Exam 15: Internet and Ehealth

Many health apps are available for smart phones, and rigorous evaluations have shown that they are effective.

Meta-analyses do support the effectiveness of text-based interventions.

eHealth blends the best of mass communication (reach) with the best of interpersonal communication (efficacy).

Interactivity mimics the experience of interpersonal communication.

Social media can be used to:

What is any combination of strategies and information intended to reach one specific person, based on characteristics that are unique to that person, related to the outcome of interest, and derived from an individual assessment?

The public is ready for eHealth information, but it remains to be seen whether eHealth information is ready to meet the public's expectation.

What are mobile programs, and how effective are they?

What is a rule-based activity that involves challenge to reach a goal that provides feedback on progress made toward that goal?

Health information is one of the most popular topics searched for online.

What characteristic of eHealth interventions is defined as the degree to which a communication technology can create a mediated environment in which participants can communicate (one-to-one, one-to-many, and many-to-many), both synchronously and asynchronously, and participate in reciprocal message exchanges?

The field of eHealth most closely reflects which type of research?

What is eHealth? Why have we invested so many resources in eHealth, and why is there so much excitement about eHealth?

What are the advantages of eHealth applications?

eHealth is best described as an example of multidisciplinary research.