms may be affected by end-users experience of the intervention content. The aim of this study was to explore how the content of a novel mHealth intervention (LIFE4YOUth) was understood, interpreted, and applied by high school students, and the consequences of engaging with the content. Qualitative content analysis was used inductively and deductively to analyze interview data (n = 16) based on think-aloud techniques with Swedish high school students aged 16-19 years. Theoretical constructs from social cognitive theory framed the deductive analysis. The analysis resulted in four categories which describe central activities of intervention engagement among end-users: defining, considering, centralizing, and personalizing. End-users engaged in these activities to different degrees as illustrated by four typologies: Literal, Vague, Rigid, and Creative engagement. Most informants knew about the risks and benefits of health behaviors, but engagement with intervention content generally increased informants awareness. In conclusion, this study provides in-depth knowledge on the cognitive process when engaging with mHealth content and suggests that deliberate and flexible engagement most likely deepens end-users understanding of why and how health behavior change can be managed.
Subject headings
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Hälsovetenskap -- Arbetsterapi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Health Sciences -- Occupational Therapy (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- mHealth; mobile apps; behavior change; health interventions; user engagement; human-computer interaction; qualitative research; think-aloud
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- ref (subject category)
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